Plant collection, identification and herbarium techniques

Plant specimens that are collected properly and arranged according to a certain classification system and show way to scientific researches can be an information and documentation center for researchers who work in several topics such as biology, forest, pharmacy and agriculture. It is impossible to find every plant that is necessary for most of researches in every season of a year. For this reason, herbariums of specimens are created with several methods of collecting and dehydration. Herbarium is to create and present collection of plants by pressing, dehydrating, identifying, labeling and keeping them in proper conditions with the aim of keeping living properties of them. The aim of creating herbarium changes according to researchers, however the general aim is to recognize the plant, to prove the existence of the plant (to learn when and where the plant grows), to provide available material when it is impossible to reach the plant. In order to create a healthy herbarium it is necessary to know herbarium techniques and methods very well.