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@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
  • Acaulon (6)
  • Aloina (58)
  • Anoectangium (1)
  • Asterella (1)
  • Barbula (15)
  • Bryoerythrophyllum (13)
  • Ceratodon (4)
  • Chenia (1)
  • Crossidium (54)
  • Crumia (34)
  • Desmatodon (2)
  • Dicranella (2)
  • Dicranoweisia (1)
  • Didymodon (736)
  • Eucladium (41)
  • Gemmabryum (1)
  • Grimmia (2)
  • Gymnostomum (31)
  • Hennediella (35)
  • Hymenostylium (1)
  • Leptodontium (1)
  • Leptophascum (2)
  • Microbryum (28)
  • Molendoa (1)
  • Nogopterium (1)
  • Orthotrichum (1)
  • Phascum (3)
  • Pottia (1)
  • Pseudocrossidium (25)
  • Pterygoneurum (7)
  • Stegonia (11)
  • Syntrichia (495)
  • Timmiella (43)
  • Tortella (11)
  • Tortula (515)
  • Trichostomum (1)
  • Triquetrella (2)
  • Weisiopsis (1)
  • Weissia (112)