Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (PH)

The herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences (PH) is the oldest institutional herbarium in the United States. It is a national resource for material from 1750-1850. The diatom herbarium (ANSP) is managed separately.

Curator: Tatyana Livshultz, tl534@drexel.edu
Collection Manager: Chelsea Smith, ans_ph_herbarium@drexel.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 019a3280-a69f-4312-bb30-8556e270f1a5
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 588,500 specimen records
  • 278,662 (47%) georeferenced
  • 575,595 (98%) with images (579,935 total images)
  • 539,916 (92%) identified to species
  • 415 families
  • 5,150 genera
  • 28,525 species
  • 30,542 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - Ontario
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term
  • Algoma District (1)
  • Bruce (32)
  • Carelton (1)
  • Carleton (43)
  • Chatham-Kent (1)
  • Elgin (1)
  • Essex (1)
  • Frontenac (20)
  • Gray (1)
  • Grenville (2)
  • Grey (25)
  • Haldimand (1)
  • Haliburton (26)
  • Hastings (5)
  • Huron (5)
  • Lambton (4)
  • Lamfiton (1)
  • Lanark (8)
  • Leeds (8)
  • Lennox (1)
  • Lincoln (3)
  • Manitoulin (3)
  • Muskaka (2)
  • Muskoka (14)
  • Niagara (1)
  • Northumberland (1)
  • Ottawa (1)
  • Parry Sound (7)
  • Peterborough (3)
  • Prescott (2)
  • Reed (1)
  • Renfrew (22)
  • Reupew (1)
  • Russell (2)
  • Simcoe East (2)
  • Stormont (1)
  • Thunder Bay (1)
  • Thunder Bay District (1)
  • Unknown (6)
  • Victoria (4)
  • Welland (2)
  • Wellington (1)
  • Wentworth (1)
  • York (3)