Collecting and preserving plant specimens, a manual: version 3
Contents: Why collect, Before you collect, Safety, Commonly used equipment, Selecting the plant material, Size of the specimen, Features of the plant, Handling plants during collection, Step by step procedure for plant collecting and pressing, Example of a herbarium voucher specimen, Data to be recorded in the field, Drying specimens, Writing a final label to accompany the specimen, References, Appendix 1. Collecting weeds, Appendix 2. Notes on the collection of some flowering plant families, Appendix 3. Collecting difficult groups.
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- Publisher:
- Environmental Protection Agency
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Last updated: 20 April 2009