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Provider: University of Washington

(Provider metadata last updated 2011-03-21)


Code: WTU
Description: The herbarium's total holdings number over 600,000 specimens of vascular and nonvascular plants, fungi, lichens, and marine algae. The herbarium maintains a regional focus on the Pacific Northwest, covering Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory. Other significant collections come from California, the rest of Western North America, and the Pacific Rim. Our oldest specimens date to the late 1800's. Particularly active periods of growth for the herbarium occurred with the incorporation of the herbarium of J. William Thompson in 1943, collections made under the direction of C. Leo Hitchcock in the 1930's - 1950's, and field work since 2002.
Specialty: Worldwide, especially Pacific Northwest, western North America, and northern Pacific Rim.
Notable Collectors: L. Abrams; W. H. Baker; E. Bauer; G. Beck; J. W. Blankinship; W. C. Cusick; M. Denton; A. D. E. Elmer; C. S. English; W. J. Eyerdam; J. B. Flett; T. C. Frye; A. J. Grout; A. A. Heller; L. F. Henderson; C. L. Hitchcock; J. W. Hotson; G. Howard; T. J. Howell; A. R. Kruckeberg; E. Lawton; J. B. Leiberg; C. L. Lesquereux; J. F. Macbride; J. Macoun; A. Nelson; R. E. Norris; M. E. Peck; J. H. Sandberg; R. B. Setzer; H. St. John; D. E. Stuntz; W. N. Suksdorf; W. S. Sullivant; J. W. Thompson
Total Specimens: 650,000
Web Site: http://www.burkemuseum.org/herbarium
Online Database: http://biology.burkemuseum.org/herbarium/collections/vascular/search.php
Contact: David Giblin, Collections Manager
Email: wtu[at]u[dot]washington[dot]edu
Phone: 1-206-543-1682

Address: Herbarium
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
University of Washington
Box 355325
Seattle, WA 98195-5325
U.S.A.
   

Dataset: Vascular Plants
Name: Vascular Plants
Data Access Point: https://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/getdataset.php?File=WTU_Vascular_DwCA.zip
Description: Specimen collections, primarily from Pacific Northwest region of North America.
Citation: University of Washington Burke Museum. WTU Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection. Seattle, Washington.
Contact: David Giblin, Collections Manager
Email: wtu[at]u[dot]washington[dot]edu
Phone: 1-206-543-1682

Licenses: License for specimen data: Public Domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). License for media, including photographs and images of specimens: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Users of the data are encouraged to acknowledge the source of the data if any of these records or media are used for publications, analyses, reports, or on web sites. The provider of the data, and its staff, are not responsible for damages, injury or loss due to the use of these data. Fitness of use must be determined by the user of the data.
Collection Size: 250,237
Records Indexed: 249,934
Data Last Updated: 2024-02-28 11:45:49
Metadata Updated: 2011-03-04
   

Dataset: Bryophytes
Name: Bryophytes
Data Access Point: https://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/getdataset.php?File=WTU_Bryophytes_DwCA.zip
Description: Bryophyte specimen collections (mosses, liverworts, hornworts), primarily from Washington and Oregon.
Citation: University of Washington Burke Museum. WTU Herbarium Bryophyte Collection. Seattle, Washington.
Contact: David Giblin, Collections Manager
Email: wtu[at]u[dot]washington[dot]edu
Phone: 1-206-543-1682

Licenses: License for specimen data: Public Domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). License for media, including photographs and images of specimens: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Users of the data are encouraged to acknowledge the source of the data if any of these records or media are used for publications, analyses, reports, or on web sites. The provider of the data, and its staff, are not responsible for damages, injury or loss due to the use of these data. Fitness of use must be determined by the user of the data.
Collection Size: 76,889
Records Indexed: 76,887
Data Last Updated: 2024-02-28 11:49:04
Metadata Updated: 2011-03-04
   

Dataset: Fungi
Name: Fungi
Data Access Point: https://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/getdataset.php?File=WTU_Fungi_DwCA.zip
Description: Mycological specimen collection, primarily from Washington and Oregon.
Citation: University of Washington Burke Museum. WTU Herbarium Fungi Collection. Seattle, Washington.
Contact: David Giblin, Collections Manager
Email: wtu[at]u[dot]washington[dot]edu
Phone: 1-206-543-1682

Licenses: License for specimen data: Public Domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). License for media, including photographs and images of specimens: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Users of the data are encouraged to acknowledge the source of the data if any of these records or media are used for publications, analyses, reports, or on web sites. The provider of the data, and its staff, are not responsible for damages, injury or loss due to the use of these data. Fitness of use must be determined by the user of the data.
Collection Size: 79,049
Records Indexed: 79,011
Data Last Updated: 2024-02-28 11:49:20
Metadata Updated: 2011-03-04
   

Dataset: Lichens
Name: Lichens
Data Access Point: https://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/getdataset.php?File=WTU_Lichens_DwCA.zip
Description: Lichen specimen collections for bryophytes, primarily from Washington and Oregon.
Citation: University of Washington Burke Museum. WTU Herbarium Lichen Collection. Seattle, Washington.
Contact: David Giblin, Collections Manager
Email: wtu[at]u[dot]washington[dot]edu
Phone: 1-206-543-1682

Licenses: License for specimen data: Public Domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). License for media, including photographs and images of specimens: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Users of the data are encouraged to acknowledge the source of the data if any of these records or media are used for publications, analyses, reports, or on web sites. The provider of the data, and its staff, are not responsible for damages, injury or loss due to the use of these data. Fitness of use must be determined by the user of the data.
Collection Size: 32,765
Records Indexed: 32,763
Data Last Updated: 2024-02-28 11:49:41
Metadata Updated: 2011-03-04
   

Dataset: Algae
Name: Algae
Data Access Point: https://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/getdataset.php?File=WTU_Algae_DwCA.zip
Description:
Citation:
Contact: David Giblin, Collections Manager
Email: wtu[at]u[dot]washington[dot]edu
Phone: 1-206-543-1682

Licenses: License for specimen data: Public Domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). License for media, including photographs and images of specimens: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Users of the data are encouraged to acknowledge the source of the data if any of these records or media are used for publications, analyses, reports, or on web sites. The provider of the data, and its staff, are not responsible for damages, injury or loss due to the use of these data. Fitness of use must be determined by the user of the data.
Collection Size: 17,460
Records Indexed: 17,458
Data Last Updated: 2024-02-28 11:56:01
Metadata Updated: 2014-03-25