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Collection Profile for:
Appalachian State University, I. W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium (BOON)

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The I.W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium contains 30,220 as of 6/7/18. The three main functions of the ASU Herbarium are for teaching, maintenance of vouchers, and development of a research herbarium with a focus on the flora of the Southern Appalachians.
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GBIF Dataset page: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/7d9be62e-5c69-4537-8559-a851e16118f0
iDigBio Dataset page: https://www.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/e23109b4-e143-437c-b329-3dff7cb35488

Address:

I.W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium
260 Rankin Hall West
572 Rivers Street
Boone, NC   28608
United States
828-262-2674
http://herbarium.appstate.edu/

Collection Statistics

  • 18,151 specimen records
  • 4,595 (25%) georeferenced
  • 15,343 (85%) with media (15,772 total media)
  • 16,465 (91%) identified to species
  • 199 families
  • 1,011 genera
  • 3,055 species
  • 3,532 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Modified: 11 August 2026
Global Unique Identifier: 2bed6ae5-afde-45bb-95a9-c4918414f02d
Data Cache: DwC-Archive File (last updated )
Digital Metadata: EML File
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