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.
Contacts: Steffi M. Ickert-Bond, Curator, smickertbond@alaska.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 March 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 45,258 specimen records
  • 14,916 (33%) georeferenced
  • 37,643 (83%) with images (40,815 total images)
  • 1 GenBank genetic references
  • 42,106 (93%) identified to species
  • 156 families
  • 463 genera
  • 1,482 species
  • 1,493 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aongstroemia (27)
  • Arctoa (90)
  • Braunfelsia (2)
  • Brothera (2)
  • Campylopus (23)
  • Cnestrum (2)
  • Cynodontium (150)
  • Dichodontium (121)
  • Dicranella (341)
  • Dicranodontium (56)
  • Dicranoloma (7)
  • Dicranoweisia (319)
  • Dicranum (2245)
  • Kiaeria (219)
  • Leucoloma (2)
  • Oncophorus (491)
  • Oreas (2)
  • Orthodicranum (8)
  • Paraleucobryum (101)
  • Pseudephemerum (1)
  • Rhabdoweisia (18)