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WIS QUICK FACTS
Specimen Collections
WI Vascular Plants:
>265,000
Other Vascular Plants:
>800,000
Lichens: >167,000
MicroFungi: >91,000
Bryophytes: >47,000
Algae: >3,000
TOTAL: >1.37 Million
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News Headlines
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WIS funded to digitize GLOBAL lichens and bryophytes
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US Potato Genebank Vouchers Transferred to WIS
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Federal ‘Museums for America’ Grant Awarded to WIS
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WIS joins with other UW–Madison Museums to Integrate Collections
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WIS Hopes to Make the Most of Rediscovered Moss Specimens
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‘Common Lichens of Wisconsin’ Color Booklet Published
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In Memory of Dr. Hugh H. Iltis, 1925-2016
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Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries Generously Support WIS
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George Washington Carver’s Fungi Specimens Rediscovered
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$355,000 Grant Awarded by NSF’s Collections in Support of Biological Research
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UW-Platteville transfers its herbarium of >7000 sheets to WIS
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Three-year NSF Grant Targets WIS’ Worldclass Collection of Parasitic Fungi
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Historical 1864 Civil War Specimen Discovered at WIS
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WIS Acquires World Class Lichen Collection
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WIS Leads New $2.5M NSF Great Lakes Invasives Network