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AHCPCM303A
Identify plant specimens
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
This unit applies to the process of inspection and description of the features and attributes of a plant for the purpose of plant identification and providing information to a client or organisation in specialist roles within in each of the industry sectors and applies in addition to the existing standards referencing plant identification in a general application across the industry sectors.
This unit covers the process of identifying an unknown plant specimen and defines the standard required to: capture relevant morphological features of a plant, record qualitative and quantitative data; use comparative techniques to define progress towards identification; use indications of health, environmental influences and location to assist identification; construct a plant database; document a report of the identification process; name unknown plant specimens.
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