1. Herbarium Resources: Preparing Specimens & Investigating Plants

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

3. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

4. Resources for Herbarium Work http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/methods/herb ariummanagement.htm

5. Label Preparation PLabel – program to make labels (see pdf or Herbarium website)

6. Databasing and Labels: PLabel

7. Mounting Specimens

8. 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

9. Mounting Specimens

10. Fragments, Cones, etc.

11. Ancillary Collections

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

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

14. Florida Plant Communities

15. http://www.fnai.org/