UAM Herbarium (ALA), Vascular Plant Collection (Arctos)

Steffi Ickert-Bond

doi:10.15468/iawody

UAM Herbarium (ALA), Vascular Plant Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Ickert-Bond S (2025). UAM Herbarium (ALA), Vascular Plant Collection (Arctos). Version 38.101. University of Alaska Museum of the North. Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/iawody accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.

Description

The Herbarium (ALA) at the University of Alaska Museum is the major regional herbarium in Alaska and part of a network of similar collections with an interest in the origin and evolution of the circumpolar flora. ALA contains more than 260,000 specimens of vascular and non-vascular plants. Data for the Vascular Plant and Cryptogam collections are managed separately in Arctos. Much of our understanding of Ice Age Beringia is based on botanical specimens, the largest collection of which is housed at ALA. Our recent acquisition from Iowa State University of the J. P. Anderson Collection (32,000 specimens on permanent loan) forms a significant part of this story. This collection of arctic and boreal plants, which contains 67 nomenclatural type specimens, formed the basis for much of Andersonâ€™s seminal work, The Flora of Alaska. The botanical collection also includes plants from other states, Canada, Greenland, Fennoscandia, Japan, and Russia and provides a basis for teaching and research. Our botanical collection can be viewed and searched through the Arctos database and includes high resolution images of 163,000 herbarium sheets, online representation of 190,000 holdings, and inclusion of all holdings in an object-tracking system (barcode labeling).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Filicopsida
Lycopodiopsida
Equisetopsida
Pinopsida
Lecanoromycetes
Ascomycetes
Bryopsida
Sphagnopsida
Polypodiopsida
Hepatopsida
Gnetopsida
Marchantiopsida
Charophyceae
Monogenea
Ginkgoopsida

Geographic Coverages

The UAM Herbarium (ALA) Vascular Plant Collection is global, with strongest holdings from Alaska.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Steffi Ickert-Bond
originator
position: Curator of the Herbarium (ALA)
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6277
email: smickertbond@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.frontierbotany.info

Steffi Ickert-Bond
metadata author
position: Curator of the Herbarium (ALA)
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6277
email: smickertbond@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.frontierbotany.info

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Jordan Metzgar
point of contact
position: Collection Manager, Herbarium
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-7109
email: jsmetzgar@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/herb/staff/

Alan Batten
point of contact
position: Research Associate, Herbarium
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-7109
email: fnarb@uaf.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/herb/staff/

Steffi Ickert-Bond
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of the Herbarium (ALA)
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6277
email: smickertbond@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.frontierbotany.info