Making a Plant Collection

1. Making a Plant Collection http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/voucher.htm

2. Pressed and Identified Plant

5. How to add layers • 1. Wooden frame • 2. Cardboard • 3. Newspaper • 4. Thick white absorbent paper • 5. White paper • 6. Plant • 7. Repeat, going from 5-2

6. Putting it on Paper • Once it’s dry, then Glue It to a piece of a paper • Include the label • Let it dry

7. Native Desert Plant Collection Labeling and identifying your plants

8. Labeling Your Plants • Scientific Name: ______________________ • Common Name: ______________________ • Family: ______________________________ • Locality: _____________________________ • Habitat: _____________________________ • Collected by:__________________________ • Identified by:_________________________

9. What is this plant?

10. Labeling Your Plants • Scientific Name: Parkinsoniaflorida • Common Name: Blue Paloverde • Family: Fabacea • Locality: Arroyo Chico near Reid Park • Habitat: desert, Riparian • Collected by: Elena Martin • Identified by: Elena Martin

11. Some Common Desert Plants

13. Mesquite

14. Mesquite Beans

16. Creosote Bush

17. Globe Mallow

19. Cat Claw Acacia

21. Ocotillo

24. Engelmann’s Prickly Pear

25. Net Leaf Hackberry

26. Hop bush -

27. Identifying Native Desert Plants • http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/