Albion College Vascular Plant Image Gallery - http://www.albion.edu/plants/ Taxonomically arranged images and summaries of family characteristics. |
Atlas of the Flora of New England - http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/ Continuing project with annotated checklists of pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and most monocots, with links to dot maps for each taxon. |
Botanical Word Meanings and Name Derivations - http://www.calflora.net/ References on California plant names, meanings and derivations from Latin and Greek roots, with biographical information on western botanists and collectors. |
CalFlora Database - http://www.calflora.org/ Searchable database all 8375 currently recognized vascular plants in California, including 20000 photographs. |
Caudiciforms - http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms
Information and photos of many species of caudiciforms - plants with thickened bases. |
Dictionary of Botanical Epithets - http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary.html Glossary of Latin terms used in species names, from abbreviatulus to yunnanensis. |
Digital Flora of Texas - Vascular Plant Image Library - http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery.htm Large collection of photographs, arranged by family. |
Discover Life - Plantae - http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Plantae/ Checklists, images, maps, and identification guides. |
E-Flora BC - http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~brian/florae/ Electronic atlas project for the plants of British Columbia, covering life forms from vascular plants to algae, and topics from identification to scientific collections. |
Flora of Europe - http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/aart/ Photographic herbarium organized by plant family and genus, with botanical descriptions and photos. Personal project, with about 60 families represented. |
Flora of Hokkaido - http://www.hinoma.com/maps/index.shtml Distribution maps of vascular plants of Hokkaido, Japan. |
FloraBase - The Flora of Western Australia - http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/ Authoritative scientific information on 12,000 taxa in Western Australia, including maps, images, descriptions, specimen, and nomenclatural information. Requires registration. |
Forestry Images - Plants - http://www.forestryimages.org/plants.cfm Small collection of plant imagery, from University of Georgia. |
Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names - http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/botrts.htm Meanings of over 1000 root words used in scientific names of plants. |
Hawaiian Native Plant Genera - http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/natives.htm Images of hundreds of species of ferns, fern allies, and flowering plants, arranged by genus. |
Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas - http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/EastTX/ETinfo.htm Information including keys, descriptions and illustrations of species available in Adobe pdf format by Shinners and Mahler. |
Index Nominum Genericorum - http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/ing/ A collaborative project of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and the Smithsonian Institution, providing a compilation of generic names published for all organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. |
International Plant Names Index - http://www.ipni.org/ Database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. |
Introduction to the Green Kingdom - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html Brief introduction to the plant kingdom with links to further information. |
Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature - http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/bibliographies/KR/ Database of references to publications on the taxonomy of flowering plants, gymnosperms, and ferns. |
Kingdom: Plantae - http://www.kingdomplantae.net/ Deb Schwartz's personal site with a growing directory of the hierarchy from Kingdom down to species. Includes descriptive pages on selected species. |
Land Plants Online - http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/ Southern Illinois University's guide to the taxonomic and evolutionary relations among terrestrial plants, with extensive links to other resources. |
Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera - http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/ncu/genera/NCUGQuery.htm International Association for Plant Taxonomy searchable database. |
National Plant Data Center - http://npdc.usda.gov/ Responsible for the PLANTS database, which focuses on the vascular and non-vascular plants of the United States and its territories, including checklists, species abstracts, distribution data, crop information, plants symbols and plant growth data. |
Natural Perspective: Plant Kingdom - http://www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/ Introduction to the Plant Kingdom with information on some of the divisions which make up this group. |
Plant Resources Center of the University of Texas at Austin - http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/ Herbarium holding the world's largest collection of Texas plant specimens. Site offers history, and information about staff and facility use. |
Plants For A Future - http://www.pfaf.org/ Information about a wide range of edible or otherwise useful plants, sorted by names and potential uses. Includes a searchable database. |
PLANTS National Database - http://plants.usda.gov/
Online USDA database of information, images, and links on plants in the USA, including crops and invasives. Search by name, geographic distribution, or other characteristics. |
Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States - http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/b98/check98.htm Full text index of the 1998 version of the Biota of North America Program's checklist. |
