{"id":3672,"date":"2020-10-13T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:03:06","slug":"wedigbio-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/wedigbio-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"WeDigBio 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the 5th consecutive year, NYBG&#8217;s William and Lynda Steere Herbarium is partnering with leading museums, universities, and environmental organizations around the world to engage the public in citizen science!<\/p>\n<p>During <u><a href=\"https:\/\/wedigbio.org\/\">WeDigBio! 2020<\/a><\/u> (October 15\u201318), we invite your help to mobilize biodiversity data from preserved herbarium specimens to advance scientific understanding of the plants of our world. 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