Julissa Roncal is the curator of the Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium at Memorial University. (Sarah Antle/CBC News)In a room full ...

The Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium on Mount Scio Road in St. John's houses over 100,000 dried and pressed plant specimens from across the province.

Roncal is the curator of the Memorial University Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium. The collection has about 100,000 specimens tucked in a small office on Mount Scio Road.

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