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University of South Carolina Upstate Herbarium (USCS)

The herbarium at the University of South Carolina Upstate (formerly University of South Carolina Spartanburg) houses a collection of bryophytes and vascular plants with a focus on the Piedmont region of South Carolina. The collection was begun in the 1970s and most specimen were collected by or under the supervision of Dr. Gillian Newberry.

Contacts: Benjamin Montgomery, bmontgomery@uscupstate.edu
Homepage: https://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/arts_sciences/natural_science/Herbarium/Default.aspx?id=2192
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 9a26bc5f-b8ef-4fa8-b7e8-b8341e2e7823
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://sernecportal.org/portal/content/dwca/USCS_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 17,886 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 17,848 (100%) with images (17,850 total images)
  • 17,807 (100%) identified to species
  • 177 families
  • 735 genera
  • 1,742 species
  • 1,897 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Bumelia (1)
  • Sideroxylon (5)