Raymond H. Fogler Library
Botany
Introduction
The following is a brief, selected guide to botanical information resources
available in Fogler Library, through the Fogler Library home page, and the World
Wide Web.
Indexes and Abstracts | Botany Journals Author Instruction Pages | Dictionaries, Glossaries, Encyclopedias | Directories | Herbaria | Electronic Journals | Field and Identification Guides, Checklists, Keys, Atlases | Handbooks and Manuals | Associations and Societies | Virtual Libraries
Botany photo of the day. University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
New Resources since 2/23/2013
Alford, D.V. 2012. Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers: A color handbook. 2nd ed. Boston: Elsevier. 480p.Sci Ref SB608.O7A44 2012
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (Melbourne code): Adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. Konigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 208p.
Sci Ref QK96.I584 2011
Riffle, R.L., Craft, P., and Zona, S. 2012. The encyclopedia of cultivated palms. 2nd ed. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 517p.
Sci Ref SB317.P3.R54 2012
URSUS
URSUS - the online catalogue of the University of Maine System, contains a
wealth of information on botany and related topics. Searching is by author,
title, keyword, subject, and call number. Through URSUS you can find books,
conference, symposium, and workshop proceeding volumes, University of Maine
theses and dissertations, and state, federal, Canadian, and other international
documents. Material is catalogued by Library of Congress Subject Headings. The
following subject headings may get you started in your search:
aquatic plants, botanical chemistry, botany - classification, ethnobotany, herbaria, mycology, paleobotany, plant ecology, plant embryology, plant morphology, seedlings, vegetation and climate,
A good way to search URSUS is by keyword. Using the keyword search option you can combine various keywords together using AND, OR, and parentheses. For example, if you wanted to find information on aquatic plants in Maine your search might look like this:
(marine or aquatic) and (botany or plant or plants) and maine
Once you have found something of interest note the subject headings and use these in your search.
Indexes and Abstracts
Agricola
1970-present online
Bibliography of Agriculture. ORO Sci Index S1.U52. 1942-1996 (1980-1996 in
Annex). If you are connecting to this database off the University
of Maine campus but within the State of Maine, please connect through
Maine's Science, Technology & Business Library.
Index to materials acquired by the National
Agricultural Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions. Includes journal
articles, monographs, series, and materials in many non-print formats covering a
broad range of agricultural topics. NAL provides a
Journals Indexed in Agricola. The Bibliography of Agriculture (print
form of Agricola) can be searched by subject, author, and geographic location.
The Web version can be searched in a variety of ways including author, title and
abstract keyword, and CAB descriptors. From 1979-1985 international in scope.
From 1985+ focuses on U.S. related publications. Note that the National
Agricultural Library provides its own Web interface to
Agricola from 1970 to present. There is an
online thesaurus. Updated monthly.
APIRS Online - the Database of Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plants. Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System from the Center for Aquatic Plants, University of Florida. 55,000+ citations on ecology, physiology, utilization, and control.
BIOSIS Previews
[computer file], 1926-present
BIOSIS Previews, worldwide in scope, indexes the literature of the
biological and biomedical sciences. The premier database in the biological
sciences, subject coverage includes agriculture, biochemistry, bioengineering,
botany, ecology, genetics, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology.
Approximately 5,500 serial publications (see
Biosis Previews serials list) as well as books, proceedings and meeting
abstracts, technical reports, review papers, and patents are indexed. There are
58 separate data fields that can be searched including author, title,
publication source, organism, concepts, super taxa, publication type, author
affiliation, and abstract keyword. Searches can be limited to review articles.
Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System. Derek B. Munro, Biological Informatics Specialist, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Government of Canada
Carnivorous Plant Database.
Nomenclature synopsis for 3,000+ carnivorous plants. Maintained by Rick Walker,
HP Labs. last updated 2/18/2010. See also
Carnivorous Plant Photo Finder.
Bob Ziemer, Humboldt State University.
Current Research Information System
A searchable database of U.S. Department of
Agriculture
funded research. Search by keyword, investigator, agency, institution, state,
and project status and type. Many records include a list of publications
resulting from the research.
FDA Poisonous Plant Database
An searchable database of over 85,000 references on poisonous plants.
Maintained by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Last updated
5/2008
Fungal
databases
A set of databases from the Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, USDA,
Agricultural Research Service. Includes literature, fungal-host,
nomenclature, and specimen database. Fully searchable.
