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
  • Acanthospermum (3)
  • Achillea (48)
  • Acmella (3)
  • Ageratina (42)
  • Ageratum (1)
  • Ambrosia (41)
  • Ampelaster (1)
  • Anaphalis (3)
  • Antennaria (46)
  • Anthemis (11)
  • Arctium (16)
  • Arnica (2)
  • Arnoglossum (27)
  • Artemisia (18)
  • Aster (29)
  • Baccharis (15)
  • Balduina (3)
  • Bellis (3)
  • Berlandiera (1)
  • Bidens (60)
  • Bigelowia (2)
  • Boltonia (5)
  • Borrichia (9)
  • Brickellia (7)
  • Carduus (16)
  • Carphephorus (5)
  • Centaurea (31)
  • Chamaemelum (1)
  • Chaptalia (3)
  • Chondrilla (1)
  • Chrysogonum (12)
  • Chrysoma (4)
  • Chrysopsis (26)
  • Chrysothamnus (1)
  • Cichorium (19)
  • Cirsium (58)
  • Cnicus (1)
  • Conoclinium (14)
  • Conyza (11)
  • Coreopsis (135)
  • Cosmos (3)
  • Crepis (9)
  • Dendranthema (1)
  • Dieteria (1)
  • Doellingeria (25)
  • Echinacea (11)
  • Eclipta (6)
  • Elephantopus (21)
  • Erechtites (16)
  • Erigeron (133)
  • Eupatorium (138)
  • Eurybia (89)
  • Euthamia (10)
  • Eutrochium (48)
  • Facelis (2)
  • Fleischmannia (1)
  • Gaillardia (9)
  • Galinsoga (17)
  • Gamochaeta (18)
  • Gnaphalium (21)
  • Grindelia (2)
  • Gutierrezia (1)
  • Gynura (1)
  • Haplopappus (4)
  • Helenium (36)
  • Helianthus (163)
  • Heliopsis (12)
  • Heterotheca (13)
  • Hieracium (83)
  • Hymenopappus (2)
  • Hypochaeris (6)
  • Hypochoeris (1)
  • Inula (1)
  • Ionactis (11)
  • Iva (8)
  • Krigia (67)
  • Lactuca (37)
  • Lapsana (3)
  • Leucanthemum (47)
  • Liatris (67)
  • Marshallia (6)
  • Matricaria (3)
  • Melanthera (3)
  • Mikania (5)
  • Nabalus (1)
  • Oclemena (9)
  • Packera (108)
  • Palafoxia (1)
  • Parthenium (15)
  • Picris (1)
  • Pilosella (10)
  • Pityopsis (19)
  • Pluchea (15)
  • Polymnia (11)
  • Prenanthes (65)
  • Pseudognaphalium (4)
  • Pterocaulon (2)
  • Pyrrhopappus (21)
  • Ratibida (5)
  • Rudbeckia (92)
  • Rugelia (1)
  • Sclerolepis (1)
  • Senecio (29)
  • Sericocarpus (42)
  • Silphium (28)
  • Silybum (1)
  • Smallanthus (17)
  • Solidago (323)
  • Soliva (2)
  • Sonchus (10)
  • Symphyotrichum (256)
  • Tagetes (3)
  • Tanacetum (1)
  • Taraxacum (43)
  • Tetragonotheca (1)
  • Tragopogon (2)
  • Trilisa (4)
  • Tussilago (10)
  • Verbesina (30)
  • Vernonia (41)
  • Xanthium (8)
  • Youngia (5)
  • Zinnia (1)