University of Waterloo

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  • Name

    University of Waterloo

  • Herbarium Code

    WAT

  • Current Status

    Inactive

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Biology Department
    University of Waterloo

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants; Asteraceae; Lamiaceae; Caryophyllaceae

    Geography: Mostly North America, especially Ontario

  • Notes

    Updated Aug 2012. WAT is now inactive. Approximately 65,000 specimens in WAT were transferred to MT on 10 Aug 2012. WAT fully integrated in to MT and operated as a separate unit. WAT Herbarium specimens should be cited as WAT. All correspondence relative to loans and exchanges should be with MT African collections made by former curator John Morton are now at MO, and his North American and British Isles collections are at TRT.

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  • Number of Specimens

    60000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants
  • Date Founded

    1968

  • Updated

    /08/2012

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: University of Waterloo Botanical Garden and Arboretum.

  • Important Collectors

    J. F. Calvert, J. G. Chmielewski, J. K. Morton, J. Venn, G. Ringius, J. C. Semple