Index to American Botanical Literature
A searchable database of American botanical literature from late 1995 to
present. Search by subject category (eg. algae, fungi, etc.), author,
article title, journal name, publisher, and keywords. New
York Botanical Garden.
Index to
Mosses Database (W3MOST)
Searchable by scientific name. Project of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
JSTOR
A searchable database of full-text scholarly journals including several major
botanical journals: American Journal of Botany (1914-2004), Annals of the
Missouri Botanical Garden (1914-2006), Brittonia (1931-2004), International
Journal of Plant Sciences (1992-2004) - Botanical Gazette (1876-1991) -
Botanical Bulletin (1875-1876), Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
(1997-2006) - Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1870-1996), Missouri
Botanical Garden Annual Report (1890-1912), New Phytologist (1902-2006), and
Systematic Botany (1976-2004).
Native
American Ethnobotany Database - Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native North
American Peoples
A searchable database of uses of over 4,000 plant species from 243 plant
families. Authored by Daniel E. Moerman, Professor of Anthropology,
University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Plantfacts Factsheet Database
A searchable database of horticultural and crop science information from
forty-six U.S. and Canadian institutions. Maintained by the
Ohio State University Department of Horticultural and Crop Science.
Plants
Database
Taxonomic information from USDA, Natural Conservation Service,
National Plant Data Center. See the following derived database
Vascular Plants of New England by Prof. Ray Phillips, Colby College.
Plants Poisonous
to Livestock and Other Animals
Search database scientific or common name, primary poison, and species most
often affected.
Listing of plant species by common and scientific names. Also lists toxic
agents in plants and animal species commonly affected. Maintained by Dan Brown,
Cornell University.
RBG, Kew Database
(EPIC - Electronic Plant Information Centre)
From the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
Searchable databases of vascular plant families and genera, authors of plant
names, and collections.
Recent literature on lichens.
From the American Bryological and Lichenological Society as published in The
Bryologist, this searchable database contains over 24,000 references dated 1536
to present. Search by author, journal name, and keyword from the title,
keyword, or abstract fields. Limit searches by material type: articles,
books, chapters, or reviews. Last updated 4/7/2010
Review of Plant Pathology - 1973-present
Sci Index SB599.R4. 1970-2002
Index to plant pathology literature including information on diseases of crop
and ornamental plants as well as forest trees. Coverage includes taxonomy,
molecular biology, control, genetics, and physiology. Review of Plant
Pathology in print form can be searched by author and CAB descriptors. The
Web version can be searched in a variety of ways including author, title and
abstract keyword, and CAB descriptors. Indexes 1,000+ journals (see
Serials cited in Review of Plant Pathology) , as well as books, reports, and
conference proceedings. Updated monthly.
Seed Information Database.
release 7.1, 05/2008. Flynn, S., Turner, R.M., and Stuppy, W.H.
Search for seed information by family, genus, and species and limit by storage
behavior. Information includes 1000 seed weight, oil content, protein content,
and literature cited. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Tropicos nomenclatural database
Key in a scientific name of a plant and retrieve information on its name,
publications citing the name, lists of specimens and maps, and homonyms and
infraspecific taxa. Developed by the
Missouri Botanical Garden.
Web of Science. 1899-present
Science Citation Index 1965-2003.
Sci Index Q1.A1S36
Web of Science includes Science Citation Index from 1899-present.
Search by word in the title, keyword, and abstract. Perform cited
reference searches from 1900 to present. Limit by author affiliation and
document type. See the
master journal list.
Weed Abstracts - 1973-present
Sci Index SB611.W35. 1960-2002.
Index to weed control, biology, ecology literature in over 1,000 journals (see
Serials cited in Weed Abstracts) as well as reports, conference
proceedings, and books. Weed Abstracts in print form can be searched by author
and CAB descriptor. The Web version can be searched in a variety of ways
including author, title and abstract keywords, and CAB descriptor. Both forms
are updated monthly.
Botany Journals Author Instruction Pages
Dictionaries, Glossaries, Encyclopedias
Armitage's garden encyclopedia [:] a color encyclopedia. Portland, OR:
Timber Press. 368p.
Sci Ref SB422.A68 2004
Beentje, H. 2010. The Kew plant glossary: an illustrated dictionary
of plant terms. Richmond, Surrey: Kew. 160p.
Sci Ref QK9.B44 2010
Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D., and Sharnoff, S.
