Collection Profile for: The herbarium was founded in 1882 and contains ~588,000 specimens of north temperate vascular plants, especialy from Canada. Important collectors and collections include T.M.C. Taylor; G. Lawson; R. Bell; N.V. Polunin; R.C. Hosie; A.E. Porsild; J.H. Soper; G.M. Dawson; J. Macoun; W.K.W. Baldwin; H.J. Scoggan; J.M. Gillett; J. Bell; J.M. Macoun; W. Spreadborough; G.W. Argus; M.L. Fernald; A.P. Low; and M.O. Malte.
Collection Statistics
269,405 specimen records
179,881 (67%) georeferenced
202,674 (75%) with media (358,916 total media) 263,662 (98%) identified to species 229 families 1,383 genera 5,692 species 7,305 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
24 January 2025
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Geographic Distribution - Newfoundland and Labrador (Prov.)
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term
Bay of Islands Distr. (144 ) Bonavista North Distr. (23 ) Bonavista South Distr. (6 ) Burgeo and La Poile Distr. (60 ) Burin-Placentia West Distr. (3 ) Carbonear-Harbour Grace Distr. (18 ) Cartwright-L\'Anse Au Clair Distr. (335 ) Conception Bay South Distr. (2 ) Division 10 (Labrador-Happy Valley-Goose Bay) (45 ) Division 11 (Nunatsiavut) (25 ) Division 3 (South Coast) (33 ) Division 9 (Great Northern Peninsula) (16 ) Division 9 (Northern Peninsula-St. Anthony) (10 ) Division No. 10 (Labrador) (9 ) Division No. 3 (South Coast) (59 ) Division No. 7 (Bonavista/Trinity) (19 ) Division No. 8 (Great Northern Peninsula) (4 ) Division No. 8 (Notre Dame Bay) (32 ) Exploits Distr. (29 ) Ferryland Distr. (6 ) Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Distr. (7 ) Gander Distr. (21 ) Grand Falls-Buchans Distr. (116 ) Green Bay Distr. (NF) (3 ) Harbour Main-Whitbourne Distr. (30 ) Humber Distr. (64 ) Humber East Distr. (57 ) Humber Valley Distr. (60 ) Humber West (1 ) Humber West Distr. (24 ) Labrador West Distr. (397 ) Lake Melville Distr. (290 ) Lewisporte Distr. (21 ) Nunatsiavut (Division No. 11) (19 ) Placentia and St. Mary\'s Distr. (13 ) Port au Port Distr. (43 ) South Labrador (Subdivision) (2 ) St. Barbe Distr. (1118 ) St. Barbe North (2 ) St. Barbe South (7 ) St. George\'s (1 ) St. George\'s-Stephenville East Distr. (74 ) St. John\'s Distr. (162 ) Terra Nova Distr. (479 ) The Straits and White Bay Distr. (265 ) Torngat Distr. (87 ) Trinity North Distr. (NF) (20 ) Trinity-Bay de Verde Distr. (26 ) Twillingate and Fogo Distr. (30 )
