Kent State University Herbarium (KE)

Founded in 1921, the Tom S. & Miwako K. Cooperrider Herbarium at Kent State University (KE) currently houses approximately 81,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, and lichens. The collection primarily focuses on the flora of northeastern Ohio.

Contact: Dylan Stover (dstover@kent.edu)

Home Page: https://www.kent.edu/biology/herbarium

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

• 111,789 specimen records
• 7,870 (7%) georeferenced
• 5,089 (5%) with images
• 109,069 (98%) identified to species
• 382 families
• 1,992 genera
• 6,539 species
• 6,639 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)