2001. Lichens of North America. New Haven: Yale University Press. 795p.
Sci Ref QK586.5 .B76 2001
Brown, D. 2001. New encyclopedia of herbs &
their uses. London: DK. 448p.
Sci Ref SB351.H5B6464 2001
Bryological Glossary (mosses). From the Missouri Botanical Garden
Chemical dictionary of economic plants.
2001. Chichester, UK: John Wiley. 217p.
Sci Ref QK861.C45 2001
Common Names of Plant Diseases. Includes both fungal and viral diseases. From the American Phytopathological Society.
D'Arcy, C.J., Eastburn, D.M., and Schumann, G.L. 2001. Illustrated glossary of plant pathology. The Plant Health Instructor.
A dictionary of plant sciences. 1998. 2nd
ed. New York: Oxford University Press. 508p.
Sci Ref QK9 .C67 1998
Dictionary of renewable resources. 1997.
Weinheim: VCH. 320p.
Sci Ref S584.4 .D53 1997.
Includes economic botany
Dictionary of the
fungi. Based on Kirk, P.M., Cannon, P.F., Minter, D.W., and Stalpers,
J.A. 2008. Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi, 10th
ed. Wallingford, UK: CABI. 771p.
Sci Ref QK600.35.A35 2008
Dirr, M.A. 2002. Dirr's trees and shrubs for
warm climates[:] An illustrated encyclopedia. Portland, OR: Timber
Press. 446p.
Sci Ref SB435.52.S86D57 2002
Dirr, M.A. 2011. Dirr's encyclopedia of trees & shrubs.
Portland, OR: Timber Press. 951p.
Sci Ref SB435.D57 2011
Duke, J.A. 1994. Amazonian ethnobotanical
dictionary. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 215p.
Sci Ref GN564.P4 D85 1994
Elsevier's dictionary of fungi and fungal
plant diseases. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 400p.
Sci Ref QK603.3.E58 1998
Elsevier's dictionary of plant names and their origin. 2000.
Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 1001p.
Sci Ref QK13 .E565 2000
Encyclopedia of plant pathology. 2001. 2
vols. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Sci Ref SB728 .E53 2001
Glossary of arboricultural terms. 2009. International
Society of Arboriculture.
Sci Ref SB435.H317
Harris, J.G. 1994. Plant identification
terminology : an illustrated glossary. Spring Lake, UT: Spring Lake
Publishing. 197p.
Sci Ref QK9 .H37 1994
Houtman, R. 2004. Variegated trees &
shrubs[:] The illustrated encyclopedia. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
338p.
Sci Ref SB435.H825 2004
Hyam, R. 1995. Plants and their names: a concise dictionary.
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press; London: Royal Botanic Garden. 545p.
Sci Ref QK96 .P35 1995
Kirk, P.M., Cannon, P.F., David, J.C., and
Stalpers, J.A. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby's dictionary of the fungi. 9th ed.
Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 655p.
Sci Ref QK600.35.A35 2001
Lichen glossary. University of Maine, Fort Kent Herbarium
Mabberley, D.J. 1997. The plant-book : a
portable dictionary of the vascular plants utilizing Kubitzki's The families and
genera of vascular plants (1990-), Cronquist's An integrated system of
classification of flowering plants (1981), and current botanical literature,
arranged largely on the principles of editions 1-6 (1896/97- 1931) of Willis's A
dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns. 2nd ed. Cambridge, United
Kingdom; New York: Cambridge University Press. 858p.
Sci Ref QK11 .M29 1997
Malcolm, B. and Malcolm, N. 2000. Mosses and
other bryophytes - an illustrated glossary. Nelson, New Zealand:
Micro-Optics Press. 220p.
Sci Ref QK537.M35 2000
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 286p. Sci Ref SB45.5 .M85 1994.
On-line glossary of technical terms in plant pathology
Created by Dr. Phil A. Arneson,
Department of Plant Pathology
and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell
University. Brief definitions, in many cases, accompanied by audio
pronunciations.
Plant characteristics - a list of specialist words which might be used in field guides. The Virtual Herbarium. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford.
Plant Dictionary - Photos or ornamental plants and pests.
The Ohio State University.
Teaching resources for horticulture and crop science.
Riffle, R.L., Craft, P., and Zona, S. 2012. The
encyclopedia of cultivated palms. 2nd ed. Portland, OR:
Timber Press. 517p.
