**Code**: [UBC](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126613)
**Organization**: University of British Columbia
**Department**: Beaty Biodiversity Museum
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
**Total number of specimens**: 713000
**Current status**: Active
**Date founded**: 1912
**Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants; bryophytes of northern hemisphere; benthic marine algae; macrofungi and lichens
**Geographic coverage**: Worldwide; Pacific Rim countries; British Columbia, Washington, and Alaska
**Important collectors**: R. Bandoni, K. I. Beamish, J. Calder, J. Davidson, J. W. Eastham, H. Kennedy, V. J. Krajina, P. Lebednik, R. Scagel, W. B. Schofield, G. B. Straley, T. M. C. Taylor
**Notes**: The UBC herbarium has over 550,000 specimens databased (https://bridge.botany.ubc.ca/herbarium/index.php), with some images available for vascular plant specimens, particular collectors, and specific groups (type specimens, other previously loaned genera). Data are shared with E-Flora BC, Canadensys, the BC Conservation Data Centre, the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria, and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
For all specimen loan returns and incoming gifts or exchange, please use:
UBC Herbarium
6270 University Blvd
RM 1015
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4
Canada
If the loan is International please contact us with special directions to ensure the safety of the specimens.
**Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-03-04
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