I collected the three plant specimens on my property that borders Kluane National Park in Haines Junction, Yukon. The habitat is an open black spruce (Picea mariana) forest on disturbed sandy soil facing southeast. It was an enjoyable process. The Polemonium acutiflorum was so delicate it kept sticking to the …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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. …
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.
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 …
