Great North Museum - Botany

Herbarium sampleThe Great North Museum’s botany collections include over 79,000 specimens from a variety of taxonomic groups, including algae, bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), tracheophytes (flowering plants and ferns), and fungi, including lichens. Many of the specimens are from historically interesting collections, some of which are almost 200 years old. Local and national species are well represented.

Select a collection:

Algae
Bryophytes
Tracheophytes
Fungi and lichens

For further general information on specimens and species within the collection, please contact Dan Gordon.