From Nature's chain whatever link you strike,
Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike.
Alexander Pope

The Palynology Collection consists of 700 reference preparations in silicone oil of pollen from seed plants and spores from other vascular and nonvascular plants native to North America. The focus of the collection is the pollen of the southeastern United States. The comparative collection is used in the interpretation and reconstruction of paleo-environments and the fine scale analysis of anthropological and archaeological sites.