**Code**: [KY](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126697) **Organization**: University of Kentucky **Division**: School of Agriculture **Department**: Forestry **Location**: Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 60000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1948 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens **Geographic coverage**: Kentucky and surrounding states; northeastern and western U.S. and from tropical southeast Asia **Important collectors**: B. B. McInteer, E. T. Browne, M. E. Wharton, F. T. McFarland, R. Cranfill, W. Meijer, C. W. Short, J. J. N. Campbell, R. Paratley **Notes**: Original herbarium of 30 000 specimens destroyed by fire in 1948. Numerous specimens predate the fire because the collection was rapidly rebuilt through donation. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2020-02-04 > [!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.