Chico State Herbarium

Description

The Chico State Herbarium is the most complete repository of plant specimens from northeastern California. The emphasis is on the northern California flora, and includes a great number of rare, threatened, and endangered plant species. Established with specimens donated by the late Professor Vesta Holt in the 1950’s, the herbarium now contains more than 107,000 dried and mounted plant specimens. The majority of samples are flowering plants, conifers, and ferns, but bryophytes, lichens, and especially slime molds, are also well represented. The Herbarium is used extensively for identification of sensitive and other plant species by various agencies and individuals. Loans of herbarium specimens are made to any higher academic institutions who request them.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Lawrence Janeway
email: LJaneway@csuchico.edu

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Colleen Hatfield
Telephone: 1-5308984235
email: chatfield@csuchico.edu

Chico State Herbarium
Dept of Biological Sciences; Holt Hall Rm 205; Zip 515
Chico
95929
CA
US
email: chatfield@csuchico.edu