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: Alison Harrington, alisonhh@umich.edu
Contacts: Loan requests, MICH-inquiry@umich.edu
Contacts: Data corrections/updates, umherb-data@umich.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
Collection Statistics
  • 148,325 specimen records
  • 41,900 (28%) georeferenced
  • 142,512 (96%) with images (152,109 total images)
  • 146,668 (99%) identified to species
  • 137 families
  • 822 genera
  • 6,249 species
  • 7,026 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Alicularia (1)
  • Anastrepta (6)
  • Anastrophyllum (192)
  • Andrewsianthus (1)
  • Aplozia (4)
  • Barbilophozia (409)
  • Chandonanthus (63)
  • Cryptochila (9)
  • Cryptocolea (1)
  • Gymnocolea (65)
  • Isopaches (1)
  • Jamesoniella (210)
  • Jungermannia (329)
  • Lophozia (587)
  • Mylia (164)
  • Nardia (66)
  • Notoscyphus (3)
  • Roivainenia (1)
  • Sphenolobopsis (1)
  • Sphenolobus (3)
  • Syzygiella (21)
  • Tritomaria (159)