Plants Pressed and Mounted for Display
This page shows three examples of plants that have been pressed and mounted for the herbarium collection.
Each one of the images below can also be enlarged for more detailed viewing. If your computer screen is small, you might have to scroll to see all of the plate.
As you can see, arranging the plants on a page can be an art. Each one has a distinct beauty where science and art mix.
Now that you have seen some of the examples in the ASU herbarium, you might want to try to press some of your own plants and create your own herbarium. It is not difficult. In fact, we have step-by-step instructions to help you with the project.
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Bibliographic details:
- Article: Pressed Plants
- Author(s): Dr. Biology
- Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
- Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
- Date published: 7 Jan, 2010
- Date accessed:
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/pressed-plants
APA Style
Dr. Biology. (Thu, 01/07/2010 - 16:06). Pressed Plants. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/pressed-plants
Chicago Manual of Style
Dr. Biology. "Pressed Plants". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 07 Jan 2010. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/pressed-plants
MLA 2017 Style
Dr. Biology. "Pressed Plants". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 07 Jan 2010. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/pressed-plants
Dried and pressed herbarium specimen ready for its label. Image by Shuhrataxmedov via Wikimedia Commons.
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