Collection Profile for: University of South Carolina Upstate Herbarium (USCS) The herbarium at the University of South Carolina Upstate (formerly University of South Carolina Spartanburg) houses a collection of bryophytes and vascular plants with a focus on the Piedmont region of South Carolina. The collection was begun in the 1970s and most specimen were collected by or under the supervision of Dr. Gillian Newberry.
Collection Statistics
17,886 specimen records
0 georeferenced
17,849 (100%) with media (17,851 total media) 17,807 (100%) identified to species 177 families 735 genera 1,742 species 1,897 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
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Global Unique Identifier: 9a26bc5f-b8ef-4fa8-b7e8-b8341e2e7823
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Achillea (18 ) Ambrosia (19 ) Antennaria (27 ) Anthemis (16 ) Arctium (6 ) Arnica (1 ) Artemisia (17 ) Aster (95 ) Baccharis (13 ) Balduina (1 ) Berlandiera (2 ) Bidens (55 ) Borrichia (4 ) Brickellia (1 ) Cacalia (22 ) Carduus (59 ) Carphephorus (2 ) Centaurea (21 ) Chaptalia (1 ) Chrysanthemum (10 ) Chrysogonum (24 ) Chrysopsis (2 ) Cichorium (10 ) Cirsium (22 ) Conoclinium (2 ) Conyza (24 ) Coreopsis (89 ) Crepis (11 ) Eclipta (26 ) Elephantopus (43 ) Erechtites (17 ) Erigeron (44 ) Eupatorium (131 ) Eurybia (3 ) Facelis (7 ) Gaillardia (2 ) Galinsoga (5 ) Gnaphalium (35 ) Haplopappus (2 ) Helenium (15 ) Helianthus (89 ) Heterotheca (31 ) Hieracium (45 ) Hypochaeris (23 ) Iva (4 ) Krigia (38 ) Lactuca (53 ) Liatris (34 ) Marshallia (4 ) Mikania (27 ) Parthenium (15 ) Pluchea (23 ) Polymnia (27 ) Prenanthes (16 ) Pseudognaphalium (3 ) Pterocaulon (1 ) Pyrrhopappus (26 ) Rudbeckia (61 ) Sclerolepis (1 ) Senecio (46 ) Silphium (67 ) Smallanthus (1 ) Solidago (124 ) Sonchus (29 ) Spilanthes (1 ) Symphyotrichum (8 ) Tagetes (3 ) Taraxacum (24 ) Tragopogon (2 ) Trilisa (4 ) Verbesina (56 ) Vernonia (49 ) Viguiera (2 ) Xanthium (14 ) Youngia (1 ) Zinnia (1 )