Vegetation on the Web

Vegetation on the Web
A reference for BIO 362 - Plant Diversity
and BIO / EES 366 - Field Botany
at Wilkes University

General biodiversity databases

General botanical databases

Flora of North America. Webpage
Plants Database. Produced by US Department of Agriculture. Webpage
IOPI Database of Plant Databases (DPD) a global list of plant databases, to tell you who is putting together what data and where. Webpage
Resources for Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Systematics, and Conservation Biology Webpage
Wisconsin Floristic Quality Assessment. Webpage
Texas A&M University Vascular Plant Image Gallery. Webpage

Pennsylvania databases

Pennsylvania Flora Project, sponsored by the Morris Arboretum of the U. of PA. Webpage
Academy of Natural Sciences. Webpage
Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Webpage
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. Webpage
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Section on Botany: Webpage

On-line taxonomic keys

Kirby Park Key, Luzerne County, PA. Webpage:
About.com resource for Tree Identification and Dendrology. Webpage:
BOTNET. Identification resource for southeastern plant species. Webpage:
MEKA. An interactive Multiple-Entry Key Algorithm to enable rapid identification of biological specimens (presently available only in a Windows version). Webpage.
Leaf Identification Guide to Eighty Eight Ohio Trees. Produced by Ohio State University. Webpage:
Worldwide flowering plant family identification guide. Produced by Colby College (Biology 211 - Taxonomy of Flowering Plants). Users click a series of buttons describing features. Webpage:
What Tree Is It? A tree identification guide developed and disseminated by the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) and the Ohio Historical Society (OHS). Webpage
Pine Barrens Plant Identification Key. Webpage
Midwestern Wetland Flora. Field Office Guide to Plant Species. Prepared by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, US Geological Survey. Webpage:

Herbaria (see also Worldwide List of Internet Accessible Herbaria: Webpage)

Smithsonian Institution. Webpage
New York Botanical Garden. Webpage
Missouri Botanical Garden. Webpage
Harvard University. Webpage
Wisconsin State Herbarium. Webpage
University of California at Davis. Webpage
University of Florida. Webpage
University of Michigan. Webpage
University of Minnesota. Webpage
Jepson Herbarium, University of California at Berkeley. Webpage
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Webpage
British Museum Natural History. Webpage
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Phanerogamic Botany, type collections. Webpage

This page posted and maintained by Kenneth M. Klemow, Ph.D., Biology Program, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766. Phone: (570) 408-4758, FAX: (570) 408-7862, email: kklemow@wilkes.edu. Last updated 29 January 2007.