Emphasis: Plant specimens collected by Juneau Botanical Club 1937-1956.

Specimens: 6,000

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Web Site: http://www.museums.state.ak.us/list.html#juneau

Emphasis: The only major research herbarium in Alaska. The collection also includes plants from other states, Canada, Greenland, Fennoscandia, Japan, and Russia.

Specimens: More than 200,000 specimens of vascular and non-vascular plants.

Database: 175,034 plant records online.

Contact: Steffi Ickert-Bond, Curator, ffsi1[at]uaf.edu, 1-907-474-7109

Web Site: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/herb/

Emphasis: Mostly from Alaska, some Costa Rica and Hawaii.

Specimens: 6,031

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Contact: Garry Davies, Curator, afgd[at]uaa.alaska.edu, 1-907-786-4765

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Emphasis: Alaskan coastal waters; Pacific Ocean. Used for research on Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Specimens: 5,000 specimens of marine algae.

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Contact: Michael Stekoll, Director, ffmss[at]uaf.edu, 1-907-465-6279

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Emphasis: Vascular plants and bryophytes of southeastern Alaska; lichens of southeastern Alaska, northwestern Alaska, British Columbia, Sweden, and Central and South America.

Specimens: 11,650

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Contact: Mary Stensvold, Curator, mstensvold[at]fs.fed.us, 1-907-747-4210

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Emphasis: Vascular plants of British Columbia grasslands and forested rangelands.

Specimens: 3,000

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Contact: Barbara Brooke, Curator, brookeb[at]agr.gc.ca, 1-250-554-5213

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Emphasis: South-central British Columbia; most groups, including some fungi.

Specimens: 5,000

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Emphasis: Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Specimens: 7,000

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Contact: Allan Hawryzki, Director, hawryzki[at]mala.bc.ca, 1-250-753-3245, ext. 2315

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Emphasis: Fungi, forest diseases; British Columbia and Yukon Territory.

Specimens: 31,000

Database:

Contact: Brenda Callan, Director, bcallan[at]pfc.forestry.ca, 1-250-363-0775

Web Site: http://www.pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/biodiversity/herbarium

Emphasis: Northwestern British Columbia.

Specimens: 8,800

Database:

Contact: Karen McKeown, Herbarium Manager, Karen.McKeown[at]gems2.gov.bc.ca, 1-250-847-7500

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Emphasis: The collections, include vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. Northwestern North America, especially western Canada.

Specimens: Approximately 210,000

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Contact: Richard Hebda, Curator, rhebda[at]royalbcmuseum.bc.ca, 1-250-387-5493

Web Site: http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/MainSite/default.aspx

Emphasis: Western North American mountains from Alaska to New Mexico; Ranunculaceae.

Specimens: 10,000

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Contact: Stephen Halford, Curator, halford[at]sfu.ca, 1-604-291-3461, 1-604-291-3496

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Emphasis: Emphasis on vascular plants of Pacific Rim countries; bryophytes of northern hemisphere; benthic marine algae of British Columbia, Washington, and Alaska.

Specimens: 576,000 total, including 222,000 vascular plants, 227,000 bryophytes, 70,000 algae, 40,000 lichens, 17,000 fungi.

Database: 443,875 records, including 147,668 vascular plants, 168,076 bryophytes, 70,774 algae, 40,234 lichens, 17,123 fungi. Database is available online.

Contact: Jeannette Whitton, Director and Curator of Vascular Plants, jwhitton[at]interchange.ubc.ca, 1-604-822-3344, 1-822-2133

Web Site: http://www.botany.ubc.ca/herbarium/

Emphasis: Vascular plants, mainly from British Columbia (especially Vancouver Island), but also from nearby areas including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alberta, and the Yukon. Western North American Aster and Erythronium. We also have a small collection of British Columbia bryophytes and lichens.

Specimens: Approximately 48,000

Database:

Contact: Geraldine Allen, Curator, gallen[at]uvic.ca, 1-250-721-7097

Web Site: http://web.uvic.ca/~herb/

Emphasis: Eastern Idaho and surrounding areas, Great Basin, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.

Specimens: 16,000

Database:

Contact: Gary Baird, Curator, bairdg[at]byui.edu, 1-208-496-2002, 1-206-496-2028

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Emphasis: Northern Rocky Mountains, especially woody plants.

