Oregon State University

  • Number of Specimens

    700000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 23000 18000 18000
    Bryophytes 20000 20000 5000
    Fungi/Lichens 365000
    Pteridophytes 6500 6500 6300
    Seed Plants 330000 208000 85000
  • Date Founded

    1886

  • Updated

    15/09/2025

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    LAGO (in part);
    ORE (110 000 specimens) in 1993;
    Wallowa Whitman National Forest/USFS Blue Mountain Ecology Program (9 000 specimens) in 2025, Douglas County Museum (3 000 specimens) in 2025, fungi of U.S. Forest Service Pathology Herbarium.;
    WILLU (32 000 specimens) in 1976

  • Important Collectors

    Y. Asahina, W. H. Baker, K. L. Chambers, W. B. Cooke, W. C. Cusick, L. E. Detling, M. A. Flinn, M. Fomin, A. S. Foster, T. C. Frye, H. C. Gilbert, H. M. Gilkey, M. W. Gorman, R. R. Halse, L. F. Henderson, T. J. Howell, D. C. Ingram, O. L. Ireland, L. D. Johnston, W. E. Lawrence, E. Lawton, L. C. Leach, J. B. Leiberg, F. A. MacFadden, G. Mason, J. C. Nelson, M. E. Peck, L. H. Pike, E. I. Sanborn, E. P. Sheldon, F. P. Sipe, A. N. Steward, W. N. Suksdorf, P. Train, J. M. Trappe, D. H. Wagner, C. D. White, K. Whited