Carnegie Museum of Natural History Herbarium (CM-Botany)

The Carnegie Museum herbarium (CM) has over 540,000 worldwide vascular plant specimens as well as the best representation in any herbarium of specimens from western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin. CM holds the private herbarium of Hannibal and Tyrecca Davis containing 20,000 specimens with a concentration on Rubus (Rosaceae).

Contacts: Bonnie L. Isaac, IsaacB@CarnegieMNH.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 March 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Collection Statistics
  • 545,177 specimen records
  • 316,078 (58%) georeferenced
  • 223,616 (41%) with images (223,632 total images)
  • 519,488 (95%) identified to species
  • 472 families
  • 7,053 genera
  • 47,914 species
  • 54,133 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics