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
Usage Rights:
Geographic Distribution - Ontario (Prov.)
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Algoma (12 ) Algoma Distr. (ON) (1329 ) Bate I. (4 ) Brant (63 ) Bruce (2 ) Bruce (ON) (554 ) Chatham-Kent (9 ) City of Kawartha Lakes (6 ) Cochrane (94 ) Cochrane (Dist.) (11 ) Cochrane (Distr) (4 ) Cochrane (Distr.) (4 ) Cochrane Dist. (ON) (1 ) Cochrane Distr. (3 ) Cochrane Distr. (ON) (1921 ) Dufferin (ON) (13 ) Dundas (Co.) (9 ) Durham Reg. Mun. (458 ) Elgin (33 ) Elgin (ON) (350 ) Essex (120 ) Essex (ON) (1041 ) Frontenac (7 ) Frontenac (ON) (470 ) Glengarry (ON) (Co.) (3 ) Grey (ON) (365 ) Haldimand (13 ) Haldimand (ON) (Old) (8 ) Haldimand-Norfolk (1 ) Haldimand-Norfolk Reg. Mun. DO NOT USE (Mun. Reg.) (290 ) Haliburton (2 ) Haliburton (ON) (338 ) Halton Reg. Mun. (62 ) Hamilton-Wentworth (4 ) Hastings (9 ) Hastings (ON) (305 ) Huron (4 ) Huron (ON) (85 ) Kawartha Lakes (3 ) Kenora (1251 ) Kenora (Dist) (2 ) Kenora (Dist.) (46 ) Kenora (Distr) (5 ) Kenora (Distr.) (8 ) Kenora Dist. (ON) (5 ) Kenora Distr (Distr) (1 ) Kenora Distr. (3 ) Kenora Distr. (ON) (2613 ) Kent (1 ) Lambton (39 ) Lambton (ON) (353 ) Lanark (ON) (1039 ) Leeds & Grenville (1 ) Leeds and Grenville United (945 ) Lennox and Addington (ON) (354 ) Manitoulin (4 ) Manitoulin Distr. (ON) (668 ) Middle I. (2 ) Middlesex (24 ) Middlesex (ON) (214 ) Morris I. (1 ) Muskoka (2 ) Muskoka (Distr.) (ON) (684 ) National Capital Region (21 ) Niagara (11 ) Niagara Reg. Mun. (336 ) Nipissing (19 ) Nipissing Distr. (ON) (498 ) Norfolk (9 ) Norfolk (ON) (Co.) (52 ) Northumberland (4 ) Northumberland (ON) (329 ) Oxford (1 ) Oxford (ON) (7 ) Parry Sound (5 ) Parry Sound Distr. (ON) (143 ) Peel Reg. Mun. (655 ) Perth (1 ) Perth (ON) (56 ) Peterborough (10 ) Peterborough (ON) (138 ) Petrie I. (2 ) Prescott and Russell United (ON) (427 ) Prince Edward (7 ) Prince Edward (ON) (113 ) Rainy River (12 ) Rainy River Distr. (ON) (792 ) Renfrew (7 ) Renfrew (ON) (1845 ) Simcoe (5 ) Simcoe (ON) (231 ) Stormont (ON) (Co.) (3 ) Stormont Dundas & Glengarry United (396 ) Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (1 ) Stormont, Dundas, & Glengarry (1 ) Sudbury Distr. (ON) (487 ) Thunder Bay (54 ) Thunder Bay (Dist.) (1 ) Thunder Bay Distr. (ON) (3130 ) Timiskaming Distr. (ON) (191 ) Upper Duck I. (2 ) Waterloo (2 ) Waterloo Reg. Mun. (222 ) Wellington (ON) (83 )
