University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

Specialty: Worldwide, especially temperate North America and the Great Lakes region. Specific strengths include marine algae of eastern North America, West Indies, Alaska, and Pacific Islands; bryophytes of tropical America; Agaricaceae and Hymenogastraceae of western North America; vascular plants of Mexico, Iran, Himalayas, southwestern Pacific Region, and southeastern Asia; Cyperaceae, Malpighiaceae, and Myrtaceae of the New World.
Date Founded: 1837.
Collection Manager: Alison Harrington, alisonhh@umich.edu
Contacts: Loan requests, MICH-inquiry@umich.edu
Contacts: Data corrections/updates, umherb-data@umich.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
Collection Statistics
  • 148,325 specimen records
  • 41,900 (28%) georeferenced
  • 142,512 (96%) with images (152,109 total images)
  • 146,668 (99%) identified to species
  • 137 families
  • 822 genera
  • 6,249 species
  • 7,026 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Bryocrumia (1)
  • Bryosedgwickia (135)
  • Callicladium (5)
  • Caribaeohypnum (53)
  • Catagonium (40)
  • Ctenidium (254)
  • Cupressina (1)
  • Ectropotheciella (18)
  • Ectropothecium (89)
  • Elmeriobryum (26)
  • Entodontella (1)
  • Eurohypnum (11)
  • Giraldiella (1)
  • Glossadelphus (54)
  • Gollania (25)
  • Herzogiella (77)
  • Homomallium (202)
  • Hondaella (2)
  • Hyocomium (21)
  • Hypnum (2983)
  • Isopterygium (972)
  • Leucomium (62)
  • Microthamnium (1)
  • Mittenothamnium (245)
  • Orthothecium (70)
  • Platygyriella (12)
  • Platygyrium (282)
  • Pseudostereodon (18)
  • Ptilium (386)
  • Puiggariella (4)
  • Pylaisia (452)
  • Pylaisiella (8)
  • Rhacopilopsis (22)
  • Rhizohypnum (1)
  • Sharpiella (9)
  • Stereodon (8)
  • Stereodontopsis (1)
  • Taxiphyllum (197)
  • Vesicularia (199)