Just a quick word on herbariums for those just starting out .. perhaps those interested can add their links to thier own local herbarium or online herbarium sites ...
An herbarium is a collection of dried plants ... a plant morgue if you will ... it contains not only the plants but the collection data associated with each plant. Scientific publications on flora are based on the collections and associated data in various herbariums. Another way of looking at it ... if you place your own collections in a herbarium you are providing data for future works in Botany and becoming part of the botanical research for your area of the world.
The person in charge of the herbarium is the "Curator" and the best way to get in with the curator is to show up once in a while with a small collection of plants to donate to the herbarium ... in return I'm sure they would be glad to give you great help in identifying your own collections. I'd bet you would become a VIP around the herbarium in a very short while ... your own work could become vital to future botanical publications ....
One of the best regional collections for the Mohave Desert is located here :
http://www.unlv.edu/unlv/Colleges/Sciences/Biology/NewPage/herbarium/intro.htm
Take a peek inside a herbarium ....
http://www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Sciences/Biology/Niles.html
Anyone else have some links to add ??
Good Day ....
Rosa
marilou
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