Herbarium specimens help inform the grass pollen season for allergy sufferers

The grass pollen season has just begun. Did you know that grass pollen monitoring cannot distinguish between different grass species?

Knowing which grass species are flowering when throughout the season, and knowing how each species is impacted by climate change are important steps in helping allergy sufferers.

Check out this recent study by Natalie Iwanycki Ahlstrand et al. that demonstrates how grass flowering times from our herbarium specimens can help fill this species knowledge gap and inform the pollen season under a changing climate.

Article from KUnet (only for KU/UCPH), written by Tina Jørgensen