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
  • Aegilops (3)
  • Agrostis (422)
  • Aira (7)
  • Alopecurus (24)
  • Ammophila (3)
  • Amphicarpum (7)
  • Andropogon (291)
  • Anthaenantia (6)
  • Anthoxanthum (107)
  • Aristida (146)
  • Arrhenatherum (73)
  • Arthraxon (121)
  • Arundinaria (46)
  • Arundo (7)
  • Avena (18)
  • Axonopus (9)
  • Bothriochloa (10)
  • Bouteloua (14)
  • Brachiaria (2)
  • Brachyelytrum (87)
  • Briza (11)
  • Bromus (435)
  • Calamagrostis (91)
  • Cenchrus (35)
  • Chasmanthium (77)
  • Chloris (22)
  • Cinna (117)
  • Coelorachis (10)
  • Ctenium (12)
  • Cynodon (34)
  • Cynosurus (4)
  • Dactylis (100)
  • Dactyloctenium (14)
  • Danthonia (207)
  • Deschampsia (62)
  • Diarrhena (42)
  • Dichanthelium (1366)
  • Digitaria (165)
  • Distichlis (9)
  • Echinochloa (196)
  • Eleusine (66)
  • Elymus (451)
  • Eragrostis (382)
  • Eremochloa (4)
  • Erianthus (10)
  • Eriochloa (1)
  • Festuca (188)
  • Glyceria (317)
  • Gymnopogon (10)
  • Hackelochloa (1)
  • Heteropogon (2)
  • Hierochloe (8)
  • Holcus (113)
  • Hordeum (48)
  • Imperata (5)
  • Lasiacis (1)
  • Leersia (183)
  • Leptochloa (31)
  • Limnodea (1)
  • Lolium (217)
  • Luziola (4)
  • Melica (32)
  • Melinis (9)
  • Microstegium (105)
  • Milium (21)
  • Miscanthus (40)
  • Muhlenbergia (230)
  • Neeragrostis (5)
  • Oplismenus (9)
  • Oryza (1)
  • Oryzopsis (3)
  • Panicum (549)
  • Parapholis (1)
  • Paspalum (229)
  • Pennisetum (3)
  • Phalaris (112)
  • Phleum (115)
  • Phragmites (53)
  • Phyllostachys (14)
  • Piptatherum (14)
  • Piptochaetium (16)
  • Poa (642)
  • Polypogon (10)
  • Puccinellia (1)
  • Rottboellia (1)
  • Saccharum (33)
  • Sacciolepis (8)
  • Schedonnardus (1)
  • Schedonorus (8)
  • Schizachne (18)
  • Schizachyrium (102)
  • Sclerochloa (4)
  • Secale (14)
  • Setaria (331)
  • Sorghastrum (96)
  • Sorghum (108)
  • Spartina (63)
  • Sphenopholis (151)
  • Sporobolus (83)
  • Steinchisma (3)
  • Stenotaphrum (2)
  • Thysanolaena (1)
  • Torreyochloa (27)
  • Tridens (135)
  • Triplasis (5)
  • Tripsacum (14)
  • Triticum (23)
  • Uniola (13)
  • Urochloa (9)
  • Vulpia (45)
  • Zea (3)
  • Zizania (2)
  • Zizaniopsis (2)
  • Zoysia (2)