Specimens: 18,000

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Contact: Frederic Johnson, fjohnson[at]uidaho.edu, 1-208-885-7611

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Emphasis: Owyhee Uplift and adjacent Snake River Plains, Idaho; southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon. Oldest herbarium in Idaho.

Specimens: About 35,000

Database: About 3,500 specimens databased; awaiting more funding before constructing an online database.

Contact: Don Mansfield, Curator, dmansfield[at]albertson.edu, 1-208-459-5287

Web Site: http://www.albertson.edu/academics/biology/herbarium/default.asp

Emphasis: Eastern Washington and northern Idaho.

Specimens: 10,000

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Contact: Joanna Schultz, Director, jschultz[at]lcsc.edu, 1-208-799-2295

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Emphasis: Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, California, Wyoming.

Specimens: 60,000 specimens; 70% are from Idaho, 3,000 are lichens.

Database:

Contact: Karl Holte, Curator, holtkarl[at]isu.edu, 1-208-282-3530

Web Site: http://imnh.isu.edu/Collections/Botany.htm

Emphasis: Central and southern Idaho; Intermountain Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, and Great Basin forbs.

Specimens: 8,807

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Contact: Robert Cox, Curator, robertcox[at]fs.fed.us, 1-208-373-4358

Web Site: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/shrub/greatbasin.shtml

Emphasis: Vascular plants concentrating on the regions of southwestern Idaho and adjacent areas. Includes the Idaho Department of Fish and Game herbarium (IFGH).

Specimens: 30,000

Database:

Contact: James Smith, Director, jfsmith[at]boisestate.edu, 1-208-426-3551

Web Site: http://www.boisestate.edu/biology/facilities_and_collections.htm#thyme

Emphasis: Emphasis on Idaho, including vascular plants and cryptogams; disjunct species; alpine and rare vascular plant species; Pacific Northwest fungi.

Specimens: 165,000 total, including 135,000 vascular plants, 10,000 bryophytes and lichens, and 20,000 fungi.

Database: Database is online.

Contact: Pam Brunsfeld, Curator, pambruns[at]uidaho.edu, 1-208-885-4623

Web Site: http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/biosci/herbarium/index.html

Emphasis: Montana.

Specimens: 5,000

Database:

Contact: Jeanette Oliver, Curator, joliver[at]fvcc.cc.mt.us, 1-406-756-3822, ext. 3878

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Emphasis: Flora of Montana, with emphasis on eastern Montana and Beartooth Plateau; tropical flora of India; vascular plants of Wisconsin.

Specimens: 16,000

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Contact: John Syring, Curator, jsyring[at]msubillings.edu, 1-406-657-2031

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Emphasis: Montana, especially Glacier, Yellowstone, northern Rocky Mountains, and Plains; worldwide Fabaceae and Poaceae.

Specimens: 95,850 specimens, including 60,000 Montana vascular plants, 20,000 non-Montana vascular plants, 2,500 Montana bryophytes, 3,350 Montana lichens, and 10,000 Montana fungi.

Database: MS Access database with about 5,000 records.

Contact: Matt Lavin, Curator, mlavin[at]montana.edu, 1-406-994-4424

Web Site: http://gemini.oscs.montana.edu/~mlavin/herb/herb1.htm

Emphasis: The largest and best representation of the flora of the Northern Rocky Mountains in the world. The Herbarium is particularly well-known for its outstanding collections from the alpine and montane regions of Montana, northern Rocky Mountain region. About 60% of the 120,000 vascular plant specimens are from Montana. The non-Montana vascular plant collections include many duplicate specimens from Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Nevada housed through exchanges with institutions in those states, as well as representatives of widespread genera with Montana taxa. Over 20,000 (28%) of the Montana vascular plant specimens were collected in the past 30 years by Prof. Klaus Lackschewitz or Peter Lesica. Diatoms of Montana.

Specimens: 129,000

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Contact: David Dyer, Collections Manager, ddyer[at]selway.umt.edu, 1-406-243-4743

Web Site: http://herbarium.dbs.umt.edu/

Emphasis: Northern Rocky Mountains; northern Idaho; western Montana and adjacent areas to include all of Northern Region, U.S.D.A. Forest Service.

Specimens: 13,000

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Contact: Peter Stickney, Curator, 1-406-542-4184; 1-406-542-4150, smincemoyer[at]fs.fed.us

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Emphasis: Focus is on hepatics of northwestern North America.

