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
  • Agapetes (15)
  • Andromeda (179)
  • Anthopteropsis (2)
  • Arbutus (49)
  • Arctostaphylos (141)
  • Bryanthus (1)
  • Calluna (8)
  • Cassiope (8)
  • Cavendishia (10)
  • Chamaedaphne (171)
  • Chimaphila (273)
  • Comarostaphylis (2)
  • Corema (3)
  • Diplycosia (1)
  • Disterigma (12)
  • Elliottia (1)
  • Empetrum (30)
  • Epigaea (128)
  • Erica (10)
  • Gaultheria (321)
  • Gaylussacia (153)
  • Harrimanella (3)
  • Hypopitys (82)
  • Kalmia (172)
  • Ledum (2)
  • Leiophyllum (3)
  • Leucothoe (8)
  • Loiseleuria (3)
  • Lyonia (20)
  • Macleania (10)
  • Menziesia (27)
  • Moneses (65)
  • Monotropa (117)
  • Monotropastrum (2)
  • Ornithostaphylos (1)
  • Orthilia (110)
  • Oxydendrum (7)
  • Pernettya (2)
  • Phyllodoce (4)
  • Pieris (2)
  • Psammisia (1)
  • Pterospora (38)
  • Pyrola (440)
  • Rhododendron (389)
  • Rusbya (1)
  • Satyria (30)
  • Thibaudia (1)
  • Vaccinium (911)