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Table of Contents

CIP

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

1.1 Ethical Considerations
1.2 Compliance with Laws and Regulations
1.2.1 Protected Areas
1.2.2 Protected Plants
1.2.3 Wildlife
1.3 Health Hazards
1.4 Special Training

2. Protocol Overview

2.1 Office Procedures
2.2 Voucher Requirements by Taxonomic Group
2.3 Preparation and Care of Specimens
2.3.1 Photo Documentation
2.3.2 Whole Specimens
2.4 Data Needs
2.4.1 Field Notebook
2.4.2 Field Labels
2.4.3 General Data Requirements
2.4.4 Identification of Specimens
2.5 Transportation of Specimens
2.6 Deposition Policy
2.6.1 Museum Accessioning
2.6.2 Museum Curation
2.6.3 Museum Storage
2.7 Material Specifications and Collection Costs
2.7.1 Material Specifications
2.7.2 Costs

3. Vascular and Non-vascular Plants

3.1 Voucher Requirements
3.1.2 Vascular Plants - Specifications
3.1.3 Non-vascular Plants - Specifications
3.2 Data Needs
3.2.1 Field Notebook
3.2.2 Field Form
3.2.3 Plant Labels
3.2.4 Rare Plants
3.2.5 Data to be Collected
3.3 Preparation and Care of Specimens
3.3.1 Vascular Plants
3.3.2 Aquatic Plants
3.3.3 Non-vascular Plants
3.4 Museum Accessioning
3.5 Materials and Costs
3.5.1 Royal BC Museum
3.6 References

4. Fungi

4.1 Voucher Requirements
4.2 Data Needs
4.3 Preparation and Care of Specimens
4.3.1 Photo Documentation
4.3.2 Whole Specimens
4.4 Museum Accessioning
4.5 Materials and Costs
4.6 References

Glossary

References - General

List of Figures

Figure 1. Example of a BC Conservation Data Centre collection label (actual size).
Figure 2. BC Conservation Data Centre Field Observation Form.
Figure 3. Plant press with cardboard and collection sheets.
Figure 4. Plant drier with plant press set up.
Figure 5. Collaborator collection slip.

List of Tables

Table 1. Initial plant preparation costs (per herbarium sheet).
Table 2. Maintenance costs for a 5 year period per herbarium sheet.
Table 3. Materials used for storing fungi specimens.

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