Wisconsin State Herbarium – Department of Botany – UW–Madison

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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

WIS funded to digitize GLOBAL lichens and bryophytes
October 5, 2021
US Potato Genebank Vouchers Transferred to WIS
November 16, 2017
Smart Phone Plant ID App Being Developed for Wisconsin Flora
October 31, 2017
Federal ‘Museums for America’ Grant Awarded to WIS
October 12, 2017
WIS joins with other UW-Madison Museums to Integrate Collections
September 1, 2017
WIS Hopes to Make the Most of Rediscovered Moss Specimens
June 2, 2017
‘Common Lichens of Wisconsin’ Color Booklet Published
May 27, 2017
In Memory of Dr. Hugh H. Iltis, 1925-2016
December 19, 2016
Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries Generously Support WIS
December 8, 2016
George Washington Carver’s Fungi Specimens Rediscovered
February 25, 2016
$355,000 Grant Awarded by NSF’s Collections in Support of Biological Research
August 12, 2015
UW-Platteville transfers its herbarium of >7000 sheets to WIS
July 21, 2015
Three-year NSF Grant Targets WIS’ Worldclass Collection of Parasitic Fungi
June 1, 2015
Historical 1864 Civil War Specimen Discovered at WIS
November 11, 2014
WIS Acquires World Class Lichen Collection
October 3, 2014
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