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Iowa State University Herbarium

Dataset homepage

Citation

Lewis D, Simpson A (2022). Iowa State University Herbarium. United States Geological Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nxs7hw accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-13.

Description

The Ada Hayden (Iowa State University) Herbarium has the largest collection of Iowa plants and fungi, containing over 600,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens. This dataset describes 24,775 specimens from the Plantae collection. For the Fungi collection, please see iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/4b92de1f-866d-4b82-af69-37d46753f289).

Additional info

Georeferenced coordinates that are provided are calculated centroids that were added during data processing by USGS BISON based on provided county names, and mentioned in georeferenceRemarks. County FIPS codes were derived during data cleaning and appear in the higherGeographyID field.

Taxonomic Coverages

541 plant names at the Genus level and below (mostly species).
  1. Agrostis hiemalis
  2. Schedonnardus paniculatus
  3. Echinochloa muricata
  4. Echinochloa crusgalli
  5. Sagittaria calycina
  6. Schoenoplectus fluviatilis
  7. Schedonorus phoenix
  8. Festuca ovina
  9. Bouteloua gracilis
  10. Hierochloe odorata
  11. Triphora trianthophora
  12. Zigadenus elegans
  13. Carex brachyglossa
  14. Agrostis stolonifera
  15. Belamcanda chinensis
  16. Allium burdickii
  17. Eleocharis olivacea
  18. Andropogon hallii
  19. Elymus riparius
  20. Elymus submuticus
  21. Buchloe dactyloides
  22. Carex albicans var. albicans
  23. Carex vulpinoidea
  24. Carex
    rank: genus
  25. Scolochloa festucacea
  26. Typha X glauca
  27. Carex grisea
  28. Carex atherodes X trichocarpa
  29. Platanthera clavellata
  30. Panicum oligosanthes
  31. Carex eleocharis
  32. Schoenoplectus maritimus
  33. Pennisetum petiolare
  34. Sparganium eurycarpum
  35. Hesperostipa spartea
  36. Spartina pectinata
  37. Carex meadii
  38. Elymus virginicus
  39. Eragrostis cilianensis
  40. Carex hirsutella
  41. Carex sprengelii
  42. Scirpus pendulus
  43. Alisma subcordatum
  44. Lemna trisulca
  45. Carex pensylvanica
  46. Trillium cernuum
  47. Elymus hystrix
  48. Agrostis perennans
  49. Carex eburnea
  50. Muhlenbergia schreberi
  51. Leersia virginica
  52. Scirpus atrovirens
  53. Potamogeton zosteriformis
  54. Hordeum pusillum
  55. Cinna arundinacea
  56. Cyperus odoratus
  57. Cyperus squarrosus
  58. Liparis loeselii
  59. Andropogon gerardii
  60. Tradescantia bracteata
  61. Lemna minor
  62. Cyperus lupulinus
  63. Poa sylvestris
  64. Juncus dudleyi
  65. Arisaema dracontium
  66. Smilax ecirrhata
  67. Hypoxis hirsuta
  68. Smilax illinoensis
  69. Smilax tamnoides
  70. Dichanthelium leibergii
  71. Cyperus diandrus
  72. Panicum capillare
  73. Schoenoplectus acutus
  74. Cenchrus longispinus
  75. Carex bicknellii
  76. Maianthemum stellatum
  77. Smilax lasioneura
  78. Aristida purpurea
  79. Dichanthelium wilcoxianum
  80. Dichanthelium oligosanthes
  81. Sporobolus compositus
  82. Festuca subverticillata
  83. Calamovilfa longifolia
  84. Eragrostis pectinacea
  85. Aristida oligantha
  86. Juncus torreyi
  87. Muhlenbergia asperifolia
  88. Platanthera praeclara
  89. Vulpia octoflora
  90. Glyceria striata
  91. Elymus villosus
  92. Sporobolus heterolepis
  93. Carex rosea
  94. Diarrhena obovata
  95. Carex oligocarpa
  96. Carex hystericina
  97. Maianthemum racemosum
  98. Elymus trachycaulus
  99. Eleocharis erythropoda
  100. Eragrostis hypnoides
  101. Spirodela polyrrhiza
  102. Leersia oryzoides
  103. Eleocharis compressa
  104. Sisyrinchium campestre
  105. Carex laeviconica
  106. Eragrostis spectabilis
  107. Carex inops
  108. Heteranthera dubia
  109. Sphenopholis intermedia
  110. Calamagrostis canadensis
  111. Carex praegracilis
  112. Glyceria grandis
  113. Bromus japonicus
  114. Sorghastrum nutans
  115. Carex atherodes
  116. Scirpus pallidus
