University of British Columbia
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
3529 - 6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver, British Columbia
CANADA V6T 1Z4
Canada
Jeannette Whitton, Director and Curator of Vascular Plants
Linda Jennings (Lipsen), Collections Manager, Vascular Plants and Algae
Email: agnewk@berkeley.edu
Olivia Lee, Collections Manager, Bryophytes, Lichens, Fungi
Amber Saundry, Database Manager
Email: ubc.herbarium@ubc.ca
The University of British Columbia Herbarium is the largest in Canada west of Ottawa, and is home to over half a million plant specimens from around the world. This collection is critical to the identification, monitoring, and conservation of plant biodiversity in British Columbia, and is an important resource for education and scientific research. The UBC Herbarium has five major collections: vascular plants (flowering plants, conifers, ferns, and their relatives); bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts); macroscopic algae (mostly seaweeds); lichens; and fungi.
Materials of Special Interest:
- The Herbarium holds the world’s largest collection of BC plants, and our internationally recognized bryophyte collection is the largest in Canada. We have important collections of Pacific algae, fungi, Hawaiian plants, tropical prayer plants, and cyanolichens. Included are collections by R. Bandoni, K.I. Beamish, J. Calder, J. Davidson, J.W. Eastham, H. Kennedy, V.J. Krajina, P. Lebednik, R. Scagel, W.B. Schofield, G.B. Straley, T.M.C. Taylor.
- The collection is critical to the identification, monitoring, and conservation of plant biodiversity in British Columbia, and is an important resource for education and scientific research.