Dr Joanne Birch

Curator, University of Melbourne Herbarium, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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Sciences & Technology

The challenge to discover our plant and fungi species

There are still thousands of Australian plant and fungi species to be described and citizen scientists are contributing to recording our biodiversity

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Environment

The stories of Australia’s botanical biodiversity

Established in 1926, the University of Melbourne Herbarium has an estimated 150,000 specimens, each with their own story to tell