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University of South Carolina, A. C. Moore Herbarium Lichen Collection (USCH-Lichens)

The A. C. Moore Herbarium is an important part of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina (Columbia Campus). Founded in 1907 by Dr. Andrew Charles Moore, the original collection of dried plant specimens is now part of an ever growing collection. Total holdings are just over 100,000 specimens, making the A. C. Moore Herbarium the largest in the state of South Carolina. Researchers and visitors will find a diverse collection of vascular and nonvascular plant material primarily from the Southeastern United States and more specifically from South Carolina. Now over 100 years old, the A. C. Moore Herbarium continues to be an indispensable resource for botanical knowledge.

Herbarium Curator: Herrick Brown, hbrown@mailbox.sc.edu, +1-803-777-8175
GIS Specialist: Csilla Czako, czakoc@dnr.sc.gov
Assistant Collections Manager: Avery Browning, averyob@mailbox.sc.edu
Homepage: http://herbarium.biol.sc.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 819bae3e-b916-4fe2-85e5-321811ceaccb
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://lichenportal.org/portal/content/dwca/USCH-Lichens_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Address:
A.C. Moore Herbarium
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Coker Life Science, 715 Sumter St.
Columbia, SC   29208
USA
+1-803-777-8175
Collection Statistics
  • 386 specimen records
  • 327 (85%) georeferenced
  • 3 (0.78%) with images (9 total images)
  • 347 (90%) identified to species
  • 42 families
  • 86 genera
  • 171 species
  • 172 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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