Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS)

Since 1858, the Illinois Natural History Survey has been the guardian and recorder of the biological resources of Illinois.
Contact: Andrew Miller, Ph.D., Mycologist and Director (amiller7@illinois.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 30 January 2018
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 48,823 occurrence
  • 5,494 (11%) georeferenced
  • 35,691 (73%) with images
  • 44,588 (91%) identified to species
  • 47 families
  • 48 genera
  • 949 species
  • 1,135 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
Click on the occurrence record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Acanthaceae (5)
  • Amaranthaceae (5)
  • Apiaceae (103)
  • Araceae (9)
  • Asteraceae (9272)
  • Balsaminaceae (994)
  • Betulaceae (277)
  • Boraginaceae (748)
  • Brassicaceae (667)
  • Brassicaeae (1)
  • Butomaceae (15)
  • Cabombaceae (14)
  • Caryophyllaceae (40)
  • Chenopodiaceae (755)
  • Cyperacea (1)
  • Cyperaceae (13110)
  • Fabaceae (449)
  • Haloragaceae (148)
  • Haloragidaceae (14)
  • Halorrhagidaceae (4)
  • Hydrocharitaceae (14)
  • Iridaceae (662)
  • Junaceae (1)
  • Juncaceae (3025)
  • Lamiaceae (979)
  • Lythraceae (868)
  • Marsileaceae (27)
  • Menyanthaceae (15)
  • Najadaceae (152)
  • Najadiaceae (2)
  • Onagraceae (295)
  • Plantaginaceae (2)
  • Poaceae (4356)
  • Polygonaceae (4778)
  • Pontederiaceae (17)
  • Potamogetonaceae (1472)
  • Primulacaee (1)
  • Primulaceae (823)
  • Rhamnaceae (141)
  • Salicaceae (2195)
  • Scrophulariaceae (738)
  • Slicaceae (1)
  • Solanaceae (791)
  • Sparganiaceae (314)
  • Sparginaceae (2)
  • Trapaceae (8)
  • Typhaceae (513)