"Herbarium collections have been built up over the years by the efforts of numerous botanists and plant collectors who have searched from remote and isolated jungles to inner city waste lots and railroad tracks to document the diversity and distribution of the earth's flora. In essence, a herbarium is analogous to a library of carefully preserved plants where the specimens themselves and the labels associated with them provide a wealth of information once they have been 'read' and studied by scientists".
Starting the last days of summer, we will learn about plants, collect parts of them and start making an album of the plants we study-a class herbarium. We will observe and inquire about changing seasons and learn about the importance of the trees.
For more information on the topic visit
The Harvard University Herbaria online at: http://www.huh.harvard.edu/
Starting the last days of summer, we will learn about plants, collect parts of them and start making an album of the plants we study-a class herbarium. We will observe and inquire about changing seasons and learn about the importance of the trees.
For more information on the topic visit
The Harvard University Herbaria online at: http://www.huh.harvard.edu/