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
  • Alliaria (2)
  • Arabidopsis (5)
  • Arabis (10)
  • Armoracia (1)
  • Barbarea (5)
  • Boechera (1)
  • Brassica (2)
  • Cakile (6)
  • Camelina (2)
  • Capsella (10)
  • Cardamine (48)
  • Dentaria (1)
  • Descurainia (5)
  • Draba (12)
  • Erucastrum (1)
  • Erysimum (6)
  • Hesperis (4)
  • Iberis (1)
  • Lepidium (28)
  • Lesquerella (5)
  • Microthlaspi (2)
  • Nasturtium (4)
  • Neobeckia (2)
  • Raphanus (10)
  • Rorippa (6)
  • Sibara (2)
  • Sinapis (1)
  • Sisymbrium (5)
  • Teesdalia (1)
  • Thlaspi (7)
  • Tomostima (1)
  • Warea (3)