Carl W. Sharsmith Herbarium at San Jose State University (SJSU)

Founded in 1945 by Dr. Carl Sharsmith, the herbarium at San Jose State University houses a collection of more than 18,500 pressed plants. Many specimens were collected over Dr. Sharsmith's long career as a university professor and natural history ranger at Yosemite National Park.
Contacts: Benjamin Carter, benjamin.carter@wildlife.ca.gov
Curator: John McLaughlin, john.mclaughlin@sjsu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: b9bd31c2-d3cc-47f9-9c4f-f0eb53929c56
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 12,085 specimen records
  • 11,966 (99%) georeferenced
  • 10,828 (90%) identified to species
  • 135 families
  • 286 genera
  • 740 species
  • 754 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Bestia (40)
  • Brachytheciastrum (70)
  • Brachythecium (162)
  • Bryhnia (3)
  • Bryoandersonia (9)
  • Claopodium (8)
  • Eurhynchiastrum (8)
  • Eurhynchium (5)
  • Homalothecium (424)
  • Isothecium (155)
  • Kindbergia (92)
  • Koponeniella (4)
  • Leptodictyum (1)
  • Palamocladium (1)
  • Pseudoscleropodium (6)
  • Pseudotaxiphyllum (1)
  • Rhynchostegium (22)
  • Scleropodium (1103)
  • Trachybryum (1)