herbaria: what are they?
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Herbaria: what are they?. Carefully organized collections of preserved, documented plant specimens PLUS Associated resources PLUS People to help answer your questions. The Intermountain Herbarium. Is a major regional herbarium with - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Herbaria: what are they?Carefully organized collections of preserved, documented plant specimensPLUSAssociated resourcesPLUS People to help answer your questions
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The Intermountain Herbarium
Is a major regional herbarium with > 234,000 specimens, of which more than 63,000 have been databasedA library of more than 5,000 catalogued items A slide collection of more than 2000 slidesHelpful staff members
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Herbarium Specimens Most of the Intermountain Herbarium’s specimens are vascular plants, but the fungal and bryophyte collections are becoming more active.
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Specimens have two parts …
The plant material and
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and the label
The label is critical. The identity of the specimen can be checked; the label cannot be.
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Our specimens come from …
These are just georeferenced specimens. We have many others.
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Some useful cabinets to know…
Range Class
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The library ….
The herbarium’s reference library has more than 5000 items. They are listed in the main library catalog.
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Some references are for professionals
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Others for non-professionals
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and some are for children ….
Books for children – useful for those in education
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The herbarium’s other resources include a slide collection…
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Demonstration specimens…
Demonstration mounts
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Resources for preparing specimens
The Intermountain Herbarium will loan plant presses and allow you to use its plant dryer and label making program.
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Some tools the herbarium does not provide …
Field notebookClippers and diggerTagsPencil(s)BagsGPS, altimeterField press
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Identifying plants …The herbarium provides space, microscopes, and reference works for use in identifying plants (Floras are on shelves adjacent to this space).
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Do not know how to identify plants? Take a class Ask the herbarium staff to give you
some pointers – and then just do it (you do need to be prepared to learn about plants)
Pay us ($50 per hour for good specimens, $75 per hour for poor specimens).
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Who can use the herbarium? Anyone – students, staff, faculty of
USU and members of the public The herbarium is open 8 am – 5
pm, Monday through Friday Please call if you would like a tour
(435-797-0061 or 435-797-1584) It is a great resource – use it!