1. Plant Pressing Natural History Museum Tom Ridge Environmental Center

2. Initial cleaning of specimens prior to pressing

3. Removing foreign matter from roots

4. Transferring collecting data from field book to newspaper for each specimen newspaper for each specimen

5. Preparing plant press for drying specimens

6. Placing newspaper in press

7. Determining proper arrangement of specimen (bend it? - cut it? - pieces?)

8. Arranging inflorescence prior to closing newspaper

9. Alternating blotter, cardboard, and specimens in plant press

10. Plant press ready for straps to be applied

11. Tightening straps to flatten and press specimens

12. Placing temporary label listing contents

13. Drying specimen in natural circulation cabinet at 100° F (37.8°C)

14. Placing plant press and dried specimens in plastic bag for freezing process

15. Specimens ready for freezing at -20°C to ensure no contaminants are transferred to collection room

16. Recording date in – date out

17. Placing copy of field notes and specimens in temporary folder