#  Herbaria 

 



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  [### Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A)

 ](/pages/herbarium-arnold-arboretum)With approximately 1.5 million specimens, the Arnold Arboretum herbarium is especially strong in material from the Indo-Malesian region (India to the Philippines and Papuasia), China, Japan and eastern, and southeastern Asia.



 

 

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   [### Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON)

 ](/pages/economic-herbarium-oakes-ames-econ)About 40,000 herbarium specimens of economically important plants of cultivated and wild origin as well as 13,000 botanically oriented artifacts.



 

 

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   [### Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES)

 ](/pages/oakes-ames-orchid-herbarium-ames)Exceptionally rich in type specimens, with nearly 2,500 holotypes (including nearly 800 described by Ames) and 3,500 isotypes.



 

 

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   [### Farlow Herbarium (FH)

 ](/pages/farlow-herbarium-fh)Houses approximately 1.4 million specimens from all over the world, including approximately 75,000 types, of lichenized and non-lichenized fungi, bryophytes, diatoms and algae.



 

 

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   [### Gray Herbarium (GH)

 ](/pages/gray-herbarium-gh)Worldwide in scope, containing nearly 2 million specimens. Particular strengths lie in collections from North and South America, Mexico, the West Indies, and early collections from Asia and Europe.



 

 

   ![Agalinis purpurea from the Gray Herbarium](/sites/g/files/omnuum6796/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/GH-thumbnail.jpg?itok=G_qadQDG) 

 



 

 

   [### New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC)

 ](/pages/new-england-botanical-club-herbarium-nebc)Includes more than 350,000 specimens, making it the largest and most important collection of New England specimens in the world.



 

 

   ![crocus from NEBC herbarium](/sites/g/files/omnuum6796/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/NEBC%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=EGRwrSep) 

 



 

 

   [### Bailey-Wetmore Wood Collection

 ](/pages/bailey-wetmore-wood-collection)Includes more than 33,000 wood specimens (including fossils) from more than 300 families from around the world, and over 50,000 microscope slides of wood and of other plant parts.



 

 

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   [### Paleobotanical Collection

 ](/pages/paleobotanical-collections)The collection currently includes more than 65,000 plant fossil specimens from around the world with a Precambrian to Holocene stratigraphic range, including over 1500 type and figured specimens.



 

 

   ![miscellaneous specimens representing the paleobotanical collection](/sites/g/files/omnuum6796/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/miscellaneoussm.jpg?itok=eNEnEVzT) 

 



 

 

   [### The Glass Flowers

 ](/glass-flowers)A unique and internationally acclaimed collection of 4,300 astonishingly realistic glass models that represent 780 plant species.



 

 

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