University of California, Davis Herbarium (DAV)

University of California, Davis herbarium collections are worldwide, with emphasis on California, North America, and neotropics (especially Ecuador and Baja California); Quercus, Fagaceae, and Arctostaphylos, Ericaceae of New World; Euphorbiaceae; Poaceae; Clarkia (Onagraceae); Lycianthes and Lycopersicon (Solanaceae); Stephanomeria and tarweed genera (Asteraceae); Navarretia (Polemoniaceae); Allium (Alliaceae); Trifolium (Fabaceae);Prunus (Rosaceae); Central Valley of California vernal pool species; weedy and poisonous species of California and Mediterranean-climate regions; range plants of California; alpine flora of western North America. Size of collection: 320,000 specimens, 50% from California.
Contacts: Teri Barry, tcbarry@ucdavis.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 February 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Cite this collection:
Biodiversity data published by: University of California, Davis Herbarium. Occurrence dataset (ID: 89b57e08-bbf2-4aab-bbd3-1342438f8f27) accessed via the OregonFlora Portal, oregonflora.org, 2024-04-25).
Collection Statistics
  • 86,209 specimen records
  • 71,071 (82%) georeferenced
  • 10,101 (12%) with images
  • 74,539 (86%) identified to species
  • 179 families
  • 1,016 genera
  • 3,083 species
  • 3,262 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Acacia (5)
  • Acmispon (591)
  • Amorpha (19)
  • Anthyllis (4)
  • Astragalus (171)
  • Cercis (69)
  • Cytisus (35)
  • Dalea (2)
  • Galega (3)
  • Genista (47)
  • Glycyrrhiza (45)
  • Hedysarum (1)
  • Hoita (39)
  • Hosackia (196)
  • Ladeania (3)
  • Lathyrus (332)
  • Lotus (72)
  • Lupinus (1120)
  • Medicago (270)
  • Melilotus (138)
  • Onobrychis (2)
  • Ononis (1)
  • Oxytropis (15)
  • Pisum (10)
  • Psoralea (1)
  • Robinia (26)
  • Rupertia (26)
  • Securigera (11)
  • Spartium (27)
  • Sphaerophysa (4)
  • Thermopsis (8)
  • Trifolium (2058)
  • Ulex (13)
  • Vicia (370)