Urbarium Voucher Specimens

We really look for communities that are isolated in some way. The more isolated the community is, the more likely they're going to be highly dependent on their natural resources for their survival. And so this is one of the reasons i like to work on islands or in isolated mountain range villages. We then collect, like a grocery bag full of whatever plant tissue locals ar seen they are using for medicine. It's from those conversations where you narrow down from the many endemic species to the handful that you'll put your attention to exactly.