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Pennsylvania State University Herbarium (PAC)

The Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium represents one of the oldest natural history collections at Penn State University. Established in 1859 with 3,000 specimens donated by Penn State’s first president Evan Pugh, the collection has since grown to over 100,000 items including mounted voucher specimens, seed vials and jars, and specimen jars which hold a portion of the algal collection.

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Collection Statistics

  • 99,054 specimen records
  • 40,210 (41%) georeferenced
  • 96,486 (97%) with media (96,605 total media)
  • 91,768 (93%) identified to species
  • 263 families
  • 2,198 genera
  • 10,463 species
  • 10,905 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 April 2026
Global Unique Identifier: 512d3c7f-fb50-4ef3-b2fd-4e1847b513fc
Digital Metadata: EML File
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