Sci Ref SB317.P3.R54 2012
Schlegel, R.H.J. 2010. Dictionary of plant breeding. 2nd ed.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 571p.
SciRef SB123.S32 2010
Tucker, A.O. and DeBaggio, T. 2009. The encyclopedia of herbs[:] A
comprehensive reference to herbs of flavor and fragrance. Portland, OR:
Timber Press. 604p. (Note: Excellent reference list p. 505-598)
Sci Ref SB351.H5T777 2009
UCMP glossary, Volume 8: Botany.
Glossary of botanical terms from the
Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley.
Ulloa, M. and Hanlin, R.T. 2000. Illustrated
dictionary of mycology. St. Paul, MN: APS Press, 448p.
Sci Ref QK600.35.U4313 2000
Wielgorskaya, T. 1995. Dictionary of generic
names of seed plants. New York: Columbia University Press. 570p.
Sci Ref QK11 .W52 1995
Herbaria
The
C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium. International Plant Science Center,
The New York Botanical Garden.
Search this virtual collection of over 1,300,000 specimens and 225,000
high-resolution images.
Harvard University Herbarium.
Index of botanical specimens.
Search over 117,000 records by scientific name, author, collector, and
geographic location.
Index herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. 8th ed. New York
Botanical Garden.
Search by institutions and people.
Lichen herbarium. Arizona State University. worldwide
Lichen herbarium. University of Maine, Fort Kent
MBLWHOI Library Digital Herbarium. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
National Museum of Natural History Botanical Type Register. Search for ferns, flowering plants, mosses, hepatics, lichens, and algae. Over 88,000 records from the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History
Plant identification center [herbaria] collections databases
A searchable database of herbaria listing 104 herbaria. Press Find without
putting in a search statement to look at the 104 herbaria listed. Links
are provided for those that are online. Department of Plant Biology Herbarium,
North Carolina State University.
University of Maine herbaria. Search the following 3 databases: Maine
vascular plants, Mosses, and Lichens
Directories
1995 Plant conservation directory. 1995.
[St. Louis, MO]: Center for Plant Conservation, Missouri Botanical Garden. 90p.
Sci Ref QK86.U6 P526 1995
International directory of botanical gardens V.
1990. 5th ed. Koenigstein/Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books; Champaign, IL:
Koeltz Scientific Books. 1021p.
Sci Ref QK71 .I5 1990 E
Electronic Journals
Electronic Sites of Leading Botany, Plant Biology and Science Journals.
From e-journals.org, World-Wide-Web Virtual
Library.
Field and Identification Guides, Checklists, Keys, Atlases
Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Index
Alphabetical list by common and scientific name. Many of the
descriptions are from:
Sievers, A.F. 1930. The Herb Hunters Guide American Medicinal Plants of Commercial Importance. Misc. Publ. No. 77. USDA, Washington DC.
Atlas of Plant Anatomy. Paul Schulte, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Atlas of the Flora of New England
Includes scientific and common names and distribution maps. An
ongoing project by Ray Angelo and David E. Boufford.
Botanical Nomenclature
Search by common or scientific name. From the
World Agroforestry Centre.
Bryophyte Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden
Bryson, C.T. and DeFelice, M.S. (eds.) 2009. Weeds of the south.
Athens: University of Georgia Press. 468p.
Sci Ref SB612.S85W44 2009.
Carnivorous Plant Photo Finder. Bob Ziemer, Humboldt State University
Catalog of botanical
illustrations. Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History
Search by generic name, select within a family or genus. Browse collection by
family.
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps
Compiled by Claire Englander and Philip Hoehn,
Earth Sciences and Map Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Cladoniaceae - searchable list of names in the Cladoniaceae (lichens). National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Cope, E.A. 2001. Muenscher's keys to woody
plants[:]an expanded guide to native and cultivated species. Ithaca, NY:
Comstock Publishing Associates. 337p.
Sci Ref QK115.C69 2001
Crow, G.E. and Hellquist, C.B. 2000.
Aquatic and wetland plants of northeastern North America. Volume 1:
Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms: Dicotyledons. Volume 2:
Angiosperms: Monocotyledons. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
Vol. 1: 480p., Vol. 2: 400p.
Sci Ref QK117.C84 2000
Cullen, J. 2005. Hardy
rhododendron species[:] A guide to identification.