Specimens: 20,000 specimens as of 2002.

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Contact: Won Hong, Curator, whong[at]ugf.edu, 1-406-761-8210

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Emphasis: Northern California, southern Oregon, northwestern Nevada.

Specimens: 6,000

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Contact: Lucile Housley, Curator, lucile_housley[at]blm.gov, 1-541-947-6131

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Emphasis: Crater Lake National Park and adjacent vicinity. Used primarily for park-specific research and resources management decision-making.

Specimens: 5,000

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Contact: Mary Benterou, Curator, mary_benterou[at]nps.gov, 1-541-594-3095

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Emphasis: Represents the flora of the Pacific Northwest, primarily from the Oregon counties of Union, Wallowa and Baker. The nucleus of the collection is based on U.S. Forest Service collections from the early decades of the 20th century.

Specimens: About 9,500

Database: The database currently contains data for lower vascular plants, gymnosperms and monocotyledons. Dicotyledon data are still being entered and this online version will be updated as these records become available.

Contact: Karen Antell, Director, kantell[at]eou.edu, 1-541-962-3610

Web Site: http://mgd.nacse.org/cgi-bin/sqml2.0/eastoregon/eastor.qml

Emphasis: WILLU (32 000 specimens) transferred to OSC in 1976. Continue to cite specimens from Morton E. Peck Herbarium as WILLU.

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Contact: Aaron I. Liston, listona[at]science.oregonstate.edu

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Emphasis: Vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, and fungi. Although the collections are worldwide in scope, they focus on the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Includes collections from ORE, WILLU, LAGO.

Specimens: Approximately 415,000

Database: Database contains 149,130 vascular plants, 39,953 fungi, and 5,197 lichens. Data is available online. For most Oregon taxa, at least one specimen has been entered for each Oregon county it occurs in. All Oregon specimens have been entered for 80 of the 150 families (53%) and 713 of the 944 genera (75.5%). The Oregon Plant Atlas contains approximately 385,000 records. 750 Oregon plant type specimens digitized with images are online.

Contact: Aaron Liston, Director, listona[at]science.oregonstate.edu, 1-541-737-4106

Web Site: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/botany/herbarium/

Emphasis: Wood samples.

Specimens: 2,500

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Contact: ara Gartner, Curator, barbara.gartner[at]orst.edu, 1-541-737-4213

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Emphasis: The herbarium represents a mostly regional collection of fungi, algae, and green plants. Current collecting focuses on plants of the Columbia River Gorge, Portland Metropolitan Area and lower Columbia River Valley. Recent collecting trips have also been made to the Klamath Mountains and Great Basin.

Specimens: About 11,000 vascular plants, 2500 bryophytes, 200 algae, and 500 fungi.

Database: Label data for 9500 specimens in the herbarium have been entered into the database as of October 2005.

Contact: Mark Fishbein, Director, mfish[at]pdx.edu, 1-503-725-3872

Web Site: http://www.herbarium.pdx.edu/

Emphasis: Mainly Oregon, especially Lane County, some California, Baja California, Washington, and Idaho.

Specimens: 3,100

Database:

Contact: Gail Baker, Curator, bakerg[at]lanecc.edu, 1-541-463-5085

Web Site: http://teach.lanecc.edu/bakerg/Herbarium.htm

Emphasis: Emphasis on the vascular flora of the Siskiyou Mountains, the wider Klamath Mountain Ranges, the Central and Southern Cascades, and the high desert of central and southeastern Oregon. Also contains cryptogam collections representing western North America, with an emphasis on hyperoceanic and high elevation areas in the Pacific Northwest.

Specimens: 14,000

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Contact: Steven Jessup, Director, jessup[at]sou.edu, 1-541-552-6804

Web Site: http://www.sou.edu/biology/herbarium.html

Emphasis: ORE (110,000 specimens) transferred to OSC in 1993. Continue to cite specimens from the University of Oregon Herbarium as ORE.

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Contact: Aaron I. Liston, listona[at]science.oregonstate.edu

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Emphasis: Oregon, especially western Oregon.

Specimens: 6,000

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Contact: Bryan Dutton, Director, duttonb[at]wou.edu, 1-503-838-8452

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Emphasis: Central Washington.

Specimens: 25,000

Database: WNPS funds provided support for organizing the collection in an electronic database.

