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Herbarium Techniques
What are Herbaria?
Collecting Specimen
Mounting Specimen
Storing Specimen & Curation
Pest Management
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An herbarium is an expanding collection of dried
plants that are stored in cabinets, curated, and
made accessible to the public
Uses
of the herbarium
Store reference material
Aid in identifying unnamed plants
Aid in correctly naming plants
A comprehensive data-blank
Herbarium collaborations
Important to evaluate strengths, goals,
expertise
Collaborate with other herbaria
Specimen Label
-info about plant:
Who, where (Country, Island province,
city/town, barangay, elevation, etc.) when
-Other info: height, color, smell, taste
-Information added to the specimen after it was
collected
Basic considerations
Who, what, why, where, when
-How the material will be used and
-How to make the material most useful
-What is needed to collect:
Plant description
-Height of tree/shrub or extent of liana, dbh if
appropriate
-color of flower, fruit
-presence/color/odor
-Soil type, slope, geology
-associated species
-sun/shade
-location seasonally
Schweinfurth method (alcohol)
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