Harvard University Herbaria: Vascular Plants (California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California) (Harvard)

This dataset contains all digitized vascular plant specimen records stewarded by the Harvard University Herbaria and collected in California, Oregon, Nevada, or Baja California. 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). DarwinCore data follows the AppleCore guidance.

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
Collection Statistics
  • 122,849 specimen records
  • 386 (0.31%) georeferenced
  • 100,963 (82%) identified to species
  • 192 families
  • 1,589 genera
  • 8,642 species
  • 8,686 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agapetes (1)
  • Andromeda (1)
  • Arbutus (80)
  • Arctostaphylos (1685)
  • Bryanthus (4)
  • Cassiope (7)
  • Chimaphila (40)
  • Comarostaphylis (30)
  • Elliottia (3)
  • Empetrum (6)
  • Enkianthus (1)
  • Erica (1)
  • Gaultheria (77)
  • Gaylussacia (1)
  • Hemitomes (1)
  • Kalmia (46)
  • Kalmiopsis (5)
  • Leucothoe (31)
  • Menziesia (27)
  • Moneses (5)
  • Monotropa (21)
  • Newberrya (1)
  • Ornithostaphylos (5)
  • Orthilia (40)
  • Phyllodoce (103)
  • Pieris (2)
  • Pityopus (2)
  • Pleuricospora (23)
  • Pterospora (32)
  • Pyrola (154)
  • Rhododendron (267)
  • Sarcodes (28)
  • Tolmiea (10)
  • Vaccinium (132)
  • Xylococcus (50)