RApid Metabolome Extraction and Storage (RAMES) technology allows efficient, highly compact, field-deployable collection and storage of libraries of plant metabolome. It combines rapid extraction with immobilization of extracts on glass microfiber filter discs providing a labor, cost, and time-effective alternative to conventional collection of phytochemicals. RAMES technology enables creation of comprehensive metabolomic libraries from various ecosystems and geographical regions in a format compatible with further biochemical and functional studies, such as STN. RAMES samples can be collected with minimal environmental impact and without destroying source plants.