CSU Chico, Chico State Herbarium - Macroalgae (CHSC)

The Chico State Lowell Ahart Herbarium is the most complete repository of plant specimens from northeastern California. The emphasis is on the northern California flora, and includes a great number of rare, threatened, and endangered plant species. Established with specimens donated by the late Professor Vesta Holt in the 1950's, the Herbarium now contains more than 125,000 dried and mounted specimens. The majority of samples are flowering plants, conifers, and ferns, but bryophytes, lichens, and especially slime molds, are also well represented. The Herbarium is used extensively for identification of sensitive and other plant species by various agencies and individuals. Loans of herbarium specimens are made to any higher academic institutions who request them.

Curator: Lawrence Janeway, ljaneway@csuchico.edu
Herbarium Director: Colleen Hatfield, chatfield@csuchico.edu, 530-898-4235
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 3c9137bf-1a10-4f1c-b32f-7729806a1138
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 285 specimen records
  • 9 (3%) georeferenced
  • 18 (6%) identified to species
  • 54 families
  • 112 genera
  • 155 species
  • 12 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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