University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

Specialty: Worldwide, especially temperate North America and the Great Lakes region. Specific strengths include marine algae of eastern North America, West Indies, Alaska, and Pacific Islands; bryophytes of tropical America; Agaricaceae and Hymenogastraceae of western North America; vascular plants of Mexico, Iran, Himalayas, southwestern Pacific Region, and southeastern Asia; Cyperaceae, Malpighiaceae, and Myrtaceae of the New World.
Date Founded: 1837.

Collection Manager: Brad Ruhfel, umherb-data@umich.edu
Collection Manager: Aly Baumgartner, umherb-data@umich.edu
Technical Support: Garth Holman, gholman@umich.edu
Technical Support: Matthew Cruz, mcruz@umich.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 March 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200
Collection Statistics
  • 568,115 specimen records
  • 179,924 (32%) georeferenced
  • 480,069 (85%) with images (665,002 total images)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 534,972 (94%) identified to species
  • 362 families
  • 5,446 genera
  • 41,710 species
  • 46,173 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Adenoderris (1)
  • Arachniodes (83)
  • Aspidium (2)
  • Bolbitis (99)
  • Ctenitis (258)
  • Cyclodium (2)
  • Cyrtomium (55)
  • Dryopteris (4412)
  • Elaphoglossum (1158)
  • Lastreopsis (20)
  • Lomagramma (9)
  • Maxonia (8)
  • Megalastrum (36)
  • Mickelia (37)
  • Nothoperanema (1)
  • Olfersia (19)
  • Papuapteris (1)
  • Parapolystichum (62)
  • Peltapteris (2)
  • Peranema (26)
  • Phanerophlebia (125)
  • Pleocnemia (8)
  • Polybotrya (65)
  • Polystichopsis (18)
  • Polystichum (1372)
  • Psomiocarpa (2)
  • Rumohra (26)
  • Stenolepia (2)
  • Stigmatopteris (32)
  • Tectaridium (1)
  • Teratophyllum (3)