University of Southern Mississippi Herbarium (USMS)

Founded in 1964, the University of Southern Mississippi Herbarium specializes in vascular plants of Mississippi and the southeastern U.S., with a particular emphasis on aquatic and wetland plants.

Curator: Mac Alford, mac.alford@usm.edu, 601-266-4748 (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3448-9735)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: a252df7c-54e5-4067-b8ad-fb3be53cb0f8
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Southern Mississippi Herbarium
118 College Drive #5018, TEC 103
Hattiesburg, Mississippi   39406-0001
USA
601/ 266-4748
For FedEx, UPS, or DHL deliveries, please contact curator.
Collection Statistics
  • 18,508 specimen records
  • 10,745 (58%) georeferenced
  • 16,930 (91%) with images (16,957 total images)
  • 17,619 (95%) identified to species
  • 248 families
  • 1,258 genera
  • 3,934 species
  • 4,159 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agropyron (6)
  • Agrostis (39)
  • Aira (5)
  • Alopecurus (9)
  • Ammophila (3)
  • Amphicarpum (2)
  • Andropogon (92)
  • Anthaenantia (21)
  • Anthenantia (1)
  • Anthoxanthum (6)
  • Arctagrostis (1)
  • Aristida (119)
  • Arrhenatherum (3)
  • Arthraxon (2)
  • Arundinaria (18)
  • Arundo (4)
  • Avena (4)
  • Axonopus (17)
  • Bambusa (3)
  • Bothriochloa (13)
  • Bouteloua (21)
  • Brachiaria (1)
  • Brachyelytrum (4)
  • Briza (10)
  • Bromus (45)
  • Buchloe (1)
  • Calamagrostis (6)
  • Calamovilfa (6)
  • Cenchrus (25)
  • Chasmanthium (35)
  • Chloris (8)
  • Chrysopogon (1)
  • Cinna (8)
  • Coelorachis (17)
  • Coleataenia (2)
  • Cortaderia (1)
  • Ctenium (15)
  • Cynodon (5)
  • Cynosurus (1)
  • Dactylis (9)
  • Dactyloctenium (9)
  • Danthonia (16)
  • Deschampsia (7)
  • Desmazeria (1)
  • Diarrhena (1)
  • Dichanthelium (142)
  • Dichotomum (4)
  • Digitaria (40)
  • Distichlis (18)
  • Echinochloa (31)
  • Eleusine (9)
  • Elymus (25)
  • Elyonurus (1)
  • Enneapogon (1)
  • Eragrostis (140)
  • Eremochloa (10)
  • Erianthus (11)
  • Eriochloa (8)
  • Erioneuron (1)
  • Eustachys (4)
  • Festuca (32)
  • Glyceria (23)
  • Gymnopogon (11)
  • Heteropogon (8)
  • Holcus (5)
  • Hordeum (20)
  • Hydrochloa (1)
  • Imperata (12)
  • Koeleria (1)
  • Lasiacis (4)
  • Leersia (33)
  • Leptochloa (9)
  • Leptoloma (2)
  • Leucopoa (1)
  • Limnodea (1)
  • Lolium (12)
  • Luziola (9)
  • Melica (5)
  • Melinis (5)
  • Microstegium (5)
  • Milium (3)
  • Miscanthus (2)
  • Monanthochloe (2)
  • Muhlenbergia (46)
  • Nassella (1)
  • Neeragrostis (3)
  • Neyraudia (1)
  • Oplismenus (20)
  • Oryza (2)
  • Oryzopsis (2)
  • Panicum (197)
  • Paspalum (142)
  • Pennisetum (6)
  • Phalaris (8)
  • Phanopyrum (9)
  • Phleum (4)
  • Phragmites (7)
  • Phyllostachys (6)
  • Piptochaetium (10)
  • Poa (58)
  • Polypogon (11)
  • Puccinellia (2)
  • Rottboellia (1)
  • Saccharum (22)
  • Sacciolepis (18)
  • Schedonnardus (5)
  • Schismus (2)
  • Schizachyrium (45)
  • Sclerochloa (1)
  • Secale (2)
  • Setaria (72)
  • Sitanion (1)
  • Sorghastrum (21)
  • Sorghum (14)
  • Spartina (63)
  • Sphenopholis (24)
  • Sporobolus (57)
  • Steinchisma (11)
  • Stenophyllus (1)
  • Stenotaphrum (5)
  • Stipa (4)
  • Trachypogon (1)
  • Tridens (42)
  • Triplasis (17)
  • Tripsacum (16)
  • Trisetum (1)
  • Triticum (3)
  • Uniola (9)
  • Urochloa (11)
  • Vulpia (23)
  • Zea (1)
  • Zizania (4)
  • Zizaniopsis (4)