Herbarium Resources: Preparing Specimens & Investigating Plants
Identifying Specimens Identify Specimens – Technical Key – Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Resources for Herbarium Work ariummanagement.htm
Label Preparation PLabel – program to make labels (see pdf or Herbarium website)
Databasing and Labels: PLabel
Mounting Specimens
Herbarium Work Space (Photo by I. Lopez). Mounting Paper - good quality thick white paper approx. 12" x 18", depending on your storage abilities. Fragment pocket paper - uniquely cut paper to fold in to pocket to attach to the sheet. Label paper - good quality white paper cut approximately 3" x 4". Cloth-backed tape, preferably water-activated, cut in to thin (2 mm. x 10 cm.) strips. Paper tape Thick white thread and needle Small scissors Elmer's glue Small weights
Mounting Specimens
Fragments, Cones, etc.
Ancillary Collections
Imaging Describes an imaging project at FLAS
Florida Plant Communities
Florida Plant Communities