Helpful links for UF faculty, staff, students and other researchers
- Activities and Visitor Log. The Herbarium maintains an activity and visitor log to document the use of our facilities. This log is used to generate reports for the Florida Museum, the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, grant proposals and questionnaires. Please help us by providing the titles of projects for which you use the library and collection either via email or by jotting this down in our log book. Please make an appointment with Herbarium staff for all new collection visitors.
- The Collection : Use, Access, Guides, Databases
- Collection pages: Vascular Plants | Bryophytes and Lichens | Wood | Fungal Herbarium
- Collection Use Protocols
- Destructive Analysis Procedures – These step-by-step procedures explain how to arrange for removal of material from specimens in the University of Florida Herbarium collection for destructive analysis.
- Destructive Analysis Policy Statement and Agreement
- Collection Arrangement – a description of the arrangement of specimens in the collection.
- Family numbering codes used in the collection – Alphabetical / Numerical
- Geographical Tip Sheet – a description of the geographic arrangement, including a list of Florida counties, applied at the specimens level in the collection.
- Cabinet Door Lists – a lengthy PDF listing the contents of the entire collection.
- Collection Catalog search page
- Image Gallery search page
- Type Catalog search page
- Herbarium Library – a non-circulating reference library with a focus on plant florisitics (floras) and systematics. The online searchable catalog contains over 10,000 entries. This is only a portion of our holdings (e.g., most of the bryophyte and lichen publications are not yet in the catalog). A search for our newest enties is available on the search page.
- Loans
- Loans to FLAS Policies – Loans are handled by the Herbarium administration. This guide provides the details on loan procedures and a contract for students and affiliated researchers.
- Recommended Procedures for Visiting and Selecting Loans at Other Herbaria
- Specimen Annotation (at FLAS and for loans)
- Specimen Collecting, Deposit / Vouchering
- Collection Acquisitions Policy
- Collection Acquisition Checklist for Collectors – A checklist to help collectors understand UF Herbarium specimen processing protocols and specimen set requirements.
- Preparation of Plant Specimens for Deposit as Herbarium Vouchers
- Best Practices for Collecting Geographic Data in the Field
- Florida Plant Collecting and Transport : Regulations and Permitting
- Pest Control and Fumigation Policy
- PLabel – a free program for generating herbarium labels. Please use this program to prepare your labels or provide a data set that matches the fields.
- Estimated Cost of University of Florida Herbarium Services and Supplies – Researchers should consult with the Keeper or Collection Manager before writing the use of the Herbarium or its staff in grants. This document provides a good-faith estimate for specimen processing and storage costs. These estimates are subject to reevaluation, so be sure to contact our collections staff before finalizing your proposal’s budget.