West Virginia University Herbarium - Lichens
Citation
West Virginia University Herbarium (WVA) (2024). West Virginia University Herbarium - Lichens. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/e6btt6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The West Virginia University Herbarium, the largest such facility in the state, contains about 185,000 mounted and cataloged vascular plant specimens and approximately 26,000 bryophyte and lichen specimens. The collection was started in 1889 and has steadily increased since then. It is designated a National Resource Collection and contains the best collection in the world of West Virginia and Central Appalachian vascular plants. In addition there are over 25,000 color photographic slides that comprise the Earl L. Core Botanical Slide Collection and over 2,000 seed collections in the Elizabeth A. Bartholomew Seed Collection.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
originatorConsortium of Lichen Herbaria
email: CNALH.help@gmail.com
homepage: https://lichenportal.org/portal/index.php
metadata author
Consortium of Lichen Herbaria
email: CNALH.help@gmail.com
homepage: https://lichenportal.org/portal/index.php
administrative point of contact
West Virginia University Herbarium - Lichens
email: dford2@wvu.edu
homepage: http://biology.wvu.edu/facilities/herbarium
Donna Ford-Werntz, Curator
content provider
email: dford2@wvu.edu