  117. Eleocharis acicularis
  118. Muhlenbergia racemosa
  119. Bouteloua hirsuta
  120. Echinodorus berteroi
  121. Cyperus strigosus
  122. Carex hitchcockiana
  123. Carex emoryi
  124. Cyperus schweinitzii
  125. Arisaema triphyllum
  126. Tridens flavus
  127. Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
  128. Alopecurus carolinianus
  129. Carex blanda
  130. Carex tribuloides
  131. Erythronium albidum
  132. Sporobolus cryptandrus
  133. Potamogeton nodosus
  134. Poa palustris
  135. Carex brevior
  136. Potamogeton foliosus
  137. Lilium michiganense
  138. Carex gravida
  139. Polygonatum biflorum
  140. Cypripedium candidum
  141. Carex sartwellii
  142. Bromus latiglumis
  143. Lilium philadelphicum
  144. Carex interior
  145. Carex trichocarpa
  146. Carex albursina
  147. Carex cephaloidea
  148. Carex utriculata
  149. Carex pellita
  150. Zannichellia palustris
  151. Sagittaria brevirostra
  152. Iris virginica
  153. Digitaria cognata
  154. Alopecurus aequalis
  155. Sagittaria australis
  156. Trillium nivale
  157. Cyperus bipartitus
  158. Eleocharis obtusa
  159. Potamogeton pusillus
  160. Uvularia grandiflora
  161. Carex davisii
  162. Carex cephalophora
  163. Cyperus erythrorhizos
  164. Festuca paradoxa
  165. Tradescantia ohiensis
  166. Sporobolus vaginiflorus
  167. Scleria triglomerata
  168. Carex missouriensis
  169. Carex bushii
  170. Carex cristatella
  171. Bromus pubescens
  172. Carex backii
  173. Sporobolus neglectus
  174. Carex vesicaria
  175. Panicum miliaceum
  176. Acorus americanus
  177. Muhlenbergia sylvatica
  178. Carex haydenii
  179. Carex crawei
  180. Eleocharis parvula
  181. Carex aquatilis
  182. Aristida basiramea
  183. Lemna turionifera
  184. Carex lacustris
  185. Cypripedium parviflorum
  186. Carex scoparia
  187. Veratrum woodii
  188. Spiranthes cernua
  189. Glyceria septentrionalis
  190. Carex leavenworthii
  191. Scirpus cyperinus
  192. Smilax herbacea
  193. Tripsacum dactyloides
  194. Carex lupuliformis
  195. Chloris verticillata
  196. Allium tricoccum
  197. Brachyelytrum erectum
  198. Carex lupulina
  199. Carex tenera
  200. Carex granularis
  201. Carex retrorsa
  202. Dioscorea villosa
  203. Cypripedium reginae
  204. Carex pedunculata
  205. Rhynchospora capillacea
  206. Carex typhina
  207. Carex sparganioides
  208. Carex hirtifolia
  209. Liparis liliifolia
  210. Carex normalis
  211. Carex frankii
  212. Eleocharis engelmannii
  213. Peltandra virginica
  214. Carex grayi
  215. Aristida tuberculosa
  216. Sisyrinchium angustifolium
  217. Danthonia spicata
  218. Oryzopsis asperifolia
  219. Bouteloua curtipendula
  220. Carex saximontana
  221. Yucca glauca
  222. Potamogeton richardsonii
  223. Muhlenbergia cuspidata
  224. Carex duriuscula
  225. Nassella viridula
  226. Elyhordeum macounii
  227. Agrostis scabra
  228. Aristida dichotoma
  229. Zizania palustris
  230. Beckmannia syzigachne
  231. Poa arida
  232. Calamagrostis stricta
  233. Muhlenbergia frondosa
  234. Najas flexilis
  235. Carex bebbii
  236. Potamogeton illinoensis
  237. Allium stellatum
  238. Heteranthera limosa
  239. Juncus interior
  240. Dichanthelium ovale
  241. Allium canadense
  242. Stuckenia pectinata
  243. Phleum pratense
  244. Poa pratensis
  245. Spiranthes vernalis
  246. Juncus nodosus
  247. Cyperus acuminatus
  248. Schoenoplectus pungens
  249. Juncus alpinoarticulatus
  250. Carex stricta
  251. Alisma triviale
  252. Galearis spectabilis
  253. Eragrostis frankii
  254. Corallorhiza odontorhiza
  255. Elymus canadensis
  256. Trillium grandiflorum
  257. Carex sychnocephala
  258. Triglochin palustris
  259. Hesperostipa comata
  260. Carex tetanica
  261. Sagittaria cuneata
  262. Digitaria ciliaris
  263. Carex crus-corvi
  264. Lipocarpha micrantha
  265. Potamogeton crispus
  266. Trillium recurvatum
  267. Panicum virgatum
  268. Elymus repens
  269. Eleocharis quinqueflora
  270. Muhlenbergia glomerata
  271. Schoenoplectus heterochaetus
  272. Carex prairea
