Virtual Museum of Canada
Jardin botanique de Montréal 
Centre for Forest Research

Alain Cogliastro


Flourometer

The fluorometer gives me an idea of the health of the trees I planted. It measures the amount of chlorophyll in a leaf. Chlorophyll is the pigment in the leaf that allows it to perform photosynthesis.

A healthy tree, which has access to all the resources it needs to grow, will have more chlorophyll than a tree that's having a "tough time".

Photo of a fluorometer

A fluorometer (© Alain Cogliastro)