Portland, OR: Timber Press. 494p.
Sci Ref QK495.E68C85 2005
eFlora.org. Primary flora of a number of countries and geographic regions including North America.
Esslinger, T.L. (no date). A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, Lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University.
Feuerer, T. (ed.) 2011. Checklists of lichens and lichenicolous fungi. Version 1
Foster, S. 2000. A field guide to medicinal
plants : eastern and central North America. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin. 411p.
Sci Ref QK99.U6 F68 2000
Frohne, D. and Pfander, H.J. 2005.
Poisonous plants - A handbook of doctors, pharmacists, toxicologists, biologists
and veterinarians.
Portland, OR: Timber Press. 469p.
Sci Ref QK100.A1F7613 2005
Grimm, W.C. 1993. The illustrated book of
wildflowers and shrubs: the comprehensive field guide to more than 1,300 plants
of Eastern North America. Rev. ed. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. 637p.
ORO stacks QK112 .G75 1993
A guide to common marine organisms along the
coast of Maine. 1998. Orono, ME : Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant. 56p.
ORO stacks QH104.5.N4 G8 1998. (also in Special Collections)
Guide to poisonous and toxic plants. [1994] Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD:
U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Entomological Science Division and
Sanitation and Hygiene Program. 70p.
ORO Gov Doc D 101.6/5:P 75
Haines, A. 1998. Flora of Maine: a manual for identification of native and naturalized vascular plants of Maine. Bar Harbor, ME: V.F. Thomas Co. ORO Reserve Maine QK164 .H356 1998
Haines, A. 2011. New England Wild Flower Society's flora novae
angliae - a manual for the identification of native and naturalized higher
vascular plants of New England. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
973p.
Sci Ref QK121.H35 2011
Holmgren, N.H. 1998. Illustrated companion to
Gleason and Cronquist's manual: illustrations of the vascular plants of
northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Bronx, NY: New York
Botanical Garden. 937p.
Sci Ref QK117 .H65 1998.
HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Robinson, G.S., Ackery, P.R., Kitching, I.J., Beccaloni, G.W., and Hernandez, L.M. Natural History Museum.
Index Fungorum
A searchable database coordinated by CABI Bioscience, Fungal Biodiversity
Centre, and Landcare Research.
INVADERS Database
Includes exotic plant names and weed distribution for Washington, Oregon,
Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Search by scientific or common name or select from
lists. Peter Rice, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana,
Missoula.
Invasive plant atlas of New England (IPANE). 2003. Storrs, CT:
Department of ecology and evolutionary biology, University of Connecticut.
Developed and maintained by J.L. Mehrhoff, J.A. Silander, jr., S.A. Leicht,
E.S. Mosher and N.M. Tabak.
Search the catalogue by species and create a map of its distribution.
The International Plant Names Index. Names and bibliographical information on all seed plants. collaboration between Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium.
Invasive plant fact sheets (Maine). Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Natural Areas Program
2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN - The World Conservation Union
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of
the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 2
vols.
Sci Ref QK110.K37 1994
Knight, A.P.
Guide to poisonous plants. Colorado State University.
Search by keyword or by common name. Includes botanical name, habitat,
distribution, photographs, description, and affected animals.
Larson, G.E. 1993. (version 02Feb99) Aquatic and wetland vascular plants of the northern great plains. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-238. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
Levine, C. 1995. A guide to wildflowers in
winter: herbaceous plants of northeastern North America. New Haven: Yale
University Press. 329p.
ORO stacks QK117 .L48 1995.
Lincoln, M.S.G. 2008. Liverworts of New England.
Bronx, NY: The New York Botanical Garden Press. Memoirs of the New
York Botanical Garden Vol. 99. 161p.
Sci Ref QK556.L56 2008
Llamas, K.A. 2003. Tropical flowering
plants[:] A guide to identification and cultivation. Portland, OR: Timber
Press. 423p.
Sci Ref SB407.L59 2003
Magee, D.W. and Ahles, H.E. 1999. Flora of the Northeast : a manual of the
vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. Amherst: University of
Massachusetts Press. 1213 p.
Sci Ref QK121 .M34 1999
Maine rare plant list and rare plant fact sheets. Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Natural Areas Program
Midwestern Wetland Flora. Field Office Guide to Plant Species. USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Alphabetical list of 300 midwest wetland vascular plants. Each record includes photography, drawing, range map, and brief field marks, description, and natural history information.
