LIST of Plant ID Books & web sites

Compiled by Danijela Puric-Mladenovic

Last update, May 13, 2019

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/vegetation-sampling-protocol-vsp-d963662a-8166-4da3-90a6-88c2f7ce8788

http://forests-settled-urban-landscapes.org/VSP/index.html

Wildflowers, Sedges, and Other

Sedges and Rushes of Minnesota: The Complete Guide to Species Identification Paperback – 2018

by Welby R. Smith (Author), Richard Haug (Photographer)

Sedges of Maine: A Field Guide to Cyperaceae

Matt Arsenault et al.

University of Maine Press (2013)

Paperback

Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes of the United States (1977) by Edward Knobel

Illustrated companion to Gleason and Cronquist's manual: illustrations of the vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada

Noel H. Holmgren, Patricia K. Holmgren, Henry Allan Gleason

New York Botanical Garden, 1998 - Hardcover

The Asters of Ontario Spiral-bound – 1996 by John C.; HEARD, Stephen B.; XIANG, ChungSheng SEMPLE (Author)

University of Waterloo (1996)

Goldenrods of Ontario: Solidago L. and Euthamia Nutt. Paperback – 1992

by John C.; RINGIUS, Gordon S. SEMPLE (Author)

Department of Biology, University of Waterloo; Revised Edition edition (1992)

Grasses of Ontario. Hardcover – Jun 1 1980

by William G. Dore (Author), J. McNeill (Author)

Canadian Government Pub Centre (June 1 1980) Agriculture Canada

http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/aac-aafc/A54-3-26-1980-eng.pdf

Field Manual of Michigan Flora Hardcover – Feb 8 2012

by Edward G. Voss (Author), Anton A. Reznicek (Author), U-M Herbarium (Author)

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL (Feb. 8 2012)

http://ontariograsses.com/main/speciestype.php?type=GL

Sedges http://ontariograsses.com/main/speciestype.php?type=SG

Grasses http://ontariograsses.com/main/speciestype.php?type=GR

Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide

Lawrence Newcomb

Illustrated by Gordon Morrison

Little, Brown and Company (1989)

Paperback

ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario

Richard Dickinson, Tim Dickinson & Deborah Metsger

McClelland & Stewart (2004)

Paperback

Petersons Field Guide to Wildflowers: North-Central North America

Roger Tory Peterson & Margaret McKenny

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (1998)

Paperback

Forest Plants of Central Ontario

Brenda Chambers, Karen Legasy & Cathy Bentley

Lone Pine Publishing (1996)

Paperback

Plants of Southern Ontario

France Royer & Richard Dickinson

Lone Pine Publishing (2014)

Paperback

Wetland Plants of Ontario

Alan G Harris, Linda Kershaw & Steven G. Newmaster

Lone Pine Publishing (2007)

Paperback

Wetland Wildflowers of Illinois

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/wetland_index.htm

Weeds of North America

Richard Dickinson and France Royer

University of Chicago Press (2014)

Paperback

Ferns

The Fern Guide: Northeastern and Midland United States and Adjacent Canada

Edgar Theodore Wherry

Illustrated by James C. W. Chen

Literary Licensing (2012)

Hardcover

Peterson Field Guide to Ferns: Northeastern and Central North America, Second Edition

Elizabeth Farnsworth, Boughton Cobb & Cheryl Lowe

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2005)

Paperback

Ferns and Fern Allies of Canada

William J Cody

Paperback – June 1979 – Agriculture Canada

https://gardening.usask.ca/documents/Ferns_and_Fern_Allies_of_Canada.pdf

Ferns and Fern Allies of Canada

William J Cody , Donald M Britton

Paperback – Jan 2016

Northeast Ferns: A Field Guide to the Ferns and Fern Relatives o... Cover Art

Northeast Ferns: A Field Guide to the Ferns and Fern Relatives of the Northeastern United States

Steve Chadde

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2013)

Paperback

Weeds of North America

Richard Dickinson and France Royer

University of Chicago Press (2014)

Paperback

Trees, Shrubs

Shrubs of Ontario

James H. Soper & Margaret L. Heimburger

Royal Ontario Museum (1990)

Paperback

Trees of Ontario

Linda Kershaw

Lone Pine Publishing (2001)

Paperback

Trees in Canada

John Laird Farrar

Fitzhenry and Whiteside (1995)

Hardcover

Trees in Canada

http://tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca/en/trees

Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Illinois

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/tree_index.htm

Web Resources

Ontario Wildflowers website

http://ontariowildflowers.com/

http://www.ontariotrees.com/

http://www.ontarioferns.com/

http://ontariograsses.com/

http://www.ontariowildflower.com/wet.htm#bog

http://www.ontariowildflower.com/habitat.htm

Online plant photo and description database for Southern Ontario

Search by general growth form (e.g. trees, shrubs, woody vines, etc.), family, specific species, leaf type, flower colour, etc.

http://www.ontariotrees.com/

Ontario Ferns

http://ontarioferns.com/index.php

Search the species list (by common name), and look up ferns by family, fern groups, leaf divisions, etc.

head image

http://www.northernontarioflora.ca/

Ontario Wildflowers – application

Ontario Wildflowers: quick/easy wildflower lookup

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wildflowersearch.onlwildflowers

