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Western State Colorado University (WSC)

Western slope of Colorado Rocky Mountains, including bryophytes and lichens.

Contacts: Robin Bingham, Curator, rbingham@western.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 6945591e-1671-4cb0-a1bb-aea6802329d3
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://www.soroherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/WSC_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 7,574 specimen records
  • 5,085 (67%) georeferenced
  • 7,356 (97%) with images (7,867 total images)
  • 6,760 (89%) identified to species
  • 137 families
  • 529 genera
  • 1,508 species
  • 1,984 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achillea (45)
  • Agoseris (22)
  • Almutaster (1)
  • Amauriopsis (3)
  • Ambrosia (4)
  • Amphiachyris (1)
  • Anaphalis (6)
  • Antennaria (49)
  • Anthemis (2)
  • Aphanostephus (1)
  • Arctium (2)
  • Arnica (30)
  • Artemisia (62)
  • Aster (8)
  • Baccharis (1)
  • Bahia (1)
  • Balsamorhiza (10)
  • Berlandiera (1)
  • Bidens (1)
  • Brickellia (4)
  • Carduus (6)
  • Chaenactis (17)
  • Chaetopappa (6)
  • Chrysothamnus (18)
  • Cichorium (4)
  • Cirsium (50)
  • Conyza (1)
  • Coreopsis (1)
  • Crepis (24)
  • Dieteria (12)
  • Dimorphotheca (1)
  • Encelia (2)
  • Enceliopsis (1)
  • Ericameria (14)
  • Erigeron (176)
  • Eucephalus (3)
  • Euphorbia (1)
  • Eurybia (1)
  • Gaillardia (11)
  • Gnaphalium (1)
  • Grindelia (12)
  • Gutierrezia (8)
  • Helianthella (9)
  • Helianthus (14)
  • Heliomeris (13)
  • Herrickia (2)
  • Heterotheca (24)
  • Hieracium (4)
  • Hymenopappus (14)
  • Hymenoxys (30)
  • Iva (1)
  • Lactuca (13)
  • Leucanthemum (12)
  • Liatris (6)
  • Lygodesmia (6)
  • Machaeranthera (10)
  • Matricaria (5)
  • Melampodium (1)
  • Microseris (5)
  • Oreochrysum (4)
  • Packera (51)
  • Palafoxia (2)
  • Parthenium (2)
  • Pericome (1)
  • Petasites (2)
  • Petradoria (4)
  • Psilostrophe (2)
  • Pyrrocoma (7)
  • Ratibida (5)
  • Rhaponticum (3)
  • Rudbeckia (13)
  • Scorzonera (1)
  • Senecio (98)
  • Solidago (58)
  • Sonchus (5)
  • Stenotus (5)
  • Stephanomeria (4)
  • Symphyotrichum (22)
  • Tanacetum (2)
  • Taraxacum (21)
  • Tetradymia (11)
  • Tetraneuris (27)
  • Thelesperma (2)
  • Tonestus (7)
  • Townsendia (15)
  • Tragopogon (20)
  • Verbesina (4)
  • Wyethia (7)
  • Xanthisma (3)
  • Xanthium (2)
  • Xylorhiza (5)