Category: Pressed Plants
Plant Voucher Specimens: bladder-campion, devilsclub, cowparsnip, yellow avens
Hello Everyone, I really enjoyed collecting and pressing “plant voucher specimens” for this class. This is my first attempt at pressing ever, and I did have some complications during my first run. For the press I used 2 boards of plywood and 2 tow straps (2 tow straps were sadly …
Pressed Plants
Attached are photos of my pressed plants as well as my foraging them. I was lucky in that some friends were moving so I went to their house and they dug up some plants they bought from a nursery two hours away that were supposed to be native. Of course, …
Pressed plants
I’ve been having internet issues at home and finally got a neighbor’s permission to drop a couple of small trees to improve my line of sight to the tower. These plants were collected while housesitting for a friend, so I chose to indicate Township/Range/Section rather than post what is essentially …
Plant Press Specimens
I made a small plant press (~ 5″ x 7.5″) a number of years ago in a community class and figured I’d give it a try for this assignment. As for my flower choices, I didn’t start out with a purple theme in mind, but that’s how things turned out. …
Pressed Plant
Here are my pressed plants. To create my press I used news paper like material on both sides with also lined paper. For weight I used numerous books.
Plant Press Specimens
The Press: I didn’t have a press. My husband cut these two 12” x 18” boards for the press. For aeration I thought it would be fun to try this polka-dot look and he obliged. The 60″ belts are from REI. I cut up paper bags for the blotters, cardboard …
