Below is a list of active and transferred herbaria collections within Louisiana. An updated grid can be found here.
Contact information and herbarium updates may also be found by searching herbarium codes on Index Herbariorum.
| Code |
Institution |
Specimens |
Specialty |
Updates |
| LAF |
University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
107,000 |
Vascular plants of LA; pteridophytes of SE US. |
|
| LSU |
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge |
400,000 |
Vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens of SE US; crustose lichens world-wide; Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae worldwide. |
Incorporated NO, MCN, Eglin Air Force Base Herbarium and portions of LSUS, and TTRS in 2012-18. |
| LSUA |
Louisiana State University at Alexandria |
17,000 |
Vascular plants of Central LA. |
|
| LSUM |
Louisiana State University Mycological Herbarium |
18,000 |
Higher fungi of tropical American & US. |
|
| LSUS |
Louisiana State University of Shreveport |
11,000 |
NW LA; North American Asclepiadaceae. |
4k moved to LSU in 2016. |
| LTU |
Louisiana Tech University |
82,000 |
Worldwide, especially LA, TX, MS, and AR. |
|
| MC |
Jungle Gardens, Avery Island |
300 |
Avery Island's native and cultivated species. |
Not available in SERNEC. |
| MCN |
McNeese State University |
5,000 |
LA, especially SW; SE TX; vascular plants. |
Closed. 1.2k transferred to LSU. |
| NATC |
Northwestern State University |
20,000 |
Mostly SE US, particularly LA. |
Not available in SERNEC. |
| NLU |
University of Louisiana at Monroe |
460,000 |
Worldwide, esp. LA, Gulf South, and Sevier Co., TN; Ophioglossaceae; Kisatchie National Forest. |
400k transferred to BRIT; 60k repatriated to LSU. |
| NO |
Tulane University |
120,000 |
Worldwide, LA, SE US, Colorado Rocky Mtns., S CA, Yucatan; pteridophytes of Colombia & Brazil. |
Entire 120k moved to LSU. |
| NOLS |
University of New Orleans |
9,500 |
Central Am. Begoniaceae & Bromeliaceae; S LA. |
Closed. Transferred to USF in 2009. |
| SFRP |
Southern Research Station USFS |
6,000 |
Vascular plants, especially Asteraceae, Cyperaceae, and Poaceae of LA and SE US. |
|
| SELU |
Southeastern Louisiana University |
16,000 |
SE LA vascular plants. |
|
| THIB |
Nicholls State University |
25,000 |
LA; New World Leguminosae, especially Caesalpiniaceae, and Poaceae; seeds, mostly US. |
|
| USLH |
ULL Ornamental Horticulture Herbarium |
8,000 |
Native and cultivated species of LA. |
|
| -- |
Ft. Polk US Army Base |
4,500 |
Southwestern LA. |
Not available in SERNEC. |
