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.
Contact: Richard Rabeler, Collections Manager (umherb-data@umich.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 14 May 2018
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 100,383 occurrence
  • 18,033 (18%) georeferenced
  • 92,150 (92%) with images
  • 93,242 (93%) identified to species
  • 32 families
  • 44 genera
  • 1,516 species
  • 1,801 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
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  • Amaranthaceae (1125)
  • Apiaceae (78)
  • Asteraceae (7241)
  • Balsaminaceae (293)
  • Betulaceae (625)
  • Boraginaceae (520)
  • Brassicaceae (594)
  • Butomaceae (41)
  • Cabombaceae (23)
  • Caryophyllaceae (56)
  • Chenopodiaceae (3)
  • Cyperaceae (51311)
  • Fabaceae (1699)
  • Haloragaceae (702)
  • Hydrocharitaceae (446)
  • Iridaceae (569)
  • Juncaceae (4921)
  • Lamiaceae (1946)
  • Lythraceae (370)
  • Marsileaceae (101)
  • Menyanthaceae (50)
  • Onagraceae (1303)
  • Orobanchaceae (511)
  • Plantaginaceae (1720)
  • Poaceae (7258)
  • Polygonaceae (4323)
  • Potamogetonaceae (3742)
  • Primulaceae (1063)
  • Rhamnaceae (197)
  • Salicaceae (5291)
  • Solanaceae (1239)
  • Typhaceae (1022)