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
  • 33,464 specimen records
  • 5,753 (17%) georeferenced
  • 28,217 (84%) with images (30,983 total images)
  • 32,249 (96%) identified to species
  • 334 families
  • 1,453 genera
  • 4,492 species
  • 5,175 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agarista (1)
  • Befaria (1)
  • Calluna (1)
  • Cassandra (1)
  • Ceratiola (3)
  • Chamaedaphne (12)
  • Chimaphila (52)
  • Elliottia (1)
  • Epigaea (45)
  • Erica (2)
  • Eubotrys (9)
  • Gaultheria (19)
  • Gaylussacia (78)
  • Hypopitys (12)
  • Kalmia (122)
  • Leiophyllum (2)
  • Leucothoe (53)
  • Lyonia (63)
  • Menziesia (16)
  • Monotropa (24)
  • Monotropsis (11)
  • Oxydendrum (53)
  • Pieris (9)
  • Rhododendron (376)
  • Vaccinium (342)
  • Zenobia (5)