Mittlehauser, G.H., Gregory, L.L., Rooney, S.C., and Weber, J.E.
(Compilers and eds.) 2010. The plants of Acadia National
Park. Orono, ME: University of Maine Press. 530p.
Sci Ref QK164.P53 2010
Names in current use for extant plant genera. NCU-3e. electronic version 1. edited by W. Greuter, B. Zimmer, and W.G. Berendsohn. International Association for Plant Taxonomy.
Native plant database.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Includes over 7,000 native plants. Includes images, plant characteristics, bloom
color and time, and distribution.
Newcomb, L. 1977. Newcomb's Wildflower guide :
an ingenious new key system for quick, positive field identification of the
wildflowers, flowering shrubs and vines of Northeastern and North Central North
America. Boston : Little, Brown. 490p.
Sci Ref QK118 .N42.
Northeast Wetland Flora. Field Office Guide to Plant Species. USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Alphabetical list of 300 Northeastern wetland vascular plants. Each record includes photography, drawing, range map, and brief field marks, description, and natural history information.
Parmeliaceae - searchable list of names in the Parmelioid genera (lichens). National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
PhytoImages. Southern Illinois University. Over 19,000 images searchable by taxon, common name, and locality.
Plant Database. British Antarctic Survey. Searchable database that can be restricted by geographic location.
Plant Image Collection. Department of Botany, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Search by photographer, common name, scientific name, and family. The database contains over 31,000 images.
The Plant List - a working list of all plant species. 2010. Version 1. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden.
Plant Systematics Collection. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Access information by Phylum, Family, Genus, and common name.
Poisonous Plants Informational Database. Animal Science Department, Cornell University.
Pope, R. 2005. Lichens above treeline[:] A hiker's guide to alpine zone
lichens of the Northeastern United States. Hanover, NH: University Press of
New England. 69p.
Sci Ref QK587.P67 2005
Rapid Lichen Guides. Searchable guide from The Field Museum, Chicago, IL.
Seidemann, J. 2005. World spice plants. Berlin: Springer. 591p.
Sci Ref SB305.S45 2005
Southern Wetland Flora. Field Office Guide to Plant Species. USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Alphabetical list of 300 Southern wetland vascular plants. Each record includes photography, drawing, range map, and brief field marks, description, and natural history information.
Species in parks. Flora and fauna databases. Information Center for the Environment, University of California, Davis and the National Park Service. Search database by National Park service site or species name.
Stubbendieck, J., Hatch, S.L., and Landholt, L.M.
2003. North American wildland plants [:] a field guide. Lincoln, NE;
University of Nebraska. 501p.
Sci Ref SB193.3.N67S88 2003
Threatened and endangered species system (TESS): Flowering, Non-Flowering Plants. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tiner, R.W. 1987. A field guide to coastal
wetland plants of the northeastern United States. Amherst: University of
Massachusetts Press. 285p.
Sci Ref QK118 .T56 1987
Tiner, R.W. 2009. Field guide to tidal wetland plants of
the northeastern United States and neighboring Canada: vegetation of
beaches, tidal flats, rocky shores, marshes, swamps, and coastal
ponds. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
459p.
Sci Ref QK117.T56 2009
Turner, N.J. and von Aderkas, P. 2009. The North American guide to
common poisonous plants and mushrooms. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
375p.
Sci Ref QK100.N6T87 2009
U.S. County-Level Atlas of Vascular Flora of North America. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2010. Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2010. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0 Biota of North America Program (BONAP). Includes both US counties and states.
University of Wisconsin Plant Teaching Collection. Michael Clayton, Collection Manager
Vascular plants of the Orono Bog Boardwalk. Maintained by Dr. Chris Campbell, University of Maine.
Wagstaff, J. 2008. International poisonous plants checklist - an evidence-based reference. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.443p. Sci Ref QK100.A1W34 2008.
Watanabe, T. 2010. Pictorial Atlas of Soil and Seed Fungi
- Morphologies of Cultured Fungi and Key to Species. Boca
Raton, F: CRC Pres. 404p.
Sci Ref QR111.W267 2010
Weed identification.
Information Systems and Technology. Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural
Research.
Key out weeds by type, leaf width, leaf arrangement, leaflets, seed leaf shape,
leaf edge, leaf hair, flower color, flower petal appearance, petiole length,
flower type, growth habits, ligule, and leaf cycle. Includes color images.
