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Michigan State University Herbarium Vascular Plants

Specimen Records: 67,668
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2022-08-14

The Vascular Plant collection is the oldest in the state, containing many specimens of historical importance. Nearly one-third of the collection was amassed by Dr. W.J. Beal during his 40 year tenure here. The collection is used locally by researchers and students working on systematic, evolutionary and ecological questions. Specimens are used in a service role to provide identifications for suspected plant poisoning cases, to aid in the identification of agricultural pests and to answer questions for local botanical enthusiasts.

Contacts

Name L Alan Prather
RoleDirector
Emailalan@msu.edu
Name Matthew T Chansler
RoleCollections Manager
Emaildrosera.capensis@gmail.com
Name L Alan Prather
RoleDirector
Emailalan@msu.edu
Name David Bloom
RoleCoordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Bill Park
RoleInformation Technology Coordinator
Emailbilly@plantbiology.msu.edu
Name Matt Chansler
RoleCollections Manager
Emailalan@msu.edu
Name L Alan Prather
RoleDirector
Emailalan@msu.edu
  • Data Corrected
  • Data Use
  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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