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West Virginia University Herbarium (WVA)

Contacts: Donna Ford-Werntz, Curator, dford2@wvu.edu
Homepage: http://www.as.wvu.edu/biology/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 30 June 2022
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://sernecportal.org/portal/content/dwca/WVA_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Address:
West Virginia University
Dept. of Biology
P.O. Box 6057
Morgantown, West Virginia   26506-6057
Collection Statistics
  • 124,166 specimen records
  • 8,364 (7%) georeferenced
  • 95,854 (77%) with images (95,916 total images)
  • 121,930 (98%) identified to species
  • 239 families
  • 1,471 genera
  • 5,251 species
  • 6,015 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agrostemma (38)
  • Arenaria (80)
  • Cerastium (222)
  • Dianthus (126)
  • Drymaria (2)
  • Geocarpon (1)
  • Gypsophila (2)
  • Holosteum (19)
  • Lychnis (5)
  • Minuartia (45)
  • Moehringia (1)
  • Myosoton (44)
  • Paronychia (251)
  • Petrorhagia (6)
  • Sagina (21)
  • Saponaria (101)
  • Scleranthus (29)
  • Silene (441)
  • Spergula (20)
  • Spergularia (8)
  • Stellaria (379)
  • Stipulicida (7)
  • Vaccaria (6)