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Plant Taxonomy BI 463 at the University of North Alabama

Valuable Study Aids
Key to Winter Twigs - a key to 47 taxa of common trees and shrubs found in north Alabama


Vegetative Characters - a good review from Department of Biology at Texas A&M University
Reproductive Characters - a good review from Department of Biology at Texas A&M University
Dictionary of Botanical Epithets - cool site for word buffs
Pronunciation of Biological Latin

Dendrology Sites

Bioimages
Trees of Alabama and the Southeast
Dendrology at Iowa State University
Key to Winter Twigs - our key to 47 taxa of common trees and shrubs found in north Alabama
Native Pines of Eastern North America
UConn Plant Database very nice images of woody plants with very quick connections, well organized, &   informative
UNA Campus Trees
Tree Species Distribution Maps for North America

Visit the Sites Below for on-line Review of Woody Plants (Choose taxa from our list).
Silvics Manual Volume 1-Conifers and Volume 2-Hardwoods
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/factsheets.cfm
Trees of Alabama and the Southeast


Flora of North America @ efloras.org
- electronic Flora of North America

Botanical Nomenclature
A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature by Ronald H. Petersen
International Plant Names Index Author Query

 

Searchable databases/atlases
http://plants.usda.gov/
- very nice and very useful site
Atlas of the Flora of New England -- Introduction to the Web Version
http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/herb/ - South Carolina
ISB: Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps

Families of Flowering Plants
The Families of Flowering Plants - Index - this site includes many black and white line drawings as well as descriptions

Image Links to Elements of Our Local Flora
Vascular Plant Image Gallery - Summary listing - Families A-B - this site very extensive, easy to navigate
Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery

Ferns, Fern Allies, and Gymnosperms
Non-Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany
A site devoted to GINKGO BILOBA

 


Invasive Species
Invasive Species: The Nation's Invasive Species Information System
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Tennessee Exotic Plant Management Manual
 Invasive and Exotic Species of North America
 Weeds Gone Wacky
 Weeds Gone Wild
 Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
 http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/pubs/calendar.htm#print

Herbarium Homepages [see Index Herbariorum for list of all herbaria indexed for the world]
                                              
Alabama:            Auburn University Herbarium
                          University of Alabama Herbaria
California:           University and Jepson Herbaria
Colorado:           UCM Botany/Herbarium Section (University of Colorado Herbarium)
Connecticut:       Connecticut College Herbarium
DC:                     United States National Herbarium, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Florida:                University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)
Illinois:                 Southern Illinois University Herbarium
Kansas:                PSU Biology: Sperry Herbarium
Maryland:           MARY
Massachusetts:   The Harvard University Herbaria
Michigan:           University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)
Mississippi         University of Mississippi Department of Biology Pullen Herbarium
New Mexico:     UNM Herbarium Web Page
North Carolina:  Herbarium of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Oregon:             Welcome To The Oregon State University Herbarium Home Page
Pennsylvania:     Pennsylvania Flora Project: Searchable database of the plants of Pennsylvania
Tennessee:        Sewanee Herbarium
                         University of Tennessee Herbarium (TENN)
Texas:                TAMU Herbarium - Entry Page (Texas A&M University)
                         Plant Resources Center (University of Texas Herbarium)
Utah:                   UTC
Washington        University of Washington Herbarium
Wisconsin          University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium
Wyoming:          Rocky Mountain Herbarium

 

Misc. Sites to organize:

Cornell University Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic

Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

Systematic Botany Links

The Families of Flowering Plants - Index

PBIO 250 Lecture Notes -- Index -- Spring 1999

bio2400default

Flowering Plant Gateway vers. 2.02

ASPT Homepage

Botanic Diversity

Botany 301 home - Spring, 2000

New Zealand Plants

FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA

National Biological Information Infrastructure

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Tokyo Code) - International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

Potamogeton of Alabama

Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachians

 

Assignment Links
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Online Databases
Index Herbariorum

Links relevant to our trip to Gatlingburg, Tennessee
GSMNP Wildflower Pilgrimage
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - Welcome