Great Basin Restoration and Management |
Desert USA News Blog |
Congressional Testimony
Regarding the Great Basin Restoration Initiative |
Great Basin
Restoration Initiative |
Collaborative restoration effort in the Great Basin |
Great Basin Links |
Collaborative research and management
projects in the
Great Basin |
Great Basin Information Project |
Great Basin and Columbia River Plateau information
access |
Great Basin Publication |
Collaborative Management and
Research in the Great Basin- Examining the Issues and
Developing a Framework for Action |
RMRS Cheatgrass Summary Note |
Challenging Cheatgrass:
Can Tools Like the "Black Fingers of Death" Fight this
Formidable Invasive Species? |
SageSTEP - Great Basin Fires |
Map of the areas burned
within the Great Basin since 1990 |
Restoration Ecology and Technology |
Global Restoration Network |
Database of projects, research, and
restoration information |
Healthy Lands
Initiative |
USDI habitat restoration program |
PCA Restoration
Working Group Action Agenda |
Tools and references for restoration projects |
Restoring Western
Ranges and Wildlands |
3-volumes on plant materials and revegetation practices
for the Intermountain West |
Revegetation Equipment Catalog |
Descriptions and vendors of revegetation equipment |
Roadside Revegetation: An Integrated
Approach to Establishing Native Plants |
Revegetation manual
that includes initiation, planning, implementation, and
monitoring |
SAGEMAP |
Spatial data for research and management
of sage-grouse and the sagebrush ecosystem |
Society for
Ecological Restoration |
Non-profit focusing on restoration science, practice and
policy |
Society for
Ecological Restoration Publications |
SER publications on ecological restoration science and
applications |
Society for Ecological Restoration
Northwest |
Chapter information and calendar of
events |
Soil Ecology and
Restoration Group |
Soil considerations in restoration |
VegSpec |
A tool for developing revegetation prescriptions |
Plant Materials, Biology, Propagation, and Sources |
AOSA Test Methods for Species without Rules |
Germination and purity testing recommendations for
species without official AOSA testing rules |
Celebrating Wildflowers |
General information about
native plant materials |
Fire Effects
Information System |
Synthesis of research on selected U.S.
plant and animal species |
Forb and Shrub Seed
Production Guide for Utah |
Seed production protocols for common Intermountain forbs
and shrubs |
Grass Seed Production
Guide for Utah |
Guidelines for producing seed of common Intermountain
grasses |
Lady Bird Johnson
Wildflower Center |
Native plant information network and images |
National Plant Germplasm System |
Public/private effort to preserve plant germplasm |
National Seed Laboratory |
Seed testing, seed technology, germplasm conservation |
Native Plants Journal |
Native plant propagation and planting information |
Native Plant Network |
Native Plant Journal and plant propagation protocols |
Native Plant Notebook |
Stats