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, 2024-04-16).
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
  • Aegilops (97)
  • Agropyron (29)
  • Agrostis (1472)
  • Aira (160)
  • Alopecurus (261)
  • Amelichloa (12)
  • Anthoxanthum (81)
  • Apera (6)
  • Aristida (141)
  • Arrhenatherum (33)
  • Arundo (23)
  • Avena (278)
  • Beckmannia (43)
  • Bouteloua (7)
  • Brachypodium (78)
  • Briza (191)
  • Bromus (2111)
  • Calamagrostis (265)
  • Cenchrus (35)
  • Chloris (9)
  • Cinna (20)
  • Cortaderia (20)
  • Crypsis (103)
  • Cynodon (128)
  • Cynosurus (103)
  • Dactylis (73)
  • Danthonia (354)
  • Deschampsia (686)
  • Desmazeria (19)
  • Dichanthelium (148)
  • Digitaria (158)
  • Diplachne (139)
  • Distichlis (174)
  • Echinochloa (330)
  • Eleusine (35)
  • Elyleymus (3)
  • Elymus (920)
  • Eragrostis (442)
  • Eremopyrum (3)
  • Eriocoma (785)
  • Festuca (473)
  • Gastridium (100)
  • Glyceria (216)
  • Graphephorum (151)
  • Hainardia (48)
  • Hesperostipa (39)
  • HierochloĆ« (40)
  • Holcus (123)
  • Hordeum (755)
  • Koeleria (214)
  • Lagurus (16)
  • Leersia (58)
  • Leptochloa (1)
  • Leucopoa (8)
  • Leymus (303)
  • Lolium (279)
  • Melica (487)
  • Miscanthus (4)
  • Muhlenbergia (358)
  • Nardus (2)
  • Nassella (4)
  • Panicum (210)
  • Pappostipa (75)
  • Parapholis (76)
  • Pascopyrum (6)
  • Paspalum (149)
  • Pennisetum (17)
  • Phalaris (371)
  • Phleum (159)
  • Phragmites (51)
  • Piptatheropsis (2)
  • Pleuropogon (14)
  • Poa (1904)
  • Podagrostis (3)
  • Polypogon (506)
  • Pseudelymus (8)
  • Pseudoroegneria (46)
  • Pseudosasa (1)
  • Puccinellia (162)
  • Rytidosperma (22)
  • Schedonorus (94)
  • Sclerochloa (1)
  • Scolochloa (2)
  • Secale (28)
  • Setaria (263)
  • Sitanion (1)
  • Sorghum (112)
  • Spartina (18)
  • Sphenopholis (5)
  • Sporobolus (148)
  • Stipa (2)
  • Taeniatherum (107)
  • Thinopyrum (82)
  • Torreyochloa (116)
  • Tripidium (10)
  • Trisetum (151)
  • Triticum (31)
  • Urochloa (1)
  • Vahlodea (3)
  • Ventenata (4)
  • Vulpia (990)
  • Zea (3)