I'm just an amateur, but I was surprised how much my first detailed study of
the flowers added to my trip on the Sierra High Route. Here's a bunch of random fascinating things I've
learned about plants over the years -- if none of it's interesting to you then
you should probably give botany a miss.
I've compiled and posted a bunch of reference material for personal and
public use. Help yourself, but let me make a general warning: I can't
guarantee the accuracy of any of this -- most is just stuff I've
collected while poking around on the web.
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Plant Info: (California)
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Jepson Flora Project:
California plants.
Keys, descriptions, pictures, vouchers, etc.
CalFlora:
California.
Huge database of pictures and vouchers.
CalPhotos:
California.
Huge database of pictures.
Michael Charters:
So. California.
Huge number of pictures, some descriptions.
Barbara Collins:
So. California.
Huge number of pictures. Also covers Canadian Rockies.
Jay Sullivan:
So. California.
Good pictures, fair selection.
Barbara Collins:
So. California, Canadian Rockies.
Pictures, keys.
Tom Schweich:
Eastern Mojave.
Pictures, notes, etc.
Henry Coe State Park:
Bay Area
Pictures and excellent plant list.
Tom Chester:
So. California.
Cool self-guided botany walks, plant lists, and much much more!
California Native Plant Society:
California.
Outings, classes, workshops, etc.
Cal Register of Big Trees:
California.
Stats, pictures, locations of biggest trees in California.
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Plant Info: (North America)
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Vascular Plant Image Library:
Texas area.
Huge database of pictures.
Utah State University:
Utah range.
Pictures, tons of info.
MissouriPlants:
Missouri.
Detailed pictures and description, limited selection.
Keir Morse:
Southwest, Midwest, Appalachia.
Picture-based identification guide.
Montana Plant-Life:
Montana
Non-technical key and pictures, limited selection.
USF PlantAtlas:
Florida
Detailed pictures and range info.
Dr. Gerald Carr:
Hawaii, tropics.
Lots of pictures.
Desert-Tropicals:
Mostly ornamentals.
Pictures and garden info.
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Plant Info: (Europe)
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Illes de Balears:
Islands off Barcelona.
Detailed pictures and descriptions. (in Catalan)
Josette Argaud:
Pyrenees.
Good pictures and descriptions. (in French)
Torre Salsa:
Sicily.
Pictures and descriptions. (in Italian)
Jerusalem Bot Gardens:
Israel.
Pictures and limited info. (in English)
Comprendium:
Translator.
Handles most romance and a few other European languages.
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Plant Info: (Australia)
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Flora of Australia:
Australia.
Database with all sorts of info and pictures.
Florabase:
Western Australia.:
Database with all sorts of info and pictures.
University of Tasmania:
Tasmania.
Nicely indexed pictures with limited info.
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Online Floras:
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Jepson Flora Project:
California plants.
Keys, descriptions, pictures, vouchers, etc.
Gymnosperm Database:
Conifers.
Very complete, excellent treatments.
USFS Silvics Manual:
N American trees.
Incomplete, but excellent treatments.
Webmanual at USU:
World grasses.
About 50% complete, maybe?
Efloras.org:
Everything.
Rather incomplete.
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Systematics and General References:
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Watson and Dallwitz:
Families.
Authoritative scientific descriptions of Angiosperm families.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group:
Systematics.
The official latest APG classification of Angiosperms.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website:
Systematics.
Cutting-edge phylogenetic tree of Angiosperms.
Flowering Plant Gateway:
Systematics.
Comparison of several classification systems for Angiosperms.
U of Wisconsin Madison:
Systematics.
Brief info about most vascular plants.
Tree of Life:
Systematics.
Phylogeny of all life on Earth.
Innvista.com:
Systematics.
Cronquist classification and mushroom classification.
Colby College:
General Info.
Tons of reference material for a taxonomy class.
Biodiversity Explorer:
South Africa, etc.
Fantastic site with diverse info about all life on Earth.
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Other Stuff:
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Androsace:
Photography.
Stunning wildflower photography.
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