Cedar Coast Field Station has started a Herbarium!

We are  pressing over a dozen plant specimens and hope to soon start a binder collection of pressed plants. This will provide visitors with a representation of the floral diversity of Vargas Island and can aid with species identification.

We are currently collecting specimen that are common, flowering and on Cedar Coast property. Each collection receives important data, including location and habitat, common and scientific names, date of collection and collector name. Once mounted on herbarium paper, each plant will receive a label with this information.

Cornus Canadensis (Bunchberry)

Trientalis arctica (Northern Starflower)

Ledum groenlandicum (Labrador Tea)