Contact: Jim Johnson, Curator, jjohnson[at]cwu.edu, 1-509-963-2731

Web Site: http://www.cwu.edu/~biology

Emphasis: The Department of Biology maintains a small herbarium.

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Emphasis: Small herbarium on campus.

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Contact: Dr. Frederica Bowcutt, 1-360-867-6744

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Emphasis: Marine algae; Washington, northeast Pacific.

Specimens: 3,500

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Contact: David Duggins, Curator, dduggins[at]u.washington.edu, 1-360-378-2165

Web Site: http://depts.washington.edu/fhl

Emphasis: Vascular and non vascular plants and lichens. The Herbarium includes plants from around the world, although those of the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and California form the majority of the collection. Apiaceae, Bromeliaceae, Cyperaceae, Liliaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Asteraceae.

Specimens: Nearly 350,000

Database: Online databases include 10,000 bryophytes, 2,100 lichens, 1,300 type specimens, 12,000 vascular plants. All WA, OR, and ID collections are currently being entered and should begin to be accessible online in late 2007.

Contact: Larry Hufford, Director, hufford[at]mail.wsu.edu, 1-509-335-3250

Web Site: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wsherb/

Emphasis: Washington Park Arboretum collections; horticulturally significant plants; common and noxious weeds of Washington; Union Bay Natural Area. Repository for the voucher collection of the Washington State Noxious Weed Board.

Specimens: 16,300

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Contact: Sarah Reichard, Acting Curator, reichard[at]u.washington.edu, 1-206-685-258

Web Site: http://depts.washington.edu/hydeherb/

Emphasis: Plants.

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Emphasis: Parasitic and wood-decay fungi of Pacific Northwest; grass-parasitic fungi of U.S.; smut fungi; rust fungi; powdery mildews; downy mildews; Xylariaceae, Diatrypaceae, and other pyrenomycetes worldwide.

Specimens: 72,000

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Contact: Jack Rogers, Director, rogers[at]wsu.edu, 1-509-335-9541

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Emphasis: Washington; seagrasses.

Specimens: 3,000

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Contact: Timothy Nelson, Director, tnelson[at]spu.edu, 1-206-281-3640

Web Site: http://www.spu.edu/depts/biology

Emphasis: Pacific Northwest vascular plants, some local marine algae.

Specimens: 16,500

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Contact: Margaret Olney, Curator, molney[at]stmartin.edu, 1-360-438-4327

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Emphasis: Includes vascular and nonvascular plants, fungi, lichens, and marine algae specimens. The herbarium maintains a regional focus on the Pacific Northwest, covering Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory. Other significant collections come from California, the rest of Western North America, and the Pacific Rim.

Specimens: 580,000 total, including 375,000 vascular plants, 18,000 lichens, 118,000 bryophytes, 48,000 fungi, 23,000 algae.

Database: Online databases include label data for 172,997 vascular plant specimens, representing nearly all of WTU's Pacific Northwest collections, plus 1,282 vascular plant type specimens with both label data and specimen images. Backend database is in FileMaker Pro 8.

Contact: David Giblin, Collections Manager, wtu[at]u.washington.edu, 1-206-543-1682

Web Site: http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/herbarium/index.php

Emphasis: Vascular plants of Pacific Northwest and North Cascades of Washington; local vascular plants, bryophytes, and fungi.

Specimens: 26,000

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Contact: Eric DeChaine, Curator, eric.dechaine[at]wwu.edu, 1-360-650-6575; Fred Rhoades, Curator of Bryophytes and Fungi, fredr[at]cc.wwu.ede.

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Emphasis: Emphasis is on vascular plants; also some non-vascular plants, algae and fungi. The herbarium collection emphasizes specimens from the western United States, especially Washington (the Blue Mountains), Idaho, Oregon and California.

Specimens: About 17,000

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Contact: Heidi Dobson, Director, dobsonhe[at]whitman.edu, 1-509-527-5141

Web Site: http://www.whitman.edu/biology/BiolHerbarium.html

Emphasis: Personal collection of Yukon plants representing approximately 90% of the Yukon flora. The emphasis is Yukon vascular plants (4500), with additional collections from B.C. (900), Alaska (800), Ontario (350), and Alberta (100).

Specimens: 7,000

Database: Collection is fully databased using Excel.

Contact: Bruce Bennett, brbennett[at]klondiker.com, 867-667-5331

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