Plant Collecting Data Form

Teaching People Plant Collecting

NOTE: The following form can be reproduced for use by students when collecting plants. A separate form should be placed with each specimen collected.

PLANT COLLECTING DATA FORM

Common name of plant _________________________________________________________
Scientific name of plant _________________________________________________________
Location collected _____________________________________________________________
Growing site _____________________________________________________________
Soil type ______________________________________________________________
Surrounding vegetation _________________________________________________________
Special note ______________________________________________________________
Name of collector_______________________________________________________
System number ______________________ Date _______________________

NOTE: If the plant press is taken to the field, collecting data can be written on the newspaper the plant is pressed in as given in the following example:

Plant Collecting Data Recorded Directly on Newspaper