Links Sites
Internet Directory of Botany
The Virtual Library of Botany
Links from the Freeman Herbarium, Auburn University
Rare plant information
Links for endangered and threatened plants
SERPIN - Southeastern Rare Plant Information Network (habitat, synonyms, G rank)
Alaska Rare Plant Field Guide
CNPS - California Native Plant Society, online Inventory of Rare Plants
Maine – Official List of Endangered and Threatened Species
Endangered Species of Missouri
New Mexico Rare Plants
Rare Plants of Ontario – some with pictures and habitat information
Rare Plants of Canada (list only)
Cartographic Links for
Botanists
Checklist of Online
Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps
World
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps
Pleistocene and Modern Vegetation Zones
World Biomes (University of Texas)
Biomes of North America (Penn State)
Biflora - Flora the island of Hainan, P.R. China
United States
National Atlas - relief maps, forest cover types, agriculture, mining, earthquakes, demography, transportation, water, etc.
Biomes of North America (Penn State)
Virtual Atlas of the Pacific NW
Checklist of online vegetation and plant distribution maps - USA
Proportion woodland by county 1987
Tree Species Range Maps - from "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Ecological Regions of North America
Ecoregions of the US – USDA Forest Service
US land use cover
US landscape typesGeorgia landcover map
South Dakota Vegetation Zones (map at bottom)
Texas maps (wide variety, not just plants)
Washington vegetation zones
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho vegetation zones (Virtual Atlas of the Pacific NW)
Canada
Ecozones of Canada
Alberta vegetation zones
Ontario vegetation zones
Herbaria and
other databases on the web
Internet Directory of Botany
The Virtual Library of Botany
Univ. of Michigan's Herbaria Links - click on "Collections and Databases"
Univ. of California, Berkley's Links
United States
NatureServe Explorer – Plants and animals – classification, conservation status, distribution, life history (description and habitat), management and references
NatureServe - Natural Heritage Programs
BONAP - Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States...
Flora of North America (not all families)
US Fish and Wildlife - Endangered Species, most with habitat and other information
USDA Plants Database
Plant Systematics and Evolution Links
National Center for Biotechnical Information - Taxonomy Browser – gives full taxonomic lineage (Class, Order, etc.), and links to other sites with photos, articles, herbarium specimens
Fowler Herbarium North American Database (excluding northeast and arctic regions)
United States Botanic Gardens online
Biomes of the World – info. About plants and animals (Missouri Botanical Garden)
The Plants Database (gardening)
Regions
Atlas of the Flora of New England (habitat and maps, no dicots yet)
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
Northern Prairie Biological Resources
SERPIN - Southeastern Rare Plant Information Network (habitat, synonyms, G rank)
Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States
Appalachian Mountains - The Virtual Herbarium
States
Univ. of Michigan's Herbaria Links - click on "Collections and Databases"
Univ. of California, Berkley's Links
Canada
Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada Checklist of Vascular Flora
G.F. Ledingham Herbarium, Regina University, Saskatchewan
Fowler Herbarium Databases
A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants
University of British Columbia Vascular Plants Database
Mexico
Mexican Vascular Plants Database
Neotropical Flora and Mycota Catalog - photographs of herbarium pages
Other
Specific plant groups
Cactus and succulents - information, cultivation, photographs and graphics
TreeGuide (incl. pollination, native or not, sexual expression, fruit, mycorrhizae)
Tree Species Range Maps - from "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr.
The University of Delaware Botanic Gardens - woody plants
Mints of Texas
Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Database
Aquatic and Wetland Vascular Plants of the Northern Great Plains
Midwestern Wetland plants - lot of info
Western Wetland Flora - lot of info, range maps
Montana Wetlands Information Clearinghouse
Freshwater Ecosystems – plants and animals (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Marine Ecosystems – plants and animals (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Carnivorous Plant Database
Grasses
Grass Genera of the World - (lot of information)
Poaceae taxonomy
Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae)
BONAP - The Grasses
Non-vascular Organisms
University of Michigan - Algae, Lichens, Fungi, Liverworts and Mosses Databases - Click on "Collections and Databases" at the upper left
Lichens - Smithsonian Institution
AlgaeBase
Algae - National Musuem of Natural History
Canadian National Diatom Database
Miscellaneous
Guide to Plant Relationships - includes taxonomic information, herbal medicine, and food allergies
Scientific names of vegetables in the Brassicaceae (e.g., broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard, horse radish)
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project
Brian's Garden - good articles on gardening and specific plant species
List of sites with plant photographs
Vascular Plant Image Gallery
USDA Plants Database
CalPhotos
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Image Gallery
University of Wisconsin-Madison image collections
Ferns
Southern Tropicals - lots of photographs, check out the Galleries
Berkeley Natural History Museums - photographs of plants
Herbarium specimen photographs - Montana Natural Heritage Program
University of Florida Herbarium - specimen photographs
Plants of Washington
The Vascular Plant Families
Plant Systematics and Evolution Links
Phylogeny Databases
Tree of Life
Taxonomy links
ITIS - taxonomic information for all species
Nomenclatural Data
International Plant Names Index
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group - An Orginal Classification for the Families of Flowering Plants
Green Plant Phylogeny
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Catalogue of Life - all species on earth
Phylogeny software
Send broken links, corrections,
or additions to me:
Michele H. Mills, Ph.D.
e-mail: mhmills@email.com