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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvincePennsylvania
LocalityOn "white Rocks", Fairchance
Institution CodeWva
Catalog NumberWva-b-0000634
Collected ByJohn L. Sheldon
Date Collected1929-07-11

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http://biology.wvu.edu/facilities/herbarium

The West Virginia University Herbarium, the largest such facility in the state, contains about 185,000 mounted and cataloged vascular plant specimens and approximately 26,000 bryophyte and lichen specimens. The collection was started in 1889 and has steadily increased since then. It is designated a National Resource Collection and contains the best collection in the world of West Virginia and Central Appalachian vascular plants. In addition there are over 25,000 color photographic slides that comprise the Earl L. Core Botanical Slide Collection and over 2,000 seed collections in the Elizabeth A. Bartholomew Seed Collection.

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Emaildford2@wvu.edu
Name Donna Ford-Werntz, Curator
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Name Donna Ford-Werntz, Curator
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