Georgia Southwestern State University Herbarium (GSW)

Georgia Southwestern State University Herbarium in Americus, Georgia houses the Norris Collection. This collection was compiled by the late Dr. Robert A Norris. His collection is rather cosmopolitan with a concentration in the American Southwest.
Contacts: Dr. Stephanie Harvey, sharvey@gsw.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 1aa6c2f0-e623-4c4d-8d69-0490033222a5
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 13,228 specimen records
  • 1,117 (8%) georeferenced
  • 13,226 (100%) with images (13,240 total images)
  • 13,009 (98%) identified to species
  • 268 families
  • 1,836 genera
  • 6,569 species
  • 7,241 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aeluropus (1)
  • Agropyron (8)
  • Agrostis (36)
  • Aira (9)
  • Alopecurus (12)
  • Amphicarpum (2)
  • Andropogon (44)
  • Anthaenantia (6)
  • Anthoxanthum (2)
  • Aristida (45)
  • Arrhenatherum (2)
  • Arthraxon (4)
  • Arundinaria (6)
  • Arundo (3)
  • Avena (5)
  • Axonopus (7)
  • Blepharoneuron (1)
  • Bothriochloa (9)
  • Bouteloua (13)
  • Brachiaria (13)
  • Brachyelytrum (3)
  • Briza (7)
  • Bromus (49)
  • Calamagrostis (10)
  • Cenchrus (13)
  • Chasmanthium (14)
  • Chloris (13)
  • Cinna (4)
  • Coelorachis (4)
  • Colpodium (1)
  • Crypsis (1)
  • Ctenium (2)
  • Cynodon (3)
  • Cynosurus (2)
  • Dactylis (4)
  • Dactyloctenium (6)
  • Danthonia (16)
  • Deschampsia (7)
  • Diarrhena (1)
  • Dichanthelium (41)
  • Digitaria (28)
  • Distichlis (7)
  • Echinochloa (19)
  • Ehrharta (1)
  • Eleusine (6)
  • Elymus (27)
  • Elytrigia (2)
  • Eragrostis (61)
  • Eremochloa (2)
  • Eremopyrum (2)
  • Erianthus (13)
  • Eriochloa (5)
  • Erioneuron (5)
  • Eustachys (4)
  • Festuca (31)
  • Gastridium (1)
  • Glyceria (18)
  • Gymnopogon (5)
  • Hackelochloa (1)
  • Heleochloa (1)
  • Helictotrichon (1)
  • Hierochloe (4)
  • Hilaria (1)
  • Holcus (4)
  • Hordeum (11)
  • Hystrix (2)
  • Imperata (5)
  • Koeleria (3)
  • Lagurus (2)
  • Lamarckia (1)
  • Leersia (13)
  • Leptochloa (15)
  • Leptoloma (3)
  • Lolium (12)
  • Luziola (2)
  • Lycurus (1)
  • Manisuris (4)
  • Melica (10)
  • Microstegium (1)
  • Milium (1)
  • Miscanthus (1)
  • Monanthochloe (3)
  • Monerma (1)
  • Muhlenbergia (23)
  • Oplismenus (2)
  • Orcuttia (1)
  • Oryza (1)
  • Oryzopsis (6)
  • Panicum (109)
  • Parapholis (3)
  • Paspalum (27)
  • Pennisetum (3)
  • Phalaris (13)
  • Phippsia (1)
  • Phleum (3)
  • Phragmites (2)
  • Phyllostachys (1)
  • Piptochaetium (1)
  • Pleuropogon (1)
  • Poa (30)
  • Polypogon (7)
  • Puccinellia (6)
  • Rhynchelytrum (3)
  • Sacciolepis (5)
  • Sasa (1)
  • Schedonnardus (2)
  • Schismus (3)
  • Schizachne (1)
  • Schizachyrium (5)
  • Sclerochloa (1)
  • Scleropoa (1)
  • Secale (2)
  • Setaria (27)
  • Sitanion (2)
  • Sorghastrum (3)
  • Sorghum (2)
  • Spartina (11)
  • Sphenopholis (9)
  • Sporobolus (28)
  • Stipa (10)
  • Tridens (7)
  • Triodia (1)
  • Triplasis (7)
  • Tripsacum (5)
  • Trisetum (4)
  • Triticum (5)
  • Uniola (3)
  • Vulpia (2)
  • Zizania (2)
  • Zizaniopsis (3)
  • Zoysia (1)