University of Houston Coastal Center Herbarium (UHCC)

The Univeristy of Houston Coastal Center Herbarium emphasizes local collections from the UHCC field station in LaMarque, TX. The local habitats include coastal prairie, various wetland habitats (mostly man-made), and forest dominated by exotic Chinese tallow trees.

The University of Houston Coastal Center is designated by the Texas legislature as the Texas Institute for Coastal Prairie Research and Education. It is an environmental research and educational center about 14 miles northwest of the Gulf Coast, which contains about 300 acres of threatened coastal tallgrass prairie. UHCC aims to support environmental research on the Texas coast by providing researchers with access to field sites, equipment and facilities.

Prior to World War II, the UHCC was dominated by tall-grass prairie. The area was used by the military (Camp Wallace) during the 1940s, resulting in human disturbance to portions of the prairie and the introduction of non-native species. The UHCC has been managed by the University of Houston since October, 1960.

Current land management goals include maintaining the areas of pristine prairie, and, when possible, restoring areas invaded by exotic species or disturbed by human activity.

Professor: Steven Pennings, scpennin@central.uh.edu, +1 (713) 743-2989
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 46b38727-25ee-43d3-9bb6-0f17315b06fb
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Houston Coastal Center
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
3455 Cullen Blvd., Science and Research 2, Suite 342
Houston, Texas   77204
USA
Collection Statistics
  • 780 specimen records
  • 1 (0.13%) georeferenced
  • 780 (100%) with images (780 total images)
  • 700 (90%) identified to species
  • 68 families
  • 204 genera
  • 297 species
  • 302 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics