Herbarium Resources:Preparing Specimens

& Investigating Plants

Identifying Specimens• Identify Specimens– Technical Key– Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants• http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Resources for Herbarium Work• http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/methods/

herbariummanagement.htm

Label Preparation• PLabel – program to make

labels (see pdf or Herbarium website)

Databasing and Labels: PLabel

Mounting Specimens

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

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mossesinflas/Describes an imaging project at FLAS

Florida Plant Communities• http://www.fnps.org/

Florida Plant Communities

Florida Plant Communities• http://www.fnai.org/