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From The Plant Press, Vol. 27, No. 4, October 2024.

By the Numbers: Collections Edition

Volunteers in the Department of Botany carefully mount plant specimens to herbarium sheets — Volunteers in the Department of Botany carefully mount plant specimens to herbarium sheets. (photographer unknown)

16,042

Specimens digitized/imaged in FY24

6,109

New specimens accessioned into the collection in FY24

6,027

Specimens mounted in FY24

1,140

Specimens loaned out in FY24

Volunteers in the Department of Botany carefully mount plant specimens to herbarium sheets — Volunteers in the Department of Botany carefully mount plant specimens to herbarium sheets. (photo by Erika Gardner)