*****The New England Wild Flower Society

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/full/

An interactive identification key for most of the typical species. Online dichotomous key for plant ID

• Use full key to select general growth form (e.g. grass-like plants > sedges)

• Use the questions/prompts on the left hand side to narrow down potential matches

• Once options are narrowed down, click on the matching species to view photos and additional information

• If you find a potential match, use other resources to confirm identity

• If you cannot find a match, clear all the filters that you set for the questions and return to viewing all species in this subgroup

An overview of "asters" and the Tribe Astereae

https://uwaterloo.ca/astereae-lab/research/asters

The Goldenasters

https://uwaterloo.ca/astereae-lab/research/goldenasters

Goldenrods

https://uwaterloo.ca/astereae-lab/research/goldenrods

Michigan Flora Online - University of Michigan Herbarium

https://michiganflora.net/

Plant Images and distributions in Michigan and the Great Lakes region

Iowa Plants - Species Index

http://iowaplants.com/flora/family/Asteraceae/solidago/Solidago_spp.html

Iowa Plants - Species Index

http://iowaplants.com/flora/intro.html

http://iowaplants.com/flora/family/sindex.html

Minnesota Wildflowers

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/

http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/page/plants-by-name

Search by general growth form (e.g. wildflower, tree, shrub, vine), primary flower color, flower shape, leaf type, etc.

Trees

http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/tree_intro01.htm

shrubs

http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/shrubs/shrub_list_by_Latin.htm

ferns

http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/pteridophytes/pteridophytes_of_wisconsin01.htm

Goldenrods

http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/Vascular_plants/Solidago/solidago01.htm

Asters

http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/Vascular_plants/Aster/aster_intro01.htm

Miscellaneous Vascular Plants of Wisconsin

http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/Vascular_plants/Misc_species/misc_vascular_plants01.htm

http://www.tropicos.org

Mossess

http://worldofmosses.com/

http://worldofmosses.com/ggom/index.html

http://worldofmosses.com/dtm/index.html

https://plants.usda.gov/

FloraFinder

http://www.florafinder.com/

FloraFinder aims to help people to identify wild North American plants. FloraFinder focuses on common wild plants. It is not a professional botanist site, but it has some good pictures.

Illinois Wildflowers general and woodlands

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/index.htm

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/woodland_index.htm

Additional links from the Illinois Wildflowers

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/files/linksx.htm

Wildflowers of the United States

https://uswildflowers.com/wfindex.php

Native Plant Database

http://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/guided.php?province=ON

The Native Plant Database is created by volunteers who do their best to add accurate information to the database. While most entries are accurate, errors may occur.

C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/

(Search by scientific name)

http://nativeplants.evergreen.ca

Plants of the North

http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/flora.html

(the site has some good plant images)

http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/

Tree speceis

http://www.portraitoftheearth.com/trees/trees.html

http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/Plants

http://explorer.natureserve.org

https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/get-natural-heritage-information

· See this link for NHIC species lists for Ontario

http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis/listing.cfm?qname=latin

http://www.theplantlist.org/

http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/

http://nanps.org/native-plant-database/

http://nanps.org/nanps-photo-album/

Illinois Wildflowers prairie

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plant_index.htm

Weeds and Invasive Plants

https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/learn/invasive-plant-species

http://www.weedinfo.ca/

Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide: An Ecological Perspective of Plant Invaders of Forests and Woodlands. Author: Cynthia Huebner, Cassandra Olson, Heather Smith

http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants-terrestrial/

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/ip/ip_field_guide.pdf

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-ogl-ais-guide-PhragBook-Email_212418_7.pdf

** section on Plant Description **

Weedy Wildflowers of Illinois

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/weed_index.htm

Invasive Plants of Wisconsin

http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/invasive_species/invasive_plants01.htm

Species at Risk

Plants and Lichens at Risk in Ontario

Species at Risk: Guides and Resources

35 Endangered Plants in Deciduous Forests

https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/species-risk-type?name=Plants+and+Lichens

https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/species-risk-guides-and-resources

http://www.rom.on.ca/ontario/risk.php?doc_type=listone&region=5&taxon=5&status=3

24 Plants at Risk in Mixed Forests

http://www.rom.on.ca/ontario/risk.php?doc_type=listone&region=4&taxon=5&lang=en

Tree Health

How to Idenfity Insects

http://www.invasiveinsects.ca/

Botanical terms

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary.shtml

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary_leaves.shtml

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary_twigs.shtml

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary_bark.shtml

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary_flowers.shtml

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary_fruit.shtml

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary_morphology.shtml

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary_ferns.shtml

http://www.namethatplant.net/glossary_grass.shtml

VASCULAR PLANT SYSTEMATICS

http://www.ibiblio.org/botnet/glossary/index.html

Additional References

Definitions of Botanical Terminology

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/files/line_drawings.htm

https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/search?lang=en

http://www.itis.gov/

The International Plant Names Index (IPNI)

https://www.ipni.org/

The Plant List

a working list of all known plant species. Version 1 aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plant (flowering plants, conifers, ferns and their allies) and of Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts).

http://www.theplantlist.org/1/