**Code**: [DAV](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126621) **Organization**: University of California, Davis **Division**: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences **Department**: Plant Sciences **Location**: Davis, California, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 300000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1885 (Viticulture Herbarium), 1913 (UC Grass, Legume, and Agronomy Herbarium), 1920 (UC Davis Botany Herbarium) **Taxonomic coverage**: Broad taxonomic coverage with strengths in <Quercus>, <Arctostaphylos>, Euphorbiaceae, and Poaceae. **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, with emphasis on California and neotropics (especially Ecuador and Baja California); Mediterranean-climate regions; alpine flora of western North America **Incorporated herbaria**: AHUC (55 000 specimens) in 1988, DAVH (8000 specimens), UC Viticulture Herbarium (2000 specimens) **Important collectors**: B. Baldwin, A. Beetle, F. Bowcutt, D. Burge, M. Burke, R. Chetelat, B. Crampton, E. Dean, E. Ekman, K. Esau, R. Gankin, C. Heiser, D. Kyhos, L. Gottlieb, G. F. Hrusa, P. Kennedy, H. Kennedy, A. Leiser, J. Major, J. McCaskill, G. Muth, R. Myatt, H. Olmo, R. Preston, C. Rick, W. W. Robbins, J. Ruygt, M. Sanderson, P. Smith, A. Solomeshch, G. L. Stebbins, D. Taylor, J. M. Tucker, E. Twisselmann, G. Webster **Notes**: For Courier packages (Fed Ex, UPS), use our physical address: UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity, 1026 Sciences Laboratory Building, 505 Hutchison Drive, Davis, CA, 95616. For US Postal Service use: UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity, Plant Sciences M.S. 7, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616 A permit (PPQ588) is now required to import herbarium specimens (including our own return loans) from outside the US. IMPORTANT NOTE: Regulations have recently changed. It is necessary to contact us in advance of sending any shipments from outside the US in order to obtain the required permit and mailing labels. AHUC intercalated with DAV, but should still be cited as AHUC. Number of specimens cited for DAV includes AHUC and DAVH. DAV named John M. Tucker Herbarium in 1986; however the consolidated herbaria (DAV, AHUC, and DAVH) are now known as UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity. Library includes botanical libraries of J. Tucker, B. Crampton, J. Major, L. C. Wheeler, and G. L. Webster. PLEASE NOTE that in general DAV is no longer accepting unsolicited exchange, however, we are interested in new weeds of the U.S., rare plants of California, and other species that would help complete our collections. Please inquire in advance if you wish to send specimens. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2020-05-07 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.