Pollen Count
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Pollen Count Lincoln, Nebraska |
Current
Count |
The pollen counts are read five days a week by Dr. Dale Benham, Professor of Biology at Nebraska Wesleyan University during the pollen season, which is February through mid-Ocotober. The pollen sampler (provided by Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Associates, PC) is located on top of Olin Hall of Science, Nebraska Wesleyan University. Please direct any questions concerning the counts to Dr. Dale Benham. Funding for this project is provided by Allergy Asthma, Immunology Assoicates, PC and Schering-Plough Dr. Benham is a Natonal Allergy Bureau certified pollen counter for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology |
Friday,
May 9, 2008 |
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count reflects pollen and spore collection over the previous 24 hours |
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| Pollen (grains/cubic meter) | ||||
Trees |
735 |
high |
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Weeds |
0 |
absent |
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Grass |
2 |
low |
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| Mold Spore (spores/cubic meter)-weekly count () | ||||
Molds |
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Please
note that data presented here may not be appropriated or duplicated
without written permission from The daily pollen counts for Lincoln, NE (as well as from other locations across the United States) are posted on the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology pollen count site. |
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Today's details (numbers are grains per cubic meter):
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Trees |
Weeds |
Mold Spores |
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Ash |
16 |
Chenopods/pigweed |
0 |
Alternaria |
|
Birch |
6 |
Cocklebur |
0 |
Ascospores |
|
Elm |
0 |
Hemp |
0 |
Basidopspores |
|
Hackberry |
0 |
Marsh-elder
(burweed) |
0 |
Cladosporium |
|
Hickory/Pecan |
0 |
Plantain |
0 |
Curvularia |
|
Juniper |
0 |
Prairie
Sage (Artemisia) |
0 |
Dreshslera/Helminthosporium | |
Linden |
0 |
Ragweed
(Ambrosia) |
0 |
Epicoccum |
|
Maple |
0 |
Nettle |
0 |
Fusarium-type |
|
Mulberry |
99 |
Sedge |
0 |
Ganoderma | |
Oak |
590 |
Cat-tail |
0 |
Leptosphaeria-type |
|
Pine |
0 |
Dock |
0 |
Nigrospora | |
Poplar/Cottonwood |
0 |
Daisy
Group |
0 |
Penicillium/Aspergillus | |
Walnut |
0 |
Dill |
0 |
Pithomyces |
|
Willow |
8 |
Dandelion |
0 |
Pleoospora | |
Sycamore |
16 |
Other
herbs |
0 |
Rusts |
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Locust |
0 |
Smuts/Myxomycetes |
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Alder |
0 |
Grass |
Stemphylium | ||
Osage Orange |
0 |
Total
grass (Poaceae) |
2 |
Torula | |
Buckeye |
0 |
Unknown |
12 |
Unidentified fungi |
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| TREE POLLEN | WEED POLLEN | GRASS POLLEN | MOLD SPORES | ||||
|
0 |
Absent |
0 |
Absent |
0 |
Absent |
0 |
Absent |
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1-14 |
Low |
1-9 |
Low |
1-4 |
Low |
1-6499 |
Low |
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15-89 |
Moderate |
10-49 |
Moderate |
5-19 |
Moderate |
6500-12,999 |
Moderate |
|
90-1499 |
High |
50-499 |
High |
20-199 |
High |
13,000-49,999 |
High |
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>1500 |
Very
High |
>500 |
Very
High |
>200 |
Very
High |
>50,000 |
Very
High |
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If
the count falls within this category |
Allergy sufferers who are allergic to these pollens or molds may experience symptoms of hay fever or asthma. |
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Absent |
No symptoms. |
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Low |
Only individuals extremely sensitive to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms. |
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Moderate |
Many individuals sensitive to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms. |
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High |
Most individuals with any sensitivity to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms. |
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Very
High |
Almost all individuals with any sensitivity at all to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms. Extremely sensitive people could have severe symptoms. |
Provided as a public service
by Nebraska Wesleyan
University,
Allergy, Asthma &
Immunology Associates