Western Wetland Flora. Field Office Guide to Plant Species. USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Alphabetical list of 300 Northeastern wetland vascular plants. Each record includes photography, drawing, range map, and brief field marks, description, and natural history information.
World Checklist of Monocotyledons. Kew.
Search by family, genus, or species.
World Wide Flowering Plant Family Identification. Biology 211 - Flowering Plant Taxonomy: Principles and Methods of Biological Classification. Colby College. Professor Ray Phillips.
Handbooks
and Manuals
Albers, F. and Meve, U. 2002. Illustrated
handbook of succulent plants[:] Asclepiadaceae. Berlin: Springer. 318p.
Sci Ref QK495.A815I58 2002
Alford, D.V. 2012. Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs
and flowers: A color handbook. 2nd ed.
Boston: Elsevier. 480p.
Sci Ref SB608.O7A44 2012
Alien plant invaders of natural areas. Fact sheets. Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group. Hosted by the National Park Service website.
Armitage, A.M. 2011. Armitage's garden perennials. Portland,
OR: Timber Press. 347p.
Sci Ref SB434.A755 2011
Armitage, A.M. 2001. Armitage's manual of annuals, biennials, and
half-hardy perennials. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 539p.
Sci Ref SB422.A66 2001
Bonner, F.T. and Karrfalt, R.P. 2008.
The woody plant disease manual. Washington, D.C.: USDA
Oro Gov Doc A1.76:727
Botanical Society of America online
image collection.
Search by broad subject categories or key word.
Burrows, G.E. and Tyrl, R.J. 2001. Toxic plants of North America.
Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press. 1342p.
Sci Ref QK100.N6B87 2001
Bryan, J.E. 2002. Bulbs. Rev. Ed. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 524p.
Sci Ref SB425.B74 2002
Dirr, M.A. 2009. Manual of woody landscape plants - their
identification, ornamental characteristics, culture, propagation and uses.
6th ed. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing. 1325p.
Sci Ref SB435.5.D57 2009
Dortort, F. 2011. The Timber Press guide to succulent plants of the
world - a comprehensive reference to more than 2000 species. Portland,
OR: Timber Press. 344p.
Sci Ref SB438.D67 2011
Eggli, U. (ed.). 2001. Illustrated handbook of
succulent plants[:] Monocotyledons. Berlin: Springer. 354p.
Sci Ref QK495.A14I45 2001
Elzebroek, T. and Wind, K. 2008. Guide to cultivated plants.
Wallingford, UK: CABI. 540p.
SciRef SB107.E49 2008
Fire Effects Information. USDA, Forest Service. Search by scientific or common name or tree, shrub, vine, fern etc., for information on fire ecology and effects, distribution, management, and botanical and ecological characteristics.
Flowering Plant Gateway
Detailed information on the four systems of flowering plant
classification: Cronquist, Takhtajan, Thorne, and APG. Developed and maintained
by Dr. Hugh D. Wilson, Texas A&M University
Frodin, D.G. 2001. Guide to standard floras of
the world[:] An annotated, geographically arranged systematic bibliography of
the principal floras, enumerations, checklists and chorological atlases of
different areas. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 1100p.
Sci Ref Z5351.F76 2001
Global land environments since the last interglacial
These ecosystem maps, examining vegetation patterns, are grouped
by region. Note that there is a "...still under development and as-yet
unpublished" disclaimer. This site, compiled from existing literature,
contains a wealth of references on palaeovegetation. Developed and
maintained by Jonathan Adams, University
of Adelaide.
Grass manual
on the web
Click on a species name from a pull down menu and
select one of the following to display: map, treatment, illustration, image, or
notes. Hosted by the University of Utah as part of the Manual of Grasses
for North America project.
GrassBase - The
online world grass flora
From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, morphological descriptions of all grass
species in a searchable database.
GRIN taxonomy
for plants. World economic plants in GRIN
Taxonomic data for 37,000 taxa, 14,000 genera of plants, with a focus
on economic plants. Maintained by the Agricultural Research Service, Germplasm
Resources Information Network (GRIN)
Gray, A. 1987. Gray's manual of botany : a
handbook of the flowering plants and ferns of the central and northeastern
United States and adjacent Canada. 8th ed. Portland, OR: Dioscorides Press.
1632p.
