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Tag: Herbarium

  • Dr. Keir Wefferling Leads Bryophyte Workshop in Door County

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    From May 11-13 Dr. Keir Wefferling, Herbarium Curator, led a field workshop on identification of bryophytes in peat-accumulating wetlands, focused on species in fens and white cedar swamps in Door County. The 18 people who participated, identified around 60 species of moss and liverwort (at least three of them are new County records). The Door…

  • UW-Green Bay faculty member makes a ‘moss’ exciting discovery

    UW-Green Bay faculty member makes a ‘moss’ exciting discovery

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    Sue Bodilly

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    In the average lawn, moss is rarely a welcomed sight. (Usually indicating poor soil nutrient levels and drainage issues.) But in Keir Wefferling’s world, as curator of the Fewless Herbarium within UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center of Biodiversity, encountering moss is not only welcomed but occasionally transformational. That was the case one morning this fall when…