Plants

Electronic Books from the Gale Virtual Reference Library -- Accessible from DOI Locations Only

• Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
• Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences
• Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems
• World's Largest Wetlands: Ecology and Conservation

Hoh Valley Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington State.

Web Sites -- Table of Contents

• Interesting sources
• Forestry
• Range management
• Endangered species
• Directories of Internet sites on plants, forestry, and range management
• U.S. government organizations
• Organizations

Interesting sources

• AGRICOLA 
  This is an important bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature, and is produced by the National Agricultural Library, USDA.
• Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Database (APIRS)
  Maintained by the University of Florida.
• ASPNet: Plant Pathology Online 
  Produced by the American Phytopathological Society.
• Atlas of the Flora of New England 
  Supported by the Harvard University Herbaria.
• Biodiversity Heritage Library 
  Ten major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions have joined to form the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project. The group is developing a strategy and operational plan to digitize the published literature of biodiversity held in their respective collections.
• Botany.com 
  Includes extensive information on gardening.
• Carnivorous Plant Database 
  Provides information on over 3,000 carnivorous plant species.
• Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps 
  Compiled by Claire Englander and Philip Hoehn of the University of California, Berkeley, Library.
• E-Journals 
  Provides access to leading botany, plant biology and science journals.
• Ecology and Society 
  An electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research.
• Index to American Botanical Literature
• Fact Sheets and Plant Guides 
  Produced by the the National Plant Data Center and the Plant Materials Program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Flora of North America 
  The Flora of North America presents information on the names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in North America north of Mexico. It will eventually reach 30 volumes and will be available in print and on the Web.
• History of Life Through Time 
  This is a University of California, Berkeley online exhibit that explores the ancestor/descendant relationships which connect all organisms, past and present.
• Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation 
  A research division of Carnegie Mellon University. The web site focuses on botanical art.
• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum 
  A compilation of generic names published for all organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, sponsored by the U.S. National Herbarium, Department of Botany Smithsonian Institution.
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• International Plant Names Index
• Invasivespecies.gov 
  Invasivespecies.gov is a comprehensive, online information system that facilitates access to and exchange of invasive species data and resources. The site is guided by the Invasive Species Council, a Federal, inter-agency, executive committee.
• Kew Bibliographic Databases 
  This is a combined searching tool giving you access to three databases: The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature, the Plant Micromorphological Bibliographic Database and the Economic Botany Bibliographic Database. It is provided by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• National Agricultural Library Digital Repository 
  Provides access to Agriculture Department publications either digitized by NAL or through NAL’s partnerships with other institutions
• National Register of Big Trees
• Native Plant Information Network: Image Gallery 
  Images of wildflowers, from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
• NatureServe 
  A source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada.
• NPSpecies 
  This is the National Park Service database to store, manage and disseminate scientific information on the biodiversity of organisms in National Park Service units.
• OBIS: Ocean Biogeographic Information System
• PLANTS Database 
  Provides standardized information on vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
• Species 2000 
  Indexing the world's known species.
• TreeBASE 
  A relational database of phylogenetic information.
• Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas 
  A project of the Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group, this site lists invasive plants infesting natural areas throughout the United States.

Forestry

• Environmental History Bibliography 
  For over 50 years the Forest History Society has monitored the world of publishing for items written as history and dealing with the utilization, management, and appreciation of our forest related resources. Their work has been called the world's most comprehensive collection of bibliographic information pertaining to forest and conservation history.
• Forestry Databases 
  Find bibliographic citations and links to research in four separate databases: Social Sciences in Forestry; Trail Planning, Construction and Maintenance; Tropical Forest Conservation and Development; and Urban Forestry. Produced by the University of Minnesota Forestry Library.
• Research Natural Areas 
  This site describes 263 established and 55 proposed Research Natural Areas managed by National Forests and Grasslands in 12 western states; information is provided by the USDA Forest Service.
• U.S. Forest Service History 
  Prepared by the Forest History Society, this site incorporates original documents and photographs, as well as bibliographic references.

Range management

• RangeBiome: A Public Rangeland Almanac 
  This is an assemblage of natural resource and environmental links, tools, news, and views for improving the ecological conditions of public rangeland ecosystems.
• Rangelands West 
  Produced by the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC).

Endangered species

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 
  Produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Species Survival Commission
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• Endangered Species on EE-Link 
  This is a guide to Internet sources on endangered species.
• Endangered Species Related Laws, Regulations, Policies and Notices 
  Provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• International Conventions and Programmes 
  provided by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Species Information 
  This site contains lists provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program.
• United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Directories of Internet sites on plants, forestry, and range management

• BEN: BioSciEdNet 
  Digital Library portal for teaching and learning in the biological sciences. A National Science Digital Library pathway, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and funded by the National Science Foundation.
• Biology Browser 
  Produced by BIOSIS
• Botanique: Gardens, Arboreta & Nature Sites of North America 
  More than 1600 gardens and arboreta are listed.
• Botany WWW Sites 
  Sites listed are selected by the Botanical Society of America.
• Forestry AgNIC 
  Forestry AgNIC is a gateway to a wide range of forestry and related information found on the Internet. Use it to search for links to web sites, image collections, lists of publications, documents, databases, and other unique resources.
• Global Forest Information System
• Index Herbariorum: A Global Directory of Public Herbaria and Associated Staff
• Internet Directory for Botany
• Intute: Natural History 
  A directory of many of the best web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists.
• National Biological Information Infrastructure 
  The NBII links diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and other contributors in government agencies, academic institutions, non-government organizations, and private industry.
• Natural Resources Research Information Pages 
  by Yu-Fai Leung
• Virtual Library of Botany 
  WWW Virtual Library

U.S. Government Organizations

• Bureau of Land Management
• Department of Agriculture
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• Forest Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service

Organizations

• American Forests 
  The nation's oldest non-profit organization, its mission today remains helping people improve the environment with trees and forests.
• American Public Gardens Association
• Botanical Society of America
• Center for Plant Conservation 
  The Center coordinates the development and maintenance of the National Collection of Endangered Plants.
• Ecological Society of America
• Forest History Society
• New England Forestry Foundation 
  The foundation encourages and demonstrates responsible management of working forests for the benefit of land owners and the public.
• Society for Range Management
• Society of American Foresters
• Weed Science Society of America