Herbarium
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A focus on fungi
The Michigan Daily: How four UMich museums drive cutting-edge research
The Research Museums Center houses the four museums and provides space for the collections to be preserved properly.
Herbarium
The University of Michigan Herbarium is home to some of the finest botanical collections in the world. The 1.7 million specimens of vascular plants, algae, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens combined with the expertise of the faculty-curators, students, and staff provide a world-class facility for teaching and research in systematic biology and biodiversity studies.
Michigan Flora September Feature Plant
Acorus calamus - Introduced from Europe into wet open places; pastures, ditches, and shores of lakes and streams. First collected in... Learn More
We strive to support our students and faculty on the front lines of learning and research and to steward our planet, our community, our campus. To do this, the Herbarium needs your support.
Michigan Flora Online
The Michigan Flora Website presents information about all vascular plants known to occur outside of cultivation. Information includes distribution maps, identification keys, discussions of species occurrence, and specimens documented.