
The University of Georgia Herbarium [GA]
Student Labels
by Wendy Zomlefer
Label data. A plant specimen is incomplete and scientifically useless without accurate label data. A label should include the following:
- Scientific name. Genus, specific epithet, authority, and infraspecific information; family
- Detailed location. Country, state or province, county or municipality, and a description of the locality in reference to roads, road junctions, mile markers, and/or distances from cities and/or towns. Other helpful information: latitude/longitude; section/township/range; elevation; and/or readings with Global Positioning System (GPS).
- Habitat and associates: The type of plant community and associated plant species.
- Habit. Description of the plant form (e.g., mature tree, sprawling shrub, scandent vine, erect herb) and height
- Frequency. Rare, occasional, frequent, common.
- Description. Particularly plant characteristics not evident from the sample (e.g., drooping branches; leaf orientation) or other features possibly lost in drying (e.g., flower and/or fruit color or aroma).
- Collector name.
- Collection number.
- Date of collection.
Use the following format
Make the label at least this size
Do NOT put a border around the label!
Leave enough space around the labels to cut them; cut the labels apart with a paper cutter so that the corners are square!
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Apios americana Medik. [Fabaceae] CLARKE CO.: Athens: Along Hwy 10 (Perimeter Loop), on e side of hwy, 0.5 mi. s of exit for Hwy 78/10 Business Route. Alluvial floodplain forest. Occasional plants twining over shrubbery near hwy. Growing with Myrica cerifera. Past flowering; legumes green. Coll. William R. Humphrey 1005 8 Oct. 2000 |
Ulmus parviflora Jacq. [Ulmaceae] CLARKE CO.: Athens; planted on University of Georgia campus, behind Plant Sciences Building, Carlton St. Large tree, 50 feet tall, DBH ca. 16 inches, branches broadly arching, drooping. Bark smooth. Fruits reddish. Coll. Mary R. Smith 789 19 Oct. 1989 |
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Callisia graminea (Small) G.C. Tucker [Commelinaceae] TATNALL CO.: McRae; GA 185, 6 mi. north of intersection with Hwys. 23 and 121. Upper edge of roadside ditch. Scrub oak-pine community. Frequent. Plants in tufts. Flowers ephemeral, delicate; petals and filaments bright pink. Coll. Elaine Colsby 510 20 July 1999 |
Calopogon pallidus Chapman [Orchidaceae] LIBERTY CO.: Ft. Stewart Military Installation, Grid 245431, E-10 training area, 1.5 mi. w of intersection with Ft. Stewart 7 and Ft. Stewart 10. Margin of cypress stand; sandy loam, last burned Nov. 1993. Uncommon. Tepals fushia pink. Associates: Polygala lutea and Lyonia mariana. Coll. John K. Williams 375 3 May 1994 |