The Pennsylvania State University

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  • Name

    The Pennsylvania State University

  • Herbarium Code

    PAC

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Sarah Chamberlain, Curator, pacherbarium@gmail.com
    Claude dePamphilis, Director, cwd3@psu.edu

  • Contact

    [1] 814 865 6201
    Fax: [1] 814 865 9131

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Biology Department
    The Pennsylvania State University
    208 Mueller Laboratory
    University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
    U.S.A.
    http://sites.psu.edu/herbarium/

  • CITES

    US 038

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: ; North American ; North American Ranunculaceae

    Geography: Pennsylvania; eastern North America

  • Notes

    Updated Sep 2015 (staff update). PAC fungi transferred first PACMA then to BPI. PAC bryophytes (ca. 25,000), with the exception of the Bryoxiphiaceae, Erpodiaceae, Eustichiaceae, Fissidentaceae, Phyllodrepaniaceae and Phyllogoniaceae, transferred to MO.

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  • Number of Specimens

    107000

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

    1872

  • Updated

    /09/2015

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Herbarium of vascular plants, Mont Alto campus of Pennsylvania State University, including the John W. Harshberger Herbarium of Trees and Shrubs

  • Important Collectors

    J. W. Harshberger, C. S. Keener, D. A. Kribs, E. Pugh, C. K. Swartz, A. Traverse, H. A. Wahl, W. F. Westerfeld