Oregon State University Herbarium (OSC)

The Oregon State University Herbarium houses approximately 405,000 vascular plant, bryophyte, algal, and fungal specimens. The collections are worldwide in scope, with a focus on the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

Contacts: Jessie Uehling, jessie.uehling@oregonstate.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 8eba92a3-205f-4486-9116-09742e1c5550
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 149,586 specimen records
  • 92,018 (62%) georeferenced
  • 87 GenBank genetic references
  • 136,934 (92%) identified to species
  • 369 families
  • 1,561 genera
  • 9,137 species
  • 9,493 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - California
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term
  • Alameda (76)
  • Bernardino (1)
  • Butte (17)
  • Calavaras (1)
  • Calaveras (3)
  • Colusa (2)
  • Contra Costa (20)
  • Contra Costa, (1)
  • Del Norte (131)
  • Del Notre (1)
  • Deschutes (1)
  • El Dorado (24)
  • Eldorado (9)
  • Fresno (60)
  • Glenn (12)
  • Gray Eagle (1)
  • Humbodt (1)
  • Humboldt (158)
  • Inyo (2)
  • Kern (3)
  • Kings (1)
  • Lake (13)
  • Lane (1)
  • Lassen (3)
  • Los Angeles (43)
  • Madera (10)
  • Marin (37)
  • Mariposa (10)
  • Mendocino (109)
  • Modoc (1)
  • Mono (1)
  • Monterey (60)
  • Napa (2)
  • Nevada (6)
  • Pacific Grove (1)
  • Placer (5)
  • Plamus (2)
  • Plumas (456)
  • Riverside (50)
  • San Bernardino (28)
  • San Diego (33)
  • San Francisco (19)
  • San Leandro (2)
  • San Mateo (10)
  • Santa Barbara (39)
  • Santa Clara (21)
  • Santa Cruz (22)
  • Shasta (37)
  • Sierra (112)
  • Siskiyou (322)
  • Sonoma (17)
  • Stanislaus (7)
  • Tehama (19)
  • Trinity (28)
  • Tulare (3)
  • Tuolumne (13)
  • Ventura (2)
  • Yolo (4)
  • Yuba (3)