Herbaria in and near the Chicago region


On-Line Herbaria
These databases often include complete label information.
For more information on an accession, email the curator.

Name
Specimens in database
Index Herbariorum code
vPlants, the virtual herbarium of the Chicago region (includes images) (comprises the Chicago region portions of the Field Museum, Morton Arboretum, and Chicago Botanic Garden herbaria) 250,000

Illinois State Museum Herbarium (database search) 110,000 ISM
Illinois Natural History Survey Herbarium (database search) 234,617 ILLS
Wisconsin State Herbarium (database search) 250,000
WIS
Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (database search) 200,000
UWSP
University of Michigan Herbarium (presence by county, and images for type specimens) 1.7 million
MICH
Indiana University Southeast Herbarium (database search) 5,000
JEF
MOBOT's Vascular Tropicos nomenclatural database, with specimen data (database search)


Northern Ontario Plant Database (database search) 55,000

Steere Virtual Herbarium at the NYBG (includes images) 850,000



Off-Line Herbaria
Email curator for records search, or arrange a visit.
Name
Specimens
Index Herbariorum code
Stover-Ebinger Herbarium, Eastern Illinois University 77,000 EIU
Northern Illinois University Herbarium
22,000
DEK
Southern Illinois University Herbarium
185,000+ SIU
R.M. Myers Herbarium, Western Illinois University
70,000
MWI
University of Illinois Herbarium
520,000
ILL
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium
5.2 million
MO
Indiana University Herbarium
140,000
IND
Kreibel Herbarium, Purdue University
70,000
PUL


Other Herbarium Information
New York Botanical Garden's Index Herbariorum
Global Biodiversity Information Facility



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