Book Review
Herbarium
Did you realise that the Fleurieu Environment Centre library includes three herbariums?
A herbarium is a collection of dried plant specimens that can be used to identify and/or verify particular species. Each set contains samples of individual plants including the botanical names.
The 16 Vol. Herbarium of common plant species on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
V 1 Daisies
V 2 Eucalyptus
V 3 F erns and Herbs
V 4 Flowering herbs
V 5 & 6 Grasses
V 7 & 8 Low shrubs
V 9 Saltbushes, Samphires, Succulents, Water plants
V 10 & 11 Sedges, Rushes, Lilies
V 12 & 13 Tall shrubs
V 14 Trees
V 15 Vine creepers
V 16 Index, explanatory notes
The 2 Vol. Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps Herbarium. A small collection of some typical plants found in swamps.
The 3 Vol. Normanville Sand Dunes Herbarium. This herbarium was collected as a weed identification tool designed to be used in the process of restoration of these sand dunes.
The herbariums are part of the Reference Collection and cannot be borrowed but please feel free to spend time at the Environment Centre if you would like to view them.