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Research Facilities
 Research Lab
 Microscope station
 Specimen data entry and scanning stations
 Specimen Range
 Specimen Range
 Temperature & humidity controls for specimen preservation
 Industrial air exchange equipment to maintain correct temperature & humidity
 Freezers to quarantine newly arrived specimens
 Plant mounter station
 Library
 Research scientist office workspace
 Each office is equipped with herbarium cabinets
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Species Focus
Sclerochloa dura
(Fairgrounds grass)
 This often diminutive annual grass is native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia. First collected in North America near Yonkers, NY in 1895, it has been collected throughout much of the Great Lakes region since it was first found near Cincinnati, OH in 1990. Curiously, most of the known populations are at county fairgrounds; yet it has not yet been found in an agricultural setting in our region.
See Cusick et al. (Michigan Bot. 41: 125-135. 2002.) for additional information.
Photo: R. Rabeler Centreville, MI
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