The Oldest Land Plants - http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/eng/old1.html Introduction to the first land plants, known from fossils. |
| University of Manchester: British Flowering Plants - http://emu.man.ac.uk/mmcustom/BotQuery.php
Searchable, illustrated collection. |
About.com - A Tree Leaf Key - http://forestry.about.com/library/treekey/bltree_key_id_start.htm A quick leaf guide for identification of over 50 common North American trees. |
Bartosz Pacula's Pictures of Trees - http://www.geocities.com/b_pacula/ Large photo gallery of cultivated and wild trees in Europe. |
Basics of Tree ID - http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/forsite/Idtree.htm A basic guide to identifying trees. Describes leaves, fruits, barks, with many images. |
Dendrology at Virginia Tech - http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm Includes ID keys and fact sheets on over 450 species of wild and cultivated trees in the eastern USA. |
Fact Sheets for 680 Trees - http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/ Descriptions, illustrations, US range maps, and cultivation of cultivated species from around the world. |
Foliage Identification Test - http://gaia.flemingc.on.ca/~dhendry/nrlfid.htm An interactive guide to identifying trees and shrubs of Ontario. Image intensive. |
Introduction to Tree Identification - http://gaia.flemingc.on.ca/~dhendry/trelec.htm A resource for beginners and others. Includes a collection of descriptive graphics showing leaves, and buds, with notes. |
Palm Tree Photo Gallery - http://www.junglemusic.net/palmgallery.htm Over a thousand photographs of palms from around the world. |
Plant Kaleidoscope - http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/dendrologie/ Large image gallery of cultivated woody plants in Europe. |
SelecTree for California - http://selectree.calpoly.edu/ A tree database for California. Includes non native trees. |
Taxonomy of Woody Plants - https://members.tripod.com/~Hatch_L/tlan.html Links on woody plant taxonomy including original identification keys to major genera. |
Twig Identification Test - http://gaia.flemingc.on.ca/~dhendry/nrtwitst.htm Interactive identification of leafless twigs and axillary buds. For the trees and shrubs of Ontario. |
What Tree is it? - http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree/ Tree identification. Especially useful way to work from the shapes of leaves. |
| Conifers in the Pacific Northwest - http://oregonstate.edu/trees/
A site that covers common conifers only. Uses an interactive web based dichotomous key. |
Trees of Alabama and the Southeast - http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/samuelson/dendrology/
Brief text and numerous photos of both native and planted trees. Includes section illustrating terminology with photographs. |
British Trees - http://www.british-trees.com
Guide to the native trees of Britain, plus links to other web resources on forestry and conservation of British Native trees, including forest conservation organizations. |
Tree Atlas of the Panama Canal Watershed - http://ctfs.si.edu/webatlas/maintreeatlas.html
Species accounts with images and maps, arranged by scientific name, tanomomy, and common name. In English and Spanish. |
The Tree Register of the British Isles - http://www.tree-register.org
Historical, ancient, and biggest trees of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| Catalog of the Woody Plants of Oklahoma - http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/shrubndx.htm
Descriptions, images, and range maps. |
Common Trees of Pennsylvania - http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/commontr/common.htm
Guide to common trees with laymans descriptions of each tree, and a simple key to start with. Line drawings of leaves and fruit. |
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Central North Carolina - http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/
Photographs and information on over 160 species, identification key, and full species lists for two counties. |
About.com: Top 100 Trees - http://forestry.about.com/library/tree/bltredex.htm
Find information on more than 100 trees in North America |
Forest Trees of Florida - http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Trees_Plants/Trees/trees.html
Descriptions and images of over 70 species. |
| Identification of Common Trees of Iowa - http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/pages/tree/
An interactive guide to trees, using a simple visual dichotomous key. |
Trees and Shrubs of Ontario - http://gaia.flemingc.on.ca/~dhendry/welcome.htm
Designed to assist those interested in learning some of the common trees and shrubs found in the province. |
Ariadne's Trees and Forests - http://www.icogitate.com/~tree/
Glossary of tree-related terms; articles on California trees, hiking, and meditation. |
Goo's Tree Encyclopedia - http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/goostake/GOO/XSCNAMEK.HTM
Names and illustrations of Japanese trees. |
Trees of Eastern North American Forests - http://www.il-st-acad-sci.org/trees/tree.html
Descriptions and images of various trees native to the eastern forests of North America. |
| Top Trees UK - http://www6.brinkster.com/toptrees/
Searchable database of notable UK trees. Tree quotes, news, photo galleries, and forums. |
Trees of Ottawa - http://ca.geocities.com/treesofottawa/
A photographic index of tree species that grow in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
Identifying Trees of Michigan - http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modft/23320001.html
A page on the common trees of Michigan with a key. |
Trees of Ilalo - http://uk.geocities.com/craspedopus/flora/trees.html
Photographic guide to the trees of Ilalo, a mountain in the inter-Andean Valley near Quito, Ecuador. |
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