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Floras
Radford, Ahles, and Bell (1968). Manual of thevascular flora of the Carolinas. QK125 .R23.
Small (1933). Manual of the southeastern flora. QK125 .S64.
Weakley (2006). Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia and surrounding areas. QK178 .W383 2006.
Gleason and Cronquist (1991). Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. QK117 .G49 1991.
Fernald (1950). Manual of botany. QK117 .G752 1950.
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Names and Distributions of Plants
USDA Plants - The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
NatureServe Explorer - An authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species. (From NatureServe)
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) - A database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants, ferns and fern allies.
Southeastern Plant Atlas - The goal of the NCU Flora of the Southeastern United States is to provide information on the collection records, ecology, geographic distribution, and taxonomic concepts of the vascular flora of the region.
Virginia County Atlas - A digital atlas of the Virginia flora.
Tennessee County Atlas - Information on vascular plants from the University of Tennessee Herbarium.
Atlas of United States Trees - Digital representations of tree species range maps from "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (and other publications).
Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and surrounding areas - Digital version of this text.
Flora of North America - A digital version of this text provided by efloras.
North Carolina Natural Heritage Program - Part of the Office of Conservation and Community Affairs within the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The program inventories, catalogues, and supports conservation of the rarest and the most outstanding elements of the natural diversity of our state.
Identification Keys
How to construct identification devices - A chapter from Vascular Plant Systematics by A. E. Radford, W. C. Dickison, J.R. Massey and C. R. Bell, Harper and Row Publishers, 1974.
OpenKey - A collaboration between the Universities of Illinois and North Carolina to create polyclave plant keys.
Plant Information Center (PIC) - A virtual herbarium.
Utah State Tools for Plant Identification - Interactive plant identification keys.
DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy) - A flexible method for encoding taxonomic descriptions for computer processing. DELTA-format data can be used to produce natural-language descriptions, conventional or interactive keys, cladistic or phenetic classifications, and information-retrieval systems.
Plant Communities and Conservation Status
NatureServe Explorer - An authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species. (From NatureServe)
North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Publications - Contains links to documents on rare plants and plant communities.
Carolina Vegetation Survey - A collaborative, multi-institutional research program designed to document the composition and status of the natural vegetation of the Carolinas for purposes of inventory, monitoring of environmental impacts, and assessment of conservation status.
Invasive Species
North Carolina Botanical Garden Invasive Species Page - Includes publications and reosurces from the botanical garden and links to other resources.
Plants to Avoid in the Southeastern United States - A compilation from invasive exotic plant lists of regional and state agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Kaufman and Kaufman (2007). Invasive plants: a guide to identification and the impacts and control of common North American species. SB612 .A2 K38 2007.
Available in the Biology/Chemistry Library.
Plant Families and Terminology
Harris and Harris (2001). Plant identification terminology: an illustrated glossary. QK9 .H37 2001. (Earlier edition also available.)
Zomlefer (1994). Guide to flowering plant families. QK115 .Z65 1994.
Available in the Biology/Chemistry Library.
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