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
  • Agarista (1)
  • Befaria (1)
  • Calluna (1)
  • Cassandra (1)
  • Ceratiola (3)
  • Chamaedaphne (12)
  • Chimaphila (53)
  • Elliottia (1)
  • Epigaea (46)
  • Erica (2)
  • Eubotrys (9)
  • Gaultheria (19)
  • Gaylussacia (78)
  • Hypopitys (13)
  • Kalmia (125)
  • Leiophyllum (2)
  • Leucothoe (55)
  • Lyonia (63)
  • Menziesia (17)
  • Monotropa (24)
  • Monotropsis (11)
  • Oxydendrum (53)
  • Pieris (10)
  • Rhododendron (388)
  • Vaccinium (352)
  • Zenobia (5)