An Introduction to Collecting Plants

This page provides links to various documents that deal with the collection of plant specimens - both as herbarium specimens (pressed, dried and mounted onto a sheet of board) and as living collections (cuttings, whole plants and seeds).

Contents

• Collection Procedures and Specimen Preservation

• An Introduction to Collecting Difficult Plants

• How to Use Field Note Books
  • Abbreviations for the Major Groups of the Plant Kingdom

  • Botanical Districts of Australia (from the ANHSIR Manual)

  • Structural Forms of Vegetation in Australia

  • Habit Growth Form and Qualifier List

  • Checklist for Landform Types

  • Rock Types

  • Soil Types
• Field Note Book Page

• What makes a good specimen ?

• Guidelines for the Handling of Cutting Material, Live Plants and Seeds

  See also: plant identification resources from the Queensland Herbarium (BRI), including "Collecting and preserving plant specimens, a manual" in PDF format

 

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