Oregon State University Vascular Plant Collection (OSC-V)

The Oregon State University Herbarium houses approximately 550,000 vascular plant, bryophyte, algal, and fungal specimens. The collections are worldwide in scope, with a focus on the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

Contacts: Thea Jaster, jastert@oregonstate.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 December 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Cite this collection:
Oregon State University Vascular Plant Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: 10191017-8cee-42b0-a9b6-5dea543188a5) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, pteridoportal.org/portal, 2024-05-21).
Collection Statistics
  • 8,023 specimen records
  • 2,967 (37%) georeferenced
  • 7,596 (95%) with images (14,169 total images)
  • 6,394 (80%) identified to species
  • 19 families
  • 51 genera
  • 186 species
  • 225 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - California
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  • Alameda (1)
  • Alpine (1)
  • Butte (24)
  • Calaveras (2)
  • Colusa (1)
  • Contra Costa (1)
  • Del Norte (15)
  • El Dorado (5)
  • Fresno (12)
  • Glenn (5)
  • Humboldt (15)
  • Inyo (2)
  • Kern (1)
  • Lake (2)
  • Lassen (1)
  • Los Angeles (23)
  • Madera (2)
  • Marin (14)
  • Mariposa (7)
  • Mendocino (13)
  • Modoc (4)
  • Mono (8)
  • Monterey (8)
  • Napa (4)
  • Nevada (10)
  • Orange (5)
  • Placer (1)
  • Plumas (17)
  • Riverside (5)
  • Sacramento (2)
  • San Bernardino (11)
  • San Diego (6)
  • San Francisco (8)
  • San Joaquin (1)
  • San Luis Obispo (13)
  • San Mateo (11)
  • San Mates (1)
  • Santa Barbara (8)
  • Santa Clara (3)
  • Santa Cruz (4)
  • Shasta (9)
  • Sierra (1)
  • Siskiyou (42)
  • Skamania (2)
  • Solano (3)
  • Sonoma (14)
  • Stanislaus (2)
  • Sutter (1)
  • Tehama (4)
  • Trinity (7)
  • Tulare (1)
  • Tuolumne (7)
  • Unknown (1)
  • Ventura (6)
  • Yolo (1)
  • Yuba (4)
  • [needs research] (125)
  • none (13)