Sci Ref QK117 .G75 1987
Horst, R.K. (reviser) 2008. Westcott's Plant
Disease Handbook. 7th ed. Berlin: Springer. 1317p.
Sci Ref SB 731 W47 2008
Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers (IPCN). Missouri Botanical Garden
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
Adopted by the Sixteenth International Botanical Congress, St. Louis,
Missouri, July-August 1999.
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi
and plants (Melbourne code): Adopted by the Eighteenth
International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July
2011. Konigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 208p.
Sci Ref QK96.I584 2011
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Searchable list of scientific names of plants with a focus on North
America. Developed and maintained by a partnership of agencies and organizations.
Invasivespecies.gov
A searchable database of government web sites on terrestrial, wetland, and
aquatic plants. Maintained by the National
Agricultural Library for the National Invasive Species Council.
Johnson, T. 1999. CRC ethnobotany desk reference. Boca Raton, FL: CRC
Press. 1211p.
Sci Ref GN476.73 .J66 1999
Jones, R.K. and Benson, D.M. (eds.) 2001. Diseases of woody ornamentals and
trees in nurseries. St. Paul, MN: American Phytopathological Society. 482p.
ORO Stks SB761.D57 2001
Krieger, R. (ed.) 2001.
Handbook of pesticide toxicology. V. 1: Principles, V2: Agents. 2nd ed.
San Diego: Academic Press. 1908p.
Sci Ref RA 1270.P4H36 2001.
Liesner, R. (compiler). Field techniques used by Missouri Botanical Garden.
May, P.F., Brodo, I.M., and Esslinger, T.L. 2002.
Identifying North American Lichens: A Guide to the Literature.
Contains general references, online lichens keys, and a lichen bibliography by
genus. Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University.
Noxious weeds in the US and Canada. Invaders Database System. Supported by USDA/ARS. Investigators from the University of Nebraska, USDA/ARS Western Region Research Center, and the University of Montana
Plant Disease
Control
A to Z listing of plants with accompanying disease control information. Oregon
State University Extension.
Plant Pathology Fact Sheets. Cooperative Extension - The Pennsylvania State University. Includes information on the disease, symptoms, pathogen/cause, and management. Maintained by Gary W. Moorman, Professor of Plant Pathology, Penn State University.
Selected guidelines for ethnobotanical research : a field manual. 1996.
Bronx, NY: New York Botanical Garden. 306p.
ORO stacks GN476.73 .S453 1996
Singer Index Database
A searchable database of genera, species, and infraspecific taxa of fungi
described by Singer.
Slocum, P.D. 2005. Waterlilies and
lotuses[:]Species, cultivars, and new hybrids.
Portland, OR: Timber Press. 260p.
SB 413.L7S55 2005
Stearn, W.T. 1992. Botanical Latin: history,
grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary. 4th ed. Newton Abbot [England]:
David & Charles. 546p.
Sci Ref QK10 .S7 1992
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Prepared by the U.S. National Arboretum. See also Plant Hardiness Zones of Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
van Wyk, B-E. 2005. Food plants of the world[:] An illustrated guide.
Portland, OR: Timber Press. 480p.
Sci Ref QK98.5.A1V36 2005
Watson, L. and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 and onwards. Grass genera of the world: Descriptions, illustration, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, photochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version 23 April 2010.
Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the
world[:] A reference guide to environmental weeds. Wallingford, UK: CAB
Publishing. 548p.
Sci Ref SB613.5.W43 2003
American Bryological and Lichenological Society
American Phytopathological Society
American Society of Plant Biologists
American Society of
Plant Taxonomists
Botanical Society of America
Canadian Botanical Association
International
Association for Plant Taxonomy
Mycological Society of America
Society for Economic Botany
Torrey Botanical Society
Virtual Libraries
American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Links and Databases
Botanical Links. Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History
Botany/Plant Biology WWW Virtual Library. Maintained by Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma.
Internet Directory for Botany. Maintained by Anthony R. Brach.
The Mycology.Net. Cooperating institutions: Botanische Staatssammlung München, Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Berlin, University of Bayreuth, Department of Mycology, and University of Oslo, Botanical Museum.
The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book. Thorsten Kraska. Institute of Plant Diseases, University of Bonn, Germany
PlantGDB. Resources for comparative plant genomics
University of California Museum of Paleontology. Paleobotany Collection: catalogs and information.
WWW Virtual Library: Mycology. Maintained by Kathie Hodge, Cornell University.
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