A living archive of recovered botanical records, digitised from field notebooks and reassembled here in the manner of the original catalogue software, circa 1997.
These records were compiled over a decade of fieldwork conducted across three coastal regions. The original digitisation project was abandoned in 1998 following a software licensing dispute; what remains has been carefully reconstructed from backup media.
Each specimen entry retains its original annotation style — terse, precise, occasionally contradictory. Uncertain readings are flagged inline and will tremble on examination.
Leaf apex recorded as acuminate; field notes suggest possible confusion with FC-0039 collected same day.
Vernation data incomplete. Pressed specimen shows 7 leaflets; sketch shows 9.
Confirmed specimen. Venation pinnate, margins entire. Habitat: littoral zone, north-facing.
The original archive software, BotanicaBase 2.1, was developed between 1993 and 1997 by a small team at the Field Methods Laboratory. The project entered a dormant state following the closure of the laboratory's digitisation unit.
What you are reading is a reconstruction — assembled from backup disks, printed field guides, and the personal notes of two of the original collectors. Entries marked with the uncertainty symbol ? await cross-referencing with herbarium press records held in the university archive.
The interface you see here was designed to mirror the original software environment as closely as the open web permits. Some fidelity has been lost in translation. The colours are slightly brighter than intended. The grid is slightly thinner. The wait cursor does not appear.
Further field seasons are planned. Pending conditions, collection will resume.