Albion College (ALBC)

The Albion College Herbarium (ALBC) is a teaching collection of about 14,000 specimens, including 10,000 sheets of vascular plants and another 4,000 specimens of bryophytes, algae, lichens, and fungi. Most of its holdings are from the lower peninsula of Michigan. The herbarium of alumnus Charles W. Fallass, '1873 comprises the core of the vascular plant collection. Other contributors include former faculty members William J. Gilbert (1916-1994), Ewell A. Stowell (1922-2009), and 1956 alumnus Maynard C. Bowers (1930-). The Gilbert collections include algae from the S. Pacific. The Bowers collections include mosses from Finland and the western US.