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Composed of 300,000 vascular plant specimens, 2,400 bryophyte specimens, 2,000 macroalga specimens, 1,700 lichen specimens, and 600 conifer cones!

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Syntrichia moss on microscope slide.

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Herbarium specimen yields clues to wine country blight.

Researchers Adrien Rieux, Nathalie Becker, and Paola Campos from the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) sample historic Vitis vinifera specimens in the herbarium.
Researchers Adrien Rieux, Nathalie Becker, and Paola Campos from the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) sample historic Vitis vinifera specimens in the herbarium. Click here for link to article.

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