Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - Bryophytes (PH)

PH (the official, internationally recognized abbreviation for the herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences) is the oldest institutional herbarium in U.S. It is a national resource for material from 1750-1850, with some dating from as early as 1689.

Collection Manager: Chelsea Smith, ans_ph_herbarium@drexel.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 921fe619-c251-4b3b-9ee4-447c586b44cb
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 61,278 specimen records
  • 30,907 (50%) georeferenced
  • 46,967 (77%) with images (54,874 total images)
  • 53,185 (87%) identified to species
  • 191 families
  • 683 genera
  • 4,345 species
  • 4,820 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics