[njensen]

“Hi Steve [Boyd] - Thanks for including me in the e-mail. I agree that a species list is important for the reasons pointed out by David in his e-mail. Ideally consultants could establish this with their clients from the beginning, and even include paid herbarium time, as this is often the crippling factor in getting accurate ID and/or vouchers from the area. A species list is like a litmus test for the quality of the botanical surveys (and can be entertaining to read). I can see where the client would not necessarily want to pay for a species list to be the main goal (depending on the area to be surveyed and the reason it is being surveyed), however it is an easy by-product of targeted rare plant surveys. And by requiring a species list to be recorded, it encourages more careful observation and I believe will lead to more discoveries of rare plants unknown to occur there and/or significant range extensions.”