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Oregon State University Vascular Plant Collection (OSU-V)

The Oregon State University Herbarium (OSC) houses approximately 550,000 vascular plant, bryophyte, algal, and fungal specimens. The collections are worldwide in scope, with a focus on the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Our vascular plant collection also includes the ORE and WILLU herbaria, and specimens should be cited based on the original herbarium. Square brackets indicate interpreted information not on the original label.

  Previous dataset version: 
Herbarium Curator: James Mickley, James.Mickley@oregonstate.edu, 1-541-737-5297 (ORCID #: 0000-0002-5988-5275)
Herbarium Director: Aaron Liston, Aaron.Liston@oregonstate.edu , 1-541-737-5301
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: be0e7675-e414-4e57-9ab8-cbd6c654c2e3
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Oregon State University
Access Rights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/b9f2645b-a5e0-4f24-aa97-eef1f6968fe8
Cite this collection:
OregonFlora (2023). Oregon State University Vascular Plant Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/kzjtjg accessed via the OregonFlora Portal, on 2023-10-03.
Address:
Oregon State University
Botany and Plant Pathology Department
2701 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR   97331
U.S.A.
[1] 541 737 4106
Updated June 2022 (mailing address updated). We are in the process of moving back to our renovated, on campus herbarium facility. We can now receive shipments, but will not be ready to mail specimens until specimen unpacking is completed later this summer. WILLU is not interfiled. ORE is interfiled with OSC. Specimens from ORE, OSC, and WILLU are sent on all loan requests and should be cited based on the original herbarium.

Taxonomic Coverage: All groups.

Geography: Worldwide, mainly the Pacific Northwest

Incorporated Herbaria: WILLU (32 000 specimens) in 1976,LAGO (in part),ORE (110 000 specimens) in 1993,fungi of U.S. Forest Service Pathology Herbarium.

Total Specimens: 500000

Index Herbariorum Link
Collection Statistics
  • 219,645 specimen records
  • 155,895 (71%) georeferenced
  • 64,144 (29%) with images (66,102 total images)
  • 197,960 (90%) identified to species
  • 187 families
  • 1,319 genera
  • 6,264 species
  • 5,564 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
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Taxon Distribution
  • Laurus (1)
  • Umbellularia (83)