Older records play an important role in the categorization and analysis of FloraS records. Botanists and Ecologists in North America have a rich tradition of writing Floras, or lists of vascular plants. The potential of using these floras as baselines for understanding patterns of, and threats to, modern biodiversity cannot be overstated. Nevertheless, floristic work is often published in obscure sources and is very difficult for biodiversity stakeholders to obtain. Although information technology and data transfer amongst scientists are both growing by leaps and bounds, floras are largely confined to dusty shelves. The FloraS project of North America has spent considerable time studying some older records on Floras, and digitizing the information obtained into the database detailed in CSWGCIN's Collections database. Examples are in the following pdf documents.