Herbarium
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 in reverse chronological order
# | Title | Date | Summary |
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1 | UNI herbarium receives book donation from grad Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1 |
Several botanical books were donated to the herbarium from the estate of the late Richard Golz. Biographical profile of Richard Golz. | |
2 | Plants pressed in file folders; UNI herbarium Northern Iowan 86:22, p.17 |
Student Scott Zager talks about the collection of plants in the Department of Biology; photo. | |
3 | Herbarium at University of Northern Iowa houses 30,000 plant specimens. Public Relations News Release 1989:220, p.1 |
Dead plants, pressed flat and mounted on paper are kept in pink file folders at the herbarium. They come from as far away as the Middle East, as close as your back yard and there are more than 30,000 of them. | |
4 | UNI botany student wins award. Public Relations News Release 1989:220, p.1 |
Scott Zager a graduate student majoring in botany, works with some of the plant specimens contained in the University herbarium. Zager recently won an award allowing him to attend a national botany conference in St. Louis. | |
5 | You wouldn't believe what researchers have locked up in the herbarium. Public Relations News Release 1989:203, p.1 |
The Herbarium at Northern Iowa contains over 40,000 individual plant species, and has been noted as one of the best collections in the state. Scott Zager, is conducting research on marsh sedges. |