Cooktown State
School Students undetaking CALM training. CYWAFAP SERVICES RTD2004A
Collect, prepare and preserve plant specimens
This competency standard covers the process of collecting and preserving plant specimens for recording or identification purposes. It requires the ability to collect appropriate plant specimens, prepare and preserve them and to record data. Collecting, preparing and preserving plant specimens requires knowledge of plant lifecycles, plant recognition, simple taxonomic keys, and legislative limitations on the collection of flora including threatened species.