Master Gardener, Emily Clem, welcomes Lynne Wenineger from Alabama A&M University. The curator of the herbarium at A&M, Lynne talks about the importance of collecting and preserving plants for study in the plant library. From gathering specimens in the field, to pressing, and cataloging, Alabama is the 4th ranked state in the US for biodiversity and several plant species are found nowhere else in the world.
Links:
http://floraofalabama.org/ (Alabama Plant Atlas)
https://www.aces.edu/ (Alabama Cooperative Extension)
https://www.alcpl.org/
Have questions about this episode? Email askalibrarian@alcpl.org
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