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University of Reading Herbarium (RNG)

@herbarium.bsky.social

Founded 1897, a collection of mostly Mediterranean plants plus British flora and other special collections.

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Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🌱🌾🌍🍄🌿🌺🐝🧪 Last view of the teams who will be in Semifinal Botanical University Challenge #BUC2025 - Reading, Aberdeen Eden Project and Plymouth! Competing live at 3rd Student Botany Festival in August 2025. Also will be streamed round the world on YouTube!

Pictures teams Reading, Aberdeen Eden Project and Plymouth as well as Prof Jennifer McElwain who asked the questions. Prof John Warren and Dr Jonathan Mitchley came up with the idea of BUC.

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University of Reading Herbarium (RNG) @herbarium.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Do you want to join the UKs biggest botanical quiz? @bucbotany.bsky.social starts tomorrow.

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University of Reading Herbarium (RNG) @herbarium.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Urge Duke University to Reconsider Closing Their Herbarium - Sign the Petition! chng.it/GKZvLDDv via @UKChange

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The decision by Duke University to close their herbarium is deeply concerning. Herbaria are not just repositories of plant specimens, they are living libraries of life on Earth. They hold the keys to ...

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Alastair Culham @thebotanist.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Congratulations to Tomos Jones, University of Reading, Biology for passing his PhD on gardens as a source of invasive plants. #gardenescapers #invasives @herbarium.bsky.social @drmgoeswild.bsky.social

Four smiling adults standing in a building next to a parlour palm.

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Alastair Culham @thebotanist.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

In flight reading on journey for fieldwork in Crete to collect for @herbarium.bsky.social 🌱🌿 #Botany

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