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University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium (ALA)

The Herbarium (ALA) contains more than 220,000 specimens of non-vascular and vascular plants and is the only major research herbarium in Alaska. The collection also includes plants from other states, Canada, Greenland, Fennoscandia, Japan, and Russia and provides a basis for teaching and research.
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Collection Statistics

  • 45,295 specimen records
  • 14,923 (33%) georeferenced
  • 37,629 (83%) with images (40,802 total images)
  • 1 GenBank genetic references
  • 42,097 (93%) identified to species
  • 180 families
  • 463 genera
  • 1,486 species
  • 1,498 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 3 January 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Cryptogam IPT instance
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