CCH1 serves as a gateway to information from California vascular plant specimens that are housed in herbaria, worldwide. Currently, the database includes over 2.2 million specimen records from 36 institutions.

Please do not cite data retrieved from this site. This is an archived version of CCH from September 2018 and will no longer be updated.

Scientific Name

e.g.: Platanaceae; Dudl; Dudleya bloch; blochmaniae;
Dudleya blochmaniae insul; Quercus X alvordiana.

Geographic Locality

e.g.: Round Meadow; Forester

Elevation (metric): Lower Upper



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Collection Date (Note: Before and After is by Year only)

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  Use this page to search for specimen records. Any combination of fields may be searched. The links with the fields provide examples. If you select "Search using latitude and longitude" you will go to a separate geographic search page. If you select "Name list", a list of names that satisfy the search criteria will be returned; one record for each name will be included. If you want to search using common names, go to the Jepson Interchange. The possibility of making comments or viewing comments is provided on each return page.  
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