Provider: University of Washington
(Provider metadata last updated 2024-10-02)
| 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: | https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/biology/plants-and-fungi |
| Online Database: | https://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/search.php?Herbaria=WTU |
| Contact: | David Giblin, Collections Manager Email: wtu[at]uw[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 the 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]uw[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: | 256,313 |
| Records Indexed: | 255,921 |
| Data Last Updated: | 2024-11-21 16:21:10 |
| Metadata Updated: | 2024-11-21 |
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]uw[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: | 76,915 |
| Records Indexed: | 76,913 |
| Data Last Updated: | 2024-11-21 16:25:16 |
| Metadata Updated: | 2024-11-21 |
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]uw[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: | 80,375 |
| Records Indexed: | 80,362 |
| Data Last Updated: | 2024-11-21 16:25:33 |
| Metadata Updated: | 2024-11-21 |
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]uw[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: | 32,795 |
| Records Indexed: | 32,793 |
| Data Last Updated: | 2024-11-21 16:25:57 |
| Metadata Updated: | 2024-11-21 |
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]uw[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: | 2024-11-21 16:32:07 |
| Metadata Updated: | 2024-11-21 |