  273. Sagittaria rigida
  274. Juncus greenei
  275. Wolffia brasiliensis
  276. Wolffia columbiana
  277. Dichanthelium linearifolium
  278. Carex annectens
  279. Juncus canadensis
  280. Glyceria borealis
  281. Eleocharis tenuis
  282. Potamogeton praelongus
  283. Carex assiniboinensis
  284. Panicum philadelphicum
  285. Spiranthes romanzoffiana
  286. Potamogeton gramineus
  287. Triglochin maritima
  288. Eriophorum gracile
  289. Eriophorum angustifolium
  290. Potamogeton natans
  291. Sagittaria graminea
  292. Dactylorhiza viridis
  293. Muhlenbergia richardsonis
  294. Carex comosa
  295. Eleocharis palustris
  296. Eleocharis elliptica
  297. Carex alopecoidea
  298. Potamogeton strictifolius
  299. Carex jamesii
  300. Elyhordeum iowense
  301. Carex radiata
  302. Schoenoplectus mucronatus
  303. Erythronium mesochoreum
  304. Carex gracillima
  305. Luzula multiflora
  306. Sparganium emersum
  307. Carex buxbaumii
  308. Elymus diversiglumis
  309. Scleria verticillata
  310. Carex diandra
  311. Trillium flexipes
  312. Juncus bufonius
  313. Carex lasiocarpa
  314. Spiranthes magnicamporum
  315. Carex aggregata
  316. Spiranthes lacera
  317. Hordeum vulgare
  318. Eleocharis wolfii
  319. Bromus inermis
  320. Carex muskingumensis
  321. Eragrostis capillaris
  322. Dichanthelium latifolium
  323. Melica nitens
  324. Muhlenbergia sobolifera
  325. Carex deweyana
  326. Spiranthes ovalis
  327. Carex crawfordii
  328. Maianthemum canadense
  329. Carex suberecta
  330. Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
  331. Carex communis
  332. Potamogeton diversifolius
  333. Pontederia cordata
  334. Muhlenbergia bushii
  335. Poa nemoralis
  336. Carex molesta
  337. Carex conjuncta
  338. Carex shortiana
  339. Phalaris canariensis
  340. Veratrum virginicum
  341. Dichanthelium clandestinum
  342. Carex echinata
  343. Eleocharis ovata
  344. Carex chordorrhiza
  345. Potamogeton amplifolius
  346. Potamogeton spirillus
  347. Carex umbellata
  348. Dactylis glomerata
  349. Echinodorus cordifolius
  350. Poa wolfii
  351. Malaxis unifolia
  352. Erythronium americanum
  353. Eleocharis macrostachya
  354. Eragrostis trichodes
  355. Carex projecta
  356. Heteranthera multiflora
  357. Dichanthelium depauperatum
  358. Yucca filamentosa
  359. Carex richardsonii
  360. Elymus wiegandii
  361. Bromus kalmii
  362. Platanthera aquilonis
  363. Hordeum jubatum
  364. Bromus ciliatus
  365. Dulichium arundinaceum
  366. Schizachyrium scoparium
  367. Agrostis gigantea
  368. Aplectrum hyemale
  369. Camassia scilloides
  370. Panicum dichotomiflorum
  371. Scirpus georgianus
  372. Carex squarrosa
  373. Platanthera flava
  374. Leptochloa fusca
  375. Secale cereale
  376. Calopogon tuberosus
  377. Carex conoidea
  378. Carex lurida
  379. Elymus macgregorii
  380. Phragmites australis
  381. Allium cernuum
  382. Koeleria macrantha
  383. Tradescantia virginiana
  384. Poa chapmaniana
  385. Leersia lenticularis
  386. Uvularia sessilifolia
  387. Muhlenbergia mexicana
  388. Platanthera psycodes
  389. Scirpus pedicellatus
  390. Carex sterilis
  391. Dichanthelium boreale
  392. Carex leptalea
  393. Platanthera leucophaea
  394. Goodyera pubescens
  395. Symplocarpus foetidus
  396. Carex laevivaginata
  397. Xyris torta
  398. Sparganium americanum
  399. Digitaria filiformis
  400. Sporobolus clandestinus
  401. Corallorhiza maculata
  402. Carex peckii
  403. Schizachne purpurascens
  404. Polygonatum pubescens
  405. Typha angustifolia
  406. Carex woodii
  407. Luzula acuminata
  408. Potamogeton epihydrus
  409. Streptopus lanceolatus
  410. Poa paludigena
  411. Carex tonsa
  412. Juncus tenuis
  413. Potamogeton vaseyi
  414. Calopogon oklahomensis
  415. Juncus acuminatus
  416. Poa compressa
  417. Triplasis purpurea
  418. Lemna perpusilla
  419. Carex laxiculmis
  420. Fimbristylis autumnalis
  421. Sparganium androcladum
  422. Aristida ramosissima
  423. Juncus arcticus
  424. Acorus calamus
  425. Milium effusum
  426. Poa saltuensis
