How will CASABIO collect information and photos?
As the name implies, CASABIO is a collaboration, so we hope to receive a lot of our photos and information from the public. As an organization, we will also undertake regular collecting trips to different parts of the CMA and encourage enthusiasts and interested parties to join us. CASABIO trips will employ digital cameras with good macro lenses to take high-quality photographs which clearly show the most important defining characteristics of each species. Each photograph will be linked to an accurate GPS reading, which will pinpoint the plant population to within 6m of accuracy. In addition, relevant plant and habitat descriptions will be captured using standardized collecting forms. For each plant species in our database, we will try to have at least one collection/photograph, where the species name has been fully verified. In order to do this, we will need to collect a voucher specimen (which will be stored in the Bolus Herbarium) for each species the first time it is collected. We
