Harvard University Herbaria: Vascular Plants of North America (Harvard)

The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate herbarium collections: * Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A) * Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON) * Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES) * Farlow Herbarium (FH) * Gray Herbarium (GH) * New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC).
Contacts: Jonathan Kennedy, jonathan_kennedy@harvard.edu
Contacts: HUH Requests, huh-requests@oeb.harvard.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 11 May 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 1,029,015 specimen records
  • 3,559 (0.35%) georeferenced
  • 971,102 (94%) with images (1,830,101 total images)
  • 999,335 (97%) identified to species
  • 322 families
  • 4,697 genera
  • 40,688 species
  • 48,993 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achlaena (1)
  • Achnatherum (169)
  • Aegilops (4)
  • Aegopogon (1)
  • Agropogon (19)
  • Agropyron (32)
  • Agrostis (1854)
  • Aira (61)
  • Allolepis (1)
  • Alopecurus (359)
  • Ammophila (120)
  • Amphicarpum (2)
  • Andropogon (689)
  • Anthaenantia (1)
  • Anthephora (1)
  • Anthoxanthum (602)
  • Arctagrostis (1)
  • Aristida (512)
  • Arrhenatherum (106)
  • Arthraxon (1)
  • Arthrostylidium (9)
  • Arundinaria (9)
  • Arundinella (3)
  • Arundo (2)
  • Atheropogon (2)
  • Atropis (6)
  • Avena (171)
  • Avenula (7)
  • Axonopus (13)
  • Bambusa (2)
  • Barkworthia (3)
  • Bealia (1)
  • Beckmannia (14)
  • Blepharidachne (4)
  • Bothriochloa (7)
  • Bouteloua (92)
  • Brachiaria (6)
  • Brachyelytrum (240)
  • Brachypodium (9)
  • Briza (82)
  • Bromus (1641)
  • Calamagrostis (796)
  • Calamovilfa (23)
  • Calycodon (1)
  • Campulosus (1)
  • Catabrosa (1)
  • Cathestecum (5)
  • Cenchrus (109)
  • Ceratochloa (1)
  • Chaetochloa (9)
  • Chamaeraphis (1)
  • Chasmanthium (1)
  • Chloris (31)
  • Chondrosum (1)
  • Chrysopogon (1)
  • Chusquea (7)
  • Cinna (373)
  • Coleataenia (16)
  • Cornucopiae (2)
  • Corynephorus (4)
  • Crypsis (15)
  • Cynodon (19)
  • Cynosurus (38)
  • Dactylis (219)
  • Dactyloctenium (4)
  • Danthonia (678)
  • Deschampsia (539)
  • Desmazeria (2)
  • Deyeuxia (8)
  • Dichanthelium (4393)
  • Digitaria (481)
  • Dimorphostachys (1)
  • Diplachne (6)
  • Dissanthelium (4)
  • Distichlis (196)
  • Dupontia (5)
  • Eatonia (1)
  • Echinochloa (478)
  • Ectosperma (1)
  • Ekmanochloa (1)
  • Eleusine (58)
  • Elionurus (3)
  • Elymordeum (1)
  • Elymus (1793)
  • Elytrigia (1)
  • Enneapogon (3)
  • Epicampes (4)
  • Eragrostis (921)
  • Eremochloa (1)
  • Erianthus (3)
  • Eriochloa (7)
  • Eriocoma (1)
  • Euchlaena (11)
  • Fendleria (1)
  • Festuca (963)
  • Fourniera (2)
  • Gastridium (37)
  • Glyceria (1707)
  • Gouinia (1)
  • Graphephorum (2)
  • Guadua (15)
  • Gymnostichum (2)
  • Hainardia (8)
  • Helopus (1)
  • Hesperostipa (10)
  • Hierochloe (82)
  • Hilaria (1)
  • Holcus (182)
  • Hopia (8)
  • Hordeum (293)
  • Ichnanthus (3)
  • Imperata (6)
  • Isachne (1)
  • Ischaemum (1)
  • Koeleria (45)
  • Lagurus (4)
  • Lamarckia (19)
  • Lasiacis (6)
  • Leersia (329)
  • Leptochloa (72)
  • Lepturidium (1)
  • Lepturus (3)
  • Leymus (142)
  • Limnetis (1)
  • Lolium (195)
  • Lophochlaena (2)
  • Luziola (1)
  • Lycurus (7)
  • Melica (291)
  • Melinis (1)
  • Mesosetum (2)
  • Mibora (1)
  • Microstegium (34)
  • Milium (91)
  • Miscanthus (23)
  • Mnesithea (1)
  • Molinia (15)
  • Monanthochloe (4)
  • Muhlenbergia (1520)
  • Nardus (10)
  • Nassella (89)
  • Neostapfia (7)
  • Olyra (2)
  • Orcuttia (29)
  • Oryzopsis (247)
  • Panicularia (8)
  • Panicum (1302)
  • Pappophorum (12)
  • Parapholis (7)
  • Paratheria (1)
  • Pariana (1)
  • Pascopyrum (2)
  • Paspalidium (2)
  • Paspalum (333)
  • Patis (3)
  • Pennisetum (7)
  • Perotis (1)
  • Phalaris (395)
  • Pharus (2)
  • Phleum (273)
  • Phragmites (160)
  • Phyllostachys (4)
  • Piptatheropsis (6)
  • Piptatherum (274)
  • Piptochaetium (62)
  • Pleuraphis (21)
  • Pleuropogon (26)
  • Poa (2417)
  • Podosemum (1)
  • Polypogon (78)
  • Pringleochloa (2)
  • Pseudoroegneria (6)
  • Ptilagrostiella (9)
  • Ptilagrostis (3)
  • Puccinellia (203)
  • Raddia (1)
  • Reimaria (1)
  • Rhynchelytrum (1)
  • Rottboellia (3)
  • Saccharum (1)
  • Saugetia (1)
  • Savastana (2)
  • Schaffnera (1)
  • Schedonnardus (5)
  • Schedonorus (260)
  • Schismus (10)
  • Schizachne (144)
  • Schizachyrium (274)
  • Sclerochloa (1)
  • Scribneria (15)
  • Secale (67)
  • Setaria (566)
  • Sitanion (2)
  • Sorghastrum (124)
  • Sorghum (53)
  • Spartina (765)
  • Sphenopholis (320)
  • Sporobolus (341)
  • Stenochloa (2)
  • Stenotaphrum (1)
  • Stipa (38)
  • Streptachne (2)
  • Swallenia (4)
  • Syntherisma (4)
  • Taeniatherum (6)
  • Themeda (1)
  • Thinopyrum (38)
  • Thorneochloa (3)
  • Torreyochloa (251)
  • Tragus (3)
  • Trichachne (2)
  • Trichloris (5)
  • Tricuspis (5)
  • Tridens (72)
  • Triniochloa (1)
  • Triodia (5)
  • Triplasis (67)
  • Tripsacum (42)
  • Triscenia (1)
  • Trisetum (302)
  • Tristachya (1)
  • Triticum (61)
  • Tuctoria (11)
  • Uniola (4)
  • Urochloa (1)
  • Vahlodea (34)
  • Vilfa (10)
  • Vulpia (395)
  • Zea (74)
  • Zeugites (1)
  • Zizania (157)
  • Zoysia (1)