Herbarium

Overview

The Herbarium serves to assist students and faculty with the study of plant biodiversity. Ongoing research projects of the Herbarium include ecological studies of habitats and plant communities, the Flora of the Santa Monica Mountains, the flora of urban Los Angeles including the UCLA Campus, as well as taxonomic studies including contributions to the Jepson Manual of California plants.

Collection strengths of the Herbarium include the Apiaceae, Amaranthaceae, Onagraceae, Lamiaceae, and Loasaceae as well as historic collections from the southwestern United States (1900-1960s).

The Herbarium is available for use by investigators from other universities, individuals from government agencies and environmental consulting firms, as well as the general public. Duplicates are distributed for exchange to the California Botanic Garden, Jepson and University Herbarium, and the Herbarium of the New York Botanic Garden among others.

Contact

For image requests, destructive sampling, and/or loan requests, please contact Herbarium Curator, Dr. Anthony Baniaga.

Email: abaniaga@ucla.edu

Website: Herbarium

Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2)

The Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) serves as a repository and data portal to access digitized herbarium specimens held at other participating member herbaria of California and region-wide. These digitized herbarium specimens consist of high-resolution images of physical specimens, valuable metadata, and possible annotations or determinations pertaining to each specimen. Roughly one-third of the Herbarium’s physical specimens have been digitized in collaboration with the California Phenology Thematic Collections Network funded by the National Science Foundation.