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https://www.npr.org/2018/09/02/641310268/centuries-old-plant-collection-now-online-a-treasure-trove-for-researchers

 

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At the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University of Philadelphia, there’s a collection of about 1.5 million plants, some that were saved from the East Coast of the United States.[2] Some of the herbarium is being transferred online, which is very important because it allows botanists to access the information all the time, so that the botanists don’t have to go to the herbarium to look at the plants.[3] Botany researchers are hoping that the collection being online can now allow them to answer questions about certain plant species and answer why the plant became extinct after it had been put in the collection.[4] The herbarium is helping botanists rediscover were some species are located and even trying to rescue endangered species.[5]

 

I chose this article about the herbarium because I thought that it was very interesting that there are so many different plant species in the collection. I also thought it was very interesting that the information from the collection hasn’t been transferred online until now to make it easily accessible to many botanists. It seems like the information that the herbarium contains is important and could help find some plant species that were forgotten about or couldn’t be found anymore. I think by putting some of the herbarium online will allow so many more people to see the information and grow our knowledge of certain plant species.

 

 

[1] Phillips, Susan. “Centuries-Old Plant Collection Now Online – A Treasure Trove for Researchers.” National Public Radio, Inc., https://www.npr.org/2018/09/02/641310268/centuries-old-plant-collection-now-online-a-treasure-trove-for-researchers (accessed September 9, 2018).

[2] Phillips, “Centuries-Old Plant Collection Now Online – A Treasure Trove for Researchers.”

[3] Phillips, “Centuries-Old Plant Collection Now Online – A Treasure Trove for Researchers.”

[4] Phillips, “Centuries-Old Plant Collection Now Online – A Treasure Trove for Researchers.”

[5] Phillips, “Centuries-Old Plant Collection Now Online – A Treasure Trove for Researchers.”