University of Tennessee Lichen Herbarium (TENN)

Our lichen collection is strongly representative of the southeastern U.S., chiefly Tennessee and the southern Appalachians.

Collections Manager: Margaret Oliver, molive18@utk.edu
Herbarium Director: Dr. Jessica Budke, jbudke@utk.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: c04ce95d-61fb-4708-b6b0-77c2eaf24cc1
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 8,333 specimen records
  • 6,809 (82%) georeferenced
  • 8,278 (99%) with images (8,407 total images)
  • 7,086 (85%) identified to species
  • 77 families
  • 193 genera
  • 1,231 species
  • 1,253 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics