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
  • Callicladium (32)
  • Campylophyllum (7)
  • Ctenidium (33)
  • Ectropothecium (1)
  • Glossadelphus (1)
  • Gollania (7)
  • Herzogiella (115)
  • Homomallium (5)
  • Hypnum (1812)
  • Isopterygiopsis (137)
  • Isopterygium (22)
  • Orthothecium (149)
  • Platydictya (33)
  • Platygyrium (8)
  • Pseudotaxiphyllum (20)
  • Pylaisia (22)
  • Pylaisiella (55)
  • Taxiphyllum (16)
  • Tripterocladium (2)
  • Vesicularia (3)