| Collection Title | EAD Herbarium |
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Subject of the collection |
Collection of plant samples preserved for long-term study, usually in the form of dried and pressed plants mounted on paper which represents the floristic diversity of UAE. Herbarium specimens are useful as references for plant identification and for the determination of plant locations and ranges, abundance, habitat, and flowering and fruiting periods |
| Description | The collection includes mainly vascular plants. Algae and Fungi specimens are also housed in the collection. Digitized specimens and the associated meta data are available in Herbarium Management System Database. EAD Herbarium is also registered in the Index Herbarium, a worldwide index of Herbaria |
| Access Constraints | Visit to the collection should be with prior arrangements with the in- charge of the collection |
| Geographic Coverage |
UAE |
| Date Range | 2000 -2023 |