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Harvard University Herbaria: Vascular Plants of North America (Harvard)

The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate herbarium collections: * Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A) * Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON) * Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES) * Farlow Herbarium (FH) * Gray Herbarium (GH) * New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC).
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Collection Statistics

  • 1,125,065 specimen records
  • 3,996 (0.36%) georeferenced
  • 1,082,859 (96%) with media (1,082,859 total media)
  • 1,093,649 (97%) identified to species
  • 334 families
  • 4,929 genera
  • 43,815 species
  • 52,727 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Upload: 23 September 2026
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: IPT Import (Vascular Plants North America)
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