In some case the choice is harder for example if the sheet only said C.

Example of herbarium label. Even if you want to donate a specimen without a label to a herbarium the herbarium may decline the donation. White mounting boards 420 270 mm acid-free and 46 ply should be used for mounting. Each herbarium specimen has a label with the plant names and basic details about the making of the specimen in the field transcribed from the field note book including information about where and when it was collected by whom and information about the habitat and the appearance of the plant.

Typing Haxey into townvillage field gives a drop down list. Discuss how to use the hyper linked list of sites to investigate these two. This function reads Darwin Core herbarium records template in CSV and generates a RTF file.

Some plants like orchids are stored in alcohol to help maintain their unique shape. Therefore a specimen without collectors number the collectors number should be marked as sn. The ICMS template lacks the name of the collection for example Flora of Amistad National Recreation Area the state and county where the collection was made space for a specimen.

The sheet label states Haxey Lincolnshire. This is usually to one side or above the label and flush with the right side of the sheet. Each person has a different way to write a label but the label must provide the minimum amount of information.

Fold long samples in a V or Z shape to make it fit on a standard herbarium cardstock 29 42 cm. Locality date of collection collectors name. Complete the first parts of a KWL chart with students listing what they KNOW about a botanists work and what they WANT TO KNOW.

Here we provide examples for two different types of labels and give quick introductory instructions on their use. Field notes and the date of collection are mentioned in a herbarium label. Links to More Label Examples.