herbarium resources: preparing s pecimens & investigating p lants
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Herbarium Resources: Preparing S pecimens & Investigating P lants. 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Herbarium Resources:Preparing Specimens
& Investigating Plants
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Identifying Specimens• Identify Specimens– Technical Key– Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants• http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
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Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
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Resources for Herbarium Work• http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/methods/
herbariummanagement.htm
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Label Preparation• PLabel – program to make
labels (see pdf or Herbarium website)
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Databasing and Labels: PLabel
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Mounting Specimens
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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
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Mounting Specimens
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Fragments, Cones, etc.
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Ancillary Collections
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Imaging
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mossesinflas/Describes an imaging project at FLAS
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Florida Plant Communities