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
  • Amblystegium (111)
  • Calliergidium (9)
  • Calliergon (502)
  • Calliergonella (94)
  • Campyliadelphus (5)
  • Campylium (528)
  • Conardia (5)
  • Cratoneuron (205)
  • Donrichardsia (1)
  • Drepanocladus (503)
  • Hamatocaulis (28)
  • Hygroamblystegium (11)
  • Hygrohypnum (478)
  • Leptodictyum (43)
  • Limbella (1)
  • Limprichtia (182)
  • Loeskypnum (134)
  • Palustriella (1)
  • Pseudocalliergon (81)
  • Sanionia (537)
  • Sarmenthypnum (162)
  • Sciaromium (3)
  • Scorpidium (143)
  • Warnstorfia (287)