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Collection Profile for:
University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

Specialty: Worldwide, especially temperate North America and the Great Lakes region. Specific strengths include marine algae of eastern North America, West Indies, Alaska, and Pacific Islands; bryophytes of tropical America; Agaricaceae and Hymenogastraceae of western North America; vascular plants of Mexico, Iran, Himalayas, southwestern Pacific Region, and southeastern Asia; Cyperaceae, Malpighiaceae, Myrtaceae, and Podostemaceae of the New World.
Date Founded: 1837.

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University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200

Collection Statistics

  • 615,133 specimen records
  • 185,416 (30%) georeferenced
  • 525,526 (85%) with media (711,914 total media)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 574,849 (93%) identified to species
  • 375 families
  • 5,800 genera
  • 45,587 species
  • 50,267 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 5 June 2025
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Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import map from MICH IPT
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agapetes (15)
  • Andromeda (179)
  • Anthopteropsis (2)
  • Arbutus (49)
  • Arctostaphylos (142)
  • Bryanthus (1)
  • Calluna (8)
  • Cassiope (8)
  • Cavendishia (10)
  • Chamaedaphne (172)
  • Chimaphila (273)
  • Comarostaphylis (2)
  • Corema (3)
  • Diplycosia (1)
  • Disterigma (12)
  • Elliottia (1)
  • Empetrum (30)
  • Epigaea (129)
  • Erica (10)
  • Gaultheria (324)
  • Gaylussacia (155)
  • Harrimanella (3)
  • Hypopitys (85)
  • Kalmia (173)
  • Ledum (2)
  • Leiophyllum (3)
  • Leucothoe (9)
  • Loiseleuria (3)
  • Lyonia (22)
  • Macleania (10)
  • Menziesia (27)
  • Moneses (66)
  • Monotropa (118)
  • Monotropastrum (2)
  • Ornithostaphylos (1)
  • Orthilia (111)
  • Oxydendrum (7)
  • Pernettya (2)
  • Phyllodoce (4)
  • Pieris (2)
  • Psammisia (1)
  • Pterospora (38)
  • Pyrola (440)
  • Rhododendron (390)
  • Rusbya (1)
  • Satyria (30)
  • Thibaudia (1)
  • Vaccinium (923)