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Botany study declines threaten plant knowledge and herbaria
Mount Ida Arkansas report shows college interest in botany fading since 1988 with half of research universities dropping botany degrees and fewer than 400 botany degrees awarded in 2012. The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission works to preserve over 70 000 native plant specimens as budgets shrink and herbaria close.
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Mount Ida
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U.S
National Science Foundation
National Center For Education Statistics
Joe Miller
Division of Environmental Biology
Arkansas
Rocky
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission
Theo Witsell
Miller
University of Iowa
University of Nebraska State Museum
University of Missouri
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis
University of Arkansas At Little Rock
Commission
Witsell
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