List of herbaria in North America

This is a list of herbaria in North America, organized first by country or region where the herbarium is located, then within each region by size of the collection. All herbarium codes follow the Index Herbariorum. For other continents, see List of herbaria.

Canada +Herbaria in Canada Name No. Specimens Code Province City Website Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vascular Plant Herbarium 1,335,000 DAO, DAOM Ontario Ottawa Royal Ontario Museum 860,000 TRT, TRTC Ontario Toronto Herbier Marie-Victorin, Université de Montréal 850,000 MT Quebec Montréal National Herbarium of Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature 838,000 CAN, CANM Ontario Ottawa Herbier Louis-Marie, Université Laval 770,000 ULF Quebec Quebec City University of British Columbia 560,000 UBC British Columbia Vancouver University of Alberta 320,000 ALTA Alberta Edmonton E.C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University 200,000 ACAD Nova Scotia Wolfville Royal British Columbia Museum 188,000 V British Columbia Victoria W.P. Fraser Herbarium, University of Saskatchewan 160,000 SASK Saskatchewan Saskatoon Royal Alberta Museum 160,000 PMAE Alberta Edmonton Herbier du Québec 153,000 QUE Quebec Quebec City Fowler Herbarium, Queen's University 142,000 QK Ontario Kingston McGill University Herbarium 137,000 MTMG Quebec Montreal Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium, Memorial University of Newfoundland 120,000 NFLD Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's OAC-BIO Herbariumm, University of Guelph 100,000 OAC Ontario Guelph Claude Garton Herbarium, Lakehead University 105,000 LKHD Ontario Thunder Bay University of Manitoba Herbarium, University of Manitoba 90,000 WIN Manitoba Winnipeg George F. Ledingham Herbarium, University of Regina 70,000 USAS Saskatchewan Regina Connell Memorial Herbarium, University of New Brunswick 67,000 UNB New Brunswick Fredericton RBG Herbarium, Royal Botanical Gardens 60,000 HAM Ontario Burlington University of Lethbridge Herbarium, University of Lethbridge 21,800 LEA Alberta Lethbridge

Central America and the Caribbean The table below lists herbaria located in Central America and the Caribbean.

+Herbaria in Central America Name No. Specimens Code Country City Website Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática 400,000 HAC Cuba Havana Herbario Paul C. Standley, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana 240,000 EAP Honduras Tegucigalpa Herbario Nacional, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica 215,000 CR Costa Rica San José Institute of Jamaica 125,000 IJ Jamaica KingstonInstituto Nacional de Biodiversidad 110,000INBCosta RicaSanto Domingo de Heredia Herbario Prof. Dr. J. Bisse, Jardín Botánico Nacional100,000HAJBCubaHavana Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso 100,000 JBSD Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad 92,000BSCCubaSantiago de Cuba Herbario Luis A. Fournier, Universidad de Costa Rica90,000USJCosta RicaSan José University of San Carlos of Guatemala84,000AGUAT, BIGU, USCGGuatemalaGuatemala City The National Herbarium of Trinidad and Tobago 70,000 TRIN Trinidad St. Augustine University of Panama 67,000 PMA Panama Panama City Cyril Hardy Nelson-Sutherland Herbarium, National Autonomous University of Honduras 45,000 TEFH Honduras Tegucigalpa University of Puerto Rico 43,000 UPRRP Puerto Rico (USA) San Juan Universidad de El Salvador 35,000 ITIC El Salvador San Salvador University of the West Indies 34,000 UCWI Jamaica Kingston Herbario Rafael M. Moscoso, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra25,000UCMMDominican RepublicSantiago de los Caballeros Universidad del Valle de Guatemala25,000UVALGuatemalaGuatemala City National Autonomous University of Nicaragua25,000HULENicaraguaLeón Asociación Jardín Botánico La Laguna, Urbanización Plan de La Laguna25,000LAGUEl SalvadorLa Libertad Herbario Juvenal Valerio Rodríguez, National University of Costa Rica15,000JVRCosta RicaHeredia Herbario Nacional de Nicaragua, Universidad Centroamericana15,000HNMNNicaraguaManagua Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 15,000 SCZ, STRI Panama Balboa Forest Department Herbarium,Ministry of Natural Resources, Local Government, and the Environment10,000BRHBelizeBelmopan Rafael M. Moscoso Herbarium, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo10,000USDDominican RepublicSanto Domingo

