University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

Specialty: Worldwide, especially temperate North America and the Great Lakes region. Specific strengths include marine algae of eastern North America, West Indies, Alaska, and Pacific Islands; bryophytes of tropical America; Agaricaceae and Hymenogastraceae of western North America; vascular plants of Mexico, Iran, Himalayas, southwestern Pacific Region, and southeastern Asia; Cyperaceae, Malpighiaceae, and Myrtaceae of the New World.
Date Founded: 1837.

Collection Manager: Brad Ruhfel, umherb-data@umich.edu
Collection Manager: Aly Baumgartner, umherb-data@umich.edu
Technical Support: Garth Holman, gholman@umich.edu
Technical Support: Matthew Cruz, mcruz@umich.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 March 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200
Collection Statistics
  • 568,115 specimen records
  • 179,924 (32%) georeferenced
  • 480,069 (85%) with images (665,002 total images)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 534,972 (94%) identified to species
  • 362 families
  • 5,446 genera
  • 41,710 species
  • 46,173 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthophyllum (2)
  • Achyronychia (5)
  • Agrostemma (40)
  • Alsine (1)
  • Ankyropetalum (1)
  • Arenaria (244)
  • Atocion (14)
  • Brachystemma (2)
  • Bufonia (10)
  • Cardionema (19)
  • Cerastium (611)
  • Colobanthus (9)
  • Corrigiola (3)
  • Cucubalus (3)
  • Dianthus (141)
  • Drymaria (36)
  • Eremogone (243)
  • Gypsophila (55)
  • Herniaria (11)
  • Holosteum (63)
  • Lepyrodiclis (18)
  • Loeflingia (9)
  • Lychnis (5)
  • Minuartia (66)
  • Moehringia (31)
  • Moenchia (5)
  • Myosoton (57)
  • Paronychia (39)
  • Petrorhagia (42)
  • Philippiella (1)
  • Polycarpaea (3)
  • Polycarpon (3)
  • Pseudostellaria (3)
  • Pycnophyllum (20)
  • Sabulina (1)
  • Sagina (54)
  • Saponaria (63)
  • Schiedea (4)
  • Scleranthus (65)
  • Scopulophila (1)
  • Silene (536)
  • Spergula (27)
  • Spergularia (45)
  • Stellaria (470)
  • Stipulicida (2)
  • Telephium (1)
  • Thylacospermum (2)
  • Vaccaria (9)
  • Velezia (2)
  • Wilhelmsia (1)