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University of British Columbia Herbarium

The UBC Herbarium is the largest in Canada west of Ottawa, home to over 650.000 plant specimens from around the world. The UBC Herbarium has five major collections: vascular plants; bryophytes (the largest collection in Canada); macroscopic algae; lichens; and fungi.

Marion Ownbey Herbarium at WSU

The Ownbey Herbarium is a collection of nearly 400,000 specimens of vascular and non vascular plants and lichens. The Herbarium includes plants from around the world, although those of the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and California form the majority of the collection.

Otis Douglas Hyde Herbarium

The Hyde Herbarium (WTUH), collects and houses voucher specimens of all accessioned plants in the Washington Park Arboretum and the Center for Urban Horticulture, horticulturally significant plants, and plants that reflect the research and project efforts of faculty, staff and students at CUH and WPA.

Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

A portal to over 3.6 million specimen records of the Pacific Northwest’s 60 herbaria. Area’s represented include Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington & Yukon Territory.

Humboldt State University Herbarium

The HSU Vascular Plant Herbarium (HSC) consists of nearly 100,000 specimens, with a strong emphasis in the flora of northwest California and southwest Oregon. The Herbarium serves as a botanical resource for students and faculty, as well as community members and professional botanists.

University of Alaska Museum Herbarium

The ALA Herbarium contains more than 220,000 specimens of non-vascular and vascular plants and is the only major research herbarium in Alaska. The collection emphasizes plants from Alaska and includes plants from other states, Canada, Greenland, Fennoscandia, Japan, and Russia.