Appalachian State University, I. W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium (BOON)

The I.W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium contains 30,220 as of 6/7/18. The three main functions of the ASU Herbarium are for teaching, maintenance of vouchers, and development of a research herbarium with a focus on the flora of the Southern Appalachians.
Curator: Andrew Jenkins, jenkinsap@appstate.edu
Department Chair: Zack E. Murrell, murrellze@appstate.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 2bed6ae5-afde-45bb-95a9-c4918414f02d
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
I.W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium
260 Rankin Hall West
572 Rivers Street
Boone, NC   28608
United States
828-262-2674
Collection Statistics
  • 17,958 specimen records
  • 4,379 (24%) georeferenced
  • 15,133 (84%) with images (15,536 total images)
  • 16,248 (90%) identified to species
  • 199 families
  • 1,007 genera
  • 3,038 species
  • 3,509 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthospermum (1)
  • Achillea (35)
  • Acroptilon (1)
  • Ageratina (24)
  • Ambrosia (44)
  • Ampelaster (1)
  • Anaphalis (6)
  • Antennaria (54)
  • Anthemis (14)
  • Aphanostephus (1)
  • Arctium (18)
  • Arnica (5)
  • Arnoglossum (24)
  • Artemisia (12)
  • Aster (3)
  • Astranthium (1)
  • Baccharis (11)
  • Balduina (3)
  • Barkleyanthus (3)
  • Berlandiera (5)
  • Bidens (77)
  • Bigelowia (3)
  • Boltonia (5)
  • Borrichia (5)
  • Brickellia (3)
  • Calyptocarpus (1)
  • Carduus (28)
  • Carphephorus (5)
  • Centaurea (52)
  • Chaptalia (11)
  • Chondrophora (2)
  • Chrysanthemum (1)
  • Chrysogonum (7)
  • Chrysoma (2)
  • Chrysopsis (17)
  • Chrysothamnus (6)
  • Cichorium (16)
  • Cirsium (44)
  • Conyza (9)
  • Coreopsis (91)
  • Corethrogyne (1)
  • Cosmos (1)
  • Crepis (23)
  • Dieteria (1)
  • Doellingeria (14)
  • Dyssodia (2)
  • Echinacea (10)
  • Eclipta (8)
  • Elephantopus (34)
  • Emilia (3)
  • Engelmannia (1)
  • Erechtites (10)
  • Erigeron (120)
  • Eucephalus (1)
  • Eupatorium (76)
  • Eurybia (73)
  • Euthamia (14)
  • Eutrochium (9)
  • Galinsoga (4)
  • Gamochaeta (2)
  • Gnaphalium (3)
  • Helenium (3)
  • Helianthus (11)
  • Heliopsis (5)
  • Hieracium (22)
  • Hypochaeris (2)
  • Ionactis (8)
  • Krigia (2)
  • Lactuca (9)
  • Leucanthemum (10)
  • Machaeranthera (1)
  • Nabalus (3)
  • Oclemena (9)
  • Packera (9)
  • Pityopsis (3)
  • Prenanthes (5)
  • Pseudognaphalium (1)
  • Pyrrhopappus (1)
  • Rudbeckia (16)
  • Senecio (2)
  • Sericocarpus (12)
  • Smallanthus (2)
  • Solidago (330)
  • Symphyotrichum (125)
  • Tagetes (6)
  • Tanacetum (6)
  • Taraxacum (27)
  • Tetragonotheca (2)
  • Tetraneuris (2)
  • Tithonia (1)
  • Tragopogon (10)
  • Trilisa (4)
  • Tussilago (9)
  • Verbesina (31)
  • Vernonia (33)
  • Viguiera (1)
  • Wyethia (3)
  • Xanthium (11)
  • Xanthocephalum (1)
  • Youngia (3)