Hello! Here are some plants from around my house that I chose to press. Turns out berries don’t press too well!
Tag: pressed plants
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Pressed Plants: Voucher Specimens
I collected these specimens from the Maud Plumley Trail in Butte, AK. This trail is one of my favorite hikes in the area. It has such a broad range of plants and fungi; I could spend all day there and hardly have to leave the trailhead. Theres so many interesting things to get lost in. It does have it’s share of hazards, though. The mosquitos are viscious and one year the wasps were building their nests just above our heads. Thats a small price to pay for such rich vitality. My good dog and I go several times a week and its worth it every time.
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Plant Voucher Specimens
Here is a bonus picture of my at home plant press because I am very proud of it! I used my old middle school yearbooks on the outside, cardboard to separate the layers, and newspaper to cover the samples, with belts holding it all together.
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Pressed Plants
Here are my pressed plants. I used a plant press kit from Walmart and allowed them to be pressed for 3 days.
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Pressed Plants-Delainey
For this assignment, I chose to press a raspberry plant (leaves, small stem, and flowers), Field Horsetail (entire aboveground) structure, and Tall Bluebells (section of stem, leaves, and flowers). All were collected in Anchorage, Alaska, and all species are native to the area.
