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The Morton Arboretum Herbarium - Vascular Plants (MOR-herb.vasc)

The Morton Arboretum Herbarium's Vascular Plant Collection is the largest collection in the MOR Herbarium. Currently, there are over 190,000 specimens. The Herbarium's foci include plants of the Chicago Region, woody plants of the Temperate Zone, plants of The Morton Arboretum, and genera of research interest (e.g. Quercus, Carex, Tilia, Ulmus). 

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Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, IL   60532-1293
USA

Collection Statistics

  • 105,723 specimen records
  • 19,692 (19%) georeferenced
  • 85,704 (81%) with media (118,851 total media)
  • 134 GenBank genetic references
  • 94,427 (89%) identified to species
  • 211 families
  • 1,267 genera
  • 6,128 species
  • 7,610 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Upload: 13 May 2026
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Digital Metadata: EML File
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