Maryland Department of Natural Resources (TAWES)

Collection founded to document the rare species of Maryland; however, the collection houses a reference collection, particularly for difficult groups, e.g., Carex (Cyperaceae) is well-represented (~ 1000 sheets).

Contacts: Christopher Frye, chris.frye@maryland.gov
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 597c30ea-2178-43da-bf2e-c4b2ba214bc0
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 4,546 specimen records
  • 4,304 (95%) georeferenced
  • 4,546 (100%) with images (4,601 total images)
  • 4,530 (100%) identified to species
  • 147 families
  • 556 genera
  • 1,463 species
  • 1,530 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Ageratina (3)
  • Ambrosia (2)
  • Anaphalis (1)
  • Antennaria (6)
  • Arnoglossum (1)
  • Artemisia (1)
  • Bidens (6)
  • Boltonia (3)
  • Brickellia (5)
  • Carduus (1)
  • Chaptalia (1)
  • Chrysogonum (2)
  • Chrysopsis (2)
  • Cirsium (9)
  • Coreopsis (3)
  • Doellingeria (10)
  • Elephantopus (2)
  • Erigeron (3)
  • Eupatorium (20)
  • Eurybia (14)
  • Euthamia (3)
  • Gnaphalium (1)
  • Helenium (4)
  • Helianthus (16)
  • Heliopsis (2)
  • Hieracium (6)
  • Hypochaeris (2)
  • Ionactis (2)
  • Krigia (5)
  • Lactuca (1)
  • Liatris (12)
  • Nabalus (4)
  • Oclemena (1)
  • Packera (4)
  • Parthenium (1)
  • Pityopsis (5)
  • Pluchea (3)
  • Polymnia (1)
  • Rudbeckia (1)
  • Sclerolepis (3)
  • Senecio (3)
  • Sericocarpus (5)
  • Silphium (2)
  • Smallanthus (2)
  • Solidago (69)
  • Symphyotrichum (74)
  • Verbesina (1)
  • Vernonia (1)