Western Carolina University Herbarium (WCUH)

Contacts: Dr. Katherine Mathews, Director and Curator, kmathews@email.wcu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: daf7f698-000a-4721-8e61-df3ef5577497
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Western Carolina University Herbarium
Department of Biology
Western Carolina University
518 Apodaca Science Building
Cullowhee, NC   28723
USA
Collection Statistics
  • 33,829 specimen records
  • 5,925 (18%) georeferenced
  • 30,768 (91%) with images (30,974 total images)
  • 33,181 (98%) identified to species
  • 337 families
  • 1,479 genera
  • 4,556 species
  • 5,243 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Bolboschoenus (3)
  • Bulbostylis (26)
  • Carex (1367)
  • Cladium (3)
  • Cymophyllus (38)
  • Cyperus (105)
  • Dulichium (12)
  • Eleocharis (69)
  • Eriophorum (9)
  • Fimbristylis (12)
  • Fuirena (8)
  • Hemicarpha (1)
  • Isolepis (2)
  • Kyllinga (8)
  • Lipocarpha (1)
  • Psilocarya (3)
  • Rhynchospora (91)
  • Schoenoplectiella (7)
  • Schoenoplectus (17)
  • Scirpus (69)
  • Scleria (39)
  • Trichophorum (7)