Plant collecting underpins all floristic work in the Canadian Arctic, including the Arctic Flora of Canada and Alaska. Excellent primers for collecting museum quality harbarium specimens can be found online, including Plant Collecting for the Amateur, from the Royal British Columbia Museum, and the Guide to Plant Collection and Identification from Queens University. While these resources provide an excellent start in the basics of field collecting and pressing, we provide a few general tips for Arctic plant collecting below:
Tips for Arctic Plant Collecting
Resources
Herbarium Record Collection Book Templates (compatible with Rite in the Rain #LL8511 printer paper)
Data Spreadsheets
