University of South Carolina Upstate Herbarium (USCS)

The herbarium at the University of South Carolina Upstate (formerly University of South Carolina Spartanburg) houses a collection of bryophytes and vascular plants with a focus on the Piedmont region of South Carolina. The collection was begun in the 1970s and most specimen were collected by or under the supervision of Dr. Gillian Newberry.

Contacts: Benjamin Montgomery, bmontgomery@uscupstate.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 9a26bc5f-b8ef-4fa8-b7e8-b8341e2e7823
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 17,886 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 17,848 (100%) with images (17,850 total images)
  • 17,798 (100%) identified to species
  • 177 families
  • 734 genera
  • 1,741 species
  • 1,896 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Albizia (15)
  • Amorpha (30)
  • Amphicarpa (22)
  • Apios (30)
  • Astragalus (11)
  • Baptisia (63)
  • Cassia (39)
  • Centrosema (27)
  • Cercis (31)
  • Cladrastis (4)
  • Clitoria (12)
  • Coronilla (11)
  • Crotalaria (29)
  • Cytisus (17)
  • Daubentonia (3)
  • Desmanthus (3)
  • Desmodium (105)
  • Erythrina (2)
  • Galactia (5)
  • Gleditsia (26)
  • Glottidium (2)
  • Glycine (2)
  • Kummerowia (27)
  • Lathyrus (32)
  • Lespedeza (84)
  • Lotus (5)
  • Lupinus (8)
  • Medicago (37)
  • Melilotus (34)
  • Mimosa (16)
  • Pueraria (16)
  • Rhynchosia (8)
  • Robinia (44)
  • Senna (32)
  • Sesbania (8)
  • Strophostyles (27)
  • Stylosanthes (9)
  • Tephrosia (41)
  • Trifolium (159)
  • Vicia (136)
  • Wisteria (36)
  • Zornia (1)