Collecting a Specimen

Join Collections Assistant, Matthew Chansler, at the Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center to collect some specimens! Whether it's for an herbarium or for your personal collection, Matt will take you through the processes of collection, arrangement, pressing, and drying.
Don't have a press? No drying oven? No problem! In this video, we cover how you can collect with everyday tools as well as collection-specific equipment.

[Bunso-clad]

we'll be collecting some specimens to press tomorrow, thankfully I've watched this before it

[cindyj]

Loved this demonstration. A great way to learn the skills.

[armyforlife]

Can you do a video on how to make a diy press?

[margaretfleming]

I collected some plants and had no bags nor press so I walked to a gas station and bought gum, which came with a bag to hold the gum and the plants, and the dirt I swept off the cashier's counter 😬👍

[saikat]

Very useful video....may u send such videos and give us knowledge...

[mendyviola]

Do you number your journals and keep a separate index of the specimens corresponding to the journal?