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UW gets massive new greenhouse for its diverse plant collections
Over the past 65 years, the University of Washington’s biology department has had one of the country’s most diverse plant collections.
KIRO 7 got a sneak peek of its new greenhouse before it opens to the public.
“We have about 6,000 different plants, specimens covering the diversity of life. One of our specialties is in ancient plants. The kinds of plants that were here when the dinosaurs roamed the earth,” said David Perkel, professor and chair of the UW Department of Biology.
One room is full of carnivorous plants, which attract insects and digest them for nutrients.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/uw-gets-massive-new-greenhouse-for-its-diverse-plant-collections/ar-AA13phZc