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
  • Acaulon (1)
  • Aloina (76)
  • Anoectangium (28)
  • Aschisma (2)
  • Astomum (7)
  • Barbula (52)
  • Bryoerythrophyllum (296)
  • Crumia (5)
  • Desmatodon (262)
  • Didymodon (210)
  • Eucladium (3)
  • Geheebia (13)
  • Gymnostomiella (1)
  • Gymnostomum (59)
  • Hymenostomum (3)
  • Hymenostylium (53)
  • Hyophila (12)
  • Leptodontium (1)
  • Luisierella (1)
  • Molendoa (60)
  • Neohyophila (1)
  • Oxystegus (41)
  • Paraleptodontium (17)
  • Phascum (3)
  • Pleurochaete (5)
  • Pottia (11)
  • Pseudosymblepharis (8)
  • Pterygoneurum (1)
  • Scopelophila (6)
  • Stegonia (1)
  • Syntrichia (11)
  • Timmiella (2)
  • Tortella (232)
  • Tortula (415)
  • Trichostomopsis (1)
  • Trichostomum (70)
  • Triquetrella (1)
  • Weissia (21)