  427. Spiranthes lucida
  428. Paspalum setaceum
  429. Piptatherum racemosum
  430. Carex careyana
  431. Schoenoplectus smithii
  432. Platanthera hookeri
  433. Dichanthelium acuminatum
  434. Cinna latifolia
  435. Dichanthelium perlongum
  436. Commelina erecta
  437. Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
  438. Nothoscordum bivalve
  439. Platanthera lacera
  440. Carex gracilescens
  441. Echinochloa walteri
  442. Sphenopholis obtusata
  443. Typha latifolia
  444. Zea mays
  445. Carex plantaginea
  446. Cypripedium X andrewsii
  447. Bromus hordeaceus
  448. Eriochloa villosa
  449. Commelina communis
  450. Carex stipata
  451. Cyperus esculentus
  452. Alopecurus pratensis
  453. Bromus commutatus
  454. Bromus secalinus
  455. Bromus tectorum
  456. Digitaria sanguinalis
  457. Digitaria ischaemum
  458. Eragrostis minor
  459. Festuca rubra
  460. Poa annua
  461. Setaria viridis
  462. Setaria verticillata
  463. Setaria faberi
  464. Setaria italica
  465. Eleusine indica
  466. Sclerochloa dura
  467. Sorghum halepense
  468. Triticum aestivum
  469. Allium vineale
  470. Allium sativum
  471. Asparagus officinalis
  472. Hemerocallis fulva
  473. Aegilops cylindrica
  474. Elodea nuttallii
  475. Miscanthus sacchariflorus
  476. Setaria pumila
  477. Schedonorus pratensis
  478. Elodea canadensis
  479. Vallisneria americana
  480. Juncus effusus
  481. Holcus lanatus
  482. Ornithogalum umbellatum
  483. Ornithogalum nutans
  484. Convallaria majalis
  485. Pascopyrum smithii
  486. Sagittaria latifolia
  487. Najas guadalupensis
  488. Bulbostylis capillaris
  489. Agropyron cristatum
  490. Andropogon virginicus
  491. Distichlis spicata
  492. Eragrostis pilosa
  493. Hordeum marinum
  494. Lolium multiflorum
  495. Lolium perenne
  496. Lolium temulentum
  497. Poa bulbosa
  498. Poa trivialis
  499. Puccinellia distans
  500. Phalaris arundinacea
  501. Arrhenatherum elatius
  502. Avena fatua
  503. Avena sativa
  504. Crypsis schoenoides
  505. Cynodon dactylon
  506. Cynodon transvaalensis
  507. Sorghum bicolor
  508. Vulpia myuros
  509. Iris pseudacorus
  510. Iris germanica
  511. Iris pallida
  512. Festuca trachyphylla
  513. Lilium lancifolium
  514. Narcissus poeticus
  515. Setaria parviflora
  516. Thinopyrum intermedium
  517. Thinopyrum ponticum
  518. Muhlenbergia paniculata
  519. Juncus X nodosiformis
  520. Carex brevior X bicknellii
  521. Aristida longespica
  522. Koeleria pyramidata
  523. Carex muehlenbergii
  524. Carex hyalinolepis
  525. Carex limosa
  526. Iris pumila
  527. Juncus marginatus
  528. Ruppia cirrhosa
  529. Sagittaria cristata
  530. Scheuchzeria palustris
  531. Carex mesochorea
  532. Carex tuckermanii
  533. Carex festucacea
  534. Dichanthelium boscii
  535. Eriophorum virginicum
  536. Piptatherum pungens
  537. Cyperus houghtonii
  538. Carex media
  539. Eleocharis atropurpurea
  540. Camassia angusta
  541. Allium schoenoprasum

Geographic Coverages

The state of Iowa.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Deborah Lewis
originator
position: Curator, Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
340 Bessey Hall
Ames
50011
Iowa
US
Telephone: +1-515-294-9499
email: dlewis@iastate.edu
Annie Simpson
metadata author
position: biologist and information scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Mailstop 302
Reston
20192
Virginia
US
Telephone: +1 703-648-4281
email: asimpson@usgs.gov
Deborah Lewis
metadata author
position: Curator, Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
340 Bessey Hall
Ames
50011
Iowa
US
Telephone: +1-515-294-9499
email: dlewis@iastate.edu
Deborah Lewis
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
340 Bessey Hall
Ames
50011
Iowa
US
Telephone: +1-515-294-9499
email: dlewis@iastate.edu
Lynn Clark
administrative point of contact
position: Director, Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
340 Bessey Hall
Ames
50011
Iowa
US
Telephone: +1-515-294-8218
email: lgclark@iastate.edu
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