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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Massey Herbarium (VPI)

The small lichen collection at Virginia Tech consists mostly of Virginia collections (96%). The great majority of these are voucher specimens collected for air quality monitoring studies on national forest lands and donated by the George Washington-Jefferson National Forest. These were determined by James Lawrey, Larry St. Clair, and Jonathan Dey. A legacy collection from the Bull Run Mountains collected by H.A. Allard from 1937 to 1939 consists of 65 specimens. Physiographically, most collections are from montane regions, less than 10% from the Piedmont, and the Coastal Plain is essentially unrepresented. Most specimens are of the foliose or fruticose type, with only a few crustose or sub-crustose. The lichen collection is growing slowing with new accessions coming from diverse areas and habitats.

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Collection Statistics

  • 1,010 specimen records
  • 348 (34%) georeferenced
  • 3 (0.3%) with media (6 total media)
  • 923 (91%) identified to species
  • 38 families
  • 99 genera
  • 285 species
  • 287 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 865cb93b-e6ea-41df-8f7a-6a7eba931692
Digital Metadata: EML File
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