Biodiversity collection of over 600,000 plants & fungi @UTKnoxville @UTK_EEB. Specimens from around the globe w/ strengths in Tennessee & southern Appalach
Our vascular plant collection is unique in having the largest collection of specimens from the state of Tennessee, the historical collections documenting the flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (a World Biosphere Reserve). The vascular plant website hosts nearly 7000 photos and distribution maps of Tennessee plants. Our bryophyte collection houses 183,000 filed specimens from throughout the world, with a strong emphasis on species found in Tennessee [Appalachian Region], North America [Pacific Northwest and Alaska, SE US], Mexico, and Asia. Our fungal collection houses over 68,000 searchable records on line, including ca. 6000 collections of plant pathogens. This world-wide collection has a strong emphasis on Chinese and New Zealand specimens, and no other collection can match TENN in southern Appalachian fungi.
