West Virginia University Herbarium (WVA)

Contacts: Donna Ford-Werntz, Curator, dford2@wvu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 30 June 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
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)
  • 122,133 (98%) identified to species
  • 239 families
  • 1,471 genera
  • 5,251 species
  • 6,017 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthospermum (8)
  • Achillea (151)
  • Acmella (10)
  • Ageratina (192)
  • Ageratum (1)
  • Ambrosia (238)
  • Ampelaster (1)
  • Anaphalis (21)
  • Antennaria (323)
  • Anthemis (99)
  • Aphanostephus (1)
  • Arctium (72)
  • Arnica (4)
  • Arnoglossum (108)
  • Artemisia (100)
  • Aster (13)
  • Astranthium (12)
  • Baccharis (13)
  • Balduina (12)
  • Bellis (27)
  • Berlandiera (11)
  • Bidens (470)
  • Bigelowia (18)
  • Boltonia (17)
  • Borrichia (17)
  • Brickellia (34)
  • Calendula (1)
  • Calyptocarpus (5)
  • Carduus (61)
  • Carphephorus (33)
  • Centaurea (162)
  • Chaptalia (14)
  • Chloracantha (1)
  • Chondrilla (10)
  • Chromolaena (2)
  • Chrysogonum (49)
  • Chrysoma (1)
  • Chrysopsis (74)
  • Cichorium (105)
  • Cirsium (359)
  • Cnicus (4)
  • Conoclinium (106)
  • Conyza (81)
  • Coreopsis (323)
  • Cosmos (7)
  • Crepis (86)
  • Croptilon (16)
  • Doellingeria (107)
  • Dracopis (8)
  • Dyssodia (2)
  • Echinacea (31)
  • Echinops (2)
  • Eclipta (71)
  • Elephantopus (100)
  • Emilia (4)
  • Erechtites (86)
  • Erigeron (482)
  • Eupatorium (803)
  • Eurybia (345)
  • Euthamia (137)
  • Eutrochium (3)
  • Evax (5)
  • Facelis (1)
  • Filago (22)
  • Flaveria (6)
  • Fleischmannia (11)
  • Gaillardia (25)
  • Galinsoga (104)
  • Gamochaeta (77)
  • Garberia (6)
  • Gnaphalium (26)
  • Grindelia (3)
  • Gymnostyles (1)
  • Hasteola (24)
  • Helenium (191)
  • Helianthus (635)
  • Heliopsis (128)
  • Heterotheca (30)
  • Hieracium (573)
  • Hymenopappus (7)
  • Hypochaeris (47)
  • Inula (18)
  • Ionactis (37)
  • Iva (28)
  • Koanophyllon (2)
  • Krigia (118)
  • Lactuca (326)
  • Lapsana (30)
  • Leontodon (3)
  • Leucanthemum (129)
  • Liatris (259)
  • Lygodesmia (7)
  • Marshallia (39)
  • Matricaria (27)
  • Melanthera (12)
  • Mikania (30)
  • Oclemena (33)
  • Oligoneuron (14)
  • Onopordum (6)
  • Packera (397)
  • Palafoxia (5)
  • Parthenium (56)
  • Pectis (2)
  • Petasites (1)
  • Phoebanthus (3)
  • Pityopsis (61)
  • Pluchea (40)
  • Polymnia (63)
  • Prenanthes (189)
  • Pseudognaphalium (119)
  • Pyrrhopappus (22)
  • Ratibida (13)
  • Rudbeckia (385)
  • Rugelia (5)
  • Sachsia (1)
  • Sclerolepis (2)
  • Senecio (28)
  • Sericocarpus (107)
  • Silphium (136)
  • Silybum (3)
  • Smallanthus (97)
  • Solidago (1610)
  • Soliva (4)
  • Sonchus (126)
  • Sphagneticola (1)
  • Stokesia (4)
  • Symphyotrichum (1549)
  • Tagetes (4)
  • Tanacetum (28)
  • Taraxacum (108)
  • Tetragonotheca (5)
  • Thelesperma (1)
  • Tragopogon (70)
  • Tridax (1)
  • Tussilago (92)
  • Verbesina (213)
  • Vernonia (292)
  • Xanthium (108)
  • Youngia (6)