J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History Herbarium (MIN)

The Bell Museum has exceptional scientific collections. Nearly 4 million specimens—mammals, birds, fishes, plants, mollusks and insects—provide opportunities for research and learning. From Eurasia to South America, Bell Museum scientists collect specimens to build the museum's biological collections, which serve as an international library for scientific research. In addition to collections from around the globe, the Bell Museum has the largest collection documenting Minnesota's biodiversity.

Contact: David J. McLaughlin, Curator of Fungi (davem@umn.edu)

Home Page: http://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/ResearchandTeaching/Collections/ScientificCollection/PlantCollection/index.htm

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

• 77,730 occurrence
• 36,363 (47%) georeferenced
• 77,318 (99%) with images
• 70,419 (91%) identified to species
• 31 families
• 38 genera
• 1,236 species
• 1,467 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)