Collection Profile for: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium: Vascular Plants (NCU-Vascular Plants) NCU curates vascular plants, macroalgae, fungi, lichens, bryophytes and fossilized plants of the Devonian. NCU incorporated HNH (in part; 2002); NCATG (in full, 2025); and SAPCL (in full, 2025).
Contacts:
Herbarium Curatrix: Carol Ann McCormick, mccormick@unc.edu, +1-919-962-6931
Herbarium Director: Alan Weakley, weakley@unc.edu, +1-919-962-0522
Herbarium Assistant Curatrix: Shanna Oberreiter, oberreit@email.unc.edu
Address:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
401 Coker Hall, CB #3280
120 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
USA
[1] 919 962 6931
Collection Statistics
451,761 specimen records
97,927 (22%) georeferenced
429,847 (95%) with media (443,607 total media) 81 GenBank genetic references 442,439 (98%) identified to species 331 families 2,655 genera 13,734 species 16,726 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 17f2d0fa-39a6-4465-8055-1d6fc12eeda2
Usage Rights:
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Agarista (17 ) Andromeda (4 ) Arbutus (2 ) Arctostaphylos (11 ) Azalea (44 ) Befaria (57 ) Bejaria (3 ) Calluna (4 ) Cavendishia (3 ) Ceratiola (145 ) Chamaedaphne (55 ) Chimaphila (374 ) Chiogenes (1 ) Dendrium (2 ) Elliottia (25 ) Empetrum (3 ) Enkianthus (1 ) Epigaea (237 ) Erica (5 ) Eubotrys (386 ) Gaultheria (166 ) Gaylussacia (1156 ) Hypopitys (5 ) Kalmia (1018 ) Ledum (2 ) Leiophyllum (12 ) Leucothoe (486 ) Lyonia (1461 ) Menziesia (128 ) Moneses (1 ) Monotropa (448 ) Monotropsis (48 ) Oakesia (1 ) Oxydendrum (431 ) Pieris (160 ) Polycodium (24 ) Pterospora (1 ) Pyrola (60 ) Rhododendron (3218 ) Vaccinium (5503 ) Zenobia (157 )