Mexico +Herbaria in Mexico Name No. Specimens Code State City Website Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1,120,000 MEXU Distrito Federal Mexico City Instituto Politécnico Naciona, Mexico 950,000 ENCB Distrito Federal Mexico City Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 310,000 XAL Veracruz Xalapa Universidad de Guadalajara 169,000 IBUG Jalisco Zapopan

United States

+Herbaria in the United States Name Affiliated With No. Specimens Code State City Website LSID William and Lynda Steere Herbarium New York Botanical Garden 7,300,000 NY New York Bronx, New York City Missouri Botanical Garden HerbariumMissouri Botanical Garden 6,370,000 MO Missouri St. Louis Harvard University HerbariaHarvard University 5,005,000 A, AMES, ECON, FH, GH Massachusetts Cambridge United States National Herbarium Smithsonian Institution 4,340,000 US District of Columbia Washington Field Museum HerbariumField Museum 2,650,000 F Illinois Chicago University and Jepson Herbaria University of California, Berkeley 2,200,000 UC/JEPS California Berkeley California Academy of Sciences Herbarium California Academy of Sciences 2,300,000 CAS, DS California San Francisco University of Michigan Herbarium University of Michigan 1,700,000 MICH Michigan Ann Arbor Academy of Natural Sciences Herbarium Academy of Natural Sciences 1,430,000 PH Pennsylvania Philadelphia Wisconsin State Herbarium University of Wisconsin–Madison 1,100,000 WIS Wisconsin Madison Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Herbarium Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden 1,230,000 RSA California Claremont University of Texas at Austin Herbarium and the Lundell Herbarium University of Texas at Austin 1,006,000 TEX/LL Texas Austin Botanical Research Institute of Texas HerbariumFort Worth Botanic Garden 1,445,000 BRIT Texas Fort Worth L.H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium Cornell University 845,000 BH New York Ithaca Rocky Mountain Herbarium University of Wyoming 806,800 RM Wyoming Laramie Duke University Herbarium Duke University 800,000 DUKE North Carolina Durham United States National Arboretum HerbariumUnited States National Arboretum800,000NADistrict of ColumbiaWashington University of North Carolina HerbariumUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina Botanical Garden 750,000 NCU North Carolina Chapel Hill Oregon State University Herbarium Oregon State University 700,000 OSC Oregon Corvallis S.L. Welsh Herbarium Brigham Young University 661,100 BRYUtahProvo University of Washington Herbarium University of Washington 650,000 WTUWashingtonSeattle University of Tennessee Herbarium University of Tennessee, Knoxville 650,000 TENN Tennessee Knoxville University of Illinois Herbaria housed at Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS, University, and Crop Evolution Lab Collections) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1,500,000 ILLS, ILL, CEL Illinois Champaign Ada Hayden HerbariumIowa State University 640,000 ISCIowaAmes Herbarium Pacificum Bishop Museum 600,000 BISH Hawaii Honolulu Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium Miami University 570,000 MU Ohio Oxford University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium University of Colorado 565,000 COLO Colorado Boulder Michigan State University Herbarium Michigan State University 560,000 MSC Michigan East Lansing Carnegie Museum of Natural History Herbarium Carnegie Museum of Natural History 525,000 CM Pennsylvania Pittsburgh The Ohio State University Herbarium The Ohio State University 500,000 OS Ohio Columbus University of Florida Herbarium Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida 470,000 FLAS Florida Gainesville University of Louisiana at Monroe Herbarium University of Louisiana at Monroe 430,000 NLU Louisiana Monroe University of Arizona Herbarium University of Arizona 400,000 ARIZ Arizona Tucson Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium Cornell University 370,000 CUP New York Ithaca Yale University Herbarium Peabody Museum of Natural History