ARIZ
The University of Arizona Herbarium (ARIZ) is a research collection of over 425,000 dried plant specimens, with emphasis on the plants of the Sonoran Desert region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Covid-19 update:
The UA Herbarium is open by appointment.
This summer (2022) we are happy to welcome volunteers, researchers, and visitors on a limited basis, and by appointment only. We anticipate offering a grass workshop in late summer (please see "Workshops", below) and starting our regularly scheduled in-person seminars in Fall.
We are available by email and by phone, and we look forward to seeing and/or hearing from you.
herbarium @ cals.arizona.edu
520 621-7243
In April, 2022, we gathered for a celebration of the life and legacy of Richard Felger. Full length video is available
here.
Resources
Specimens
Search our collection of over 400,000 specimens.
Fungi
Visit the Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium.
People
ARIZ works closely with a number of researchers in Arizona and around the country.
Services
ARIZ is dedicated to identifying plants for members of the public, Arizona producers, Poison Control, anyone.
Featured projects
Seminars
Weekly seminars are scheduled throughout the academic year.
Workshops
Occasional workshops provide training in plant identification and more.
Section 6 Grants
Rare plant research: next deadline Nov 14, 2022
Books
Searchable database of our extensive botanical library
Legumes of Arizona
Legumes of Arizona: An Illustrated Flora and Reference will be a comprehensive account of the family Fabaceae in Arizona.
Flora of SW Arizona
ARIZ Associated Researchers are documenting modern and fossil plant diversity.
Funding
It is an ongoing effort to find funding to keep these projects alive, protect our specimens, and serve the public.
Types
We are imaging our nearly 1500 type specimens.
For a complete listing of our projects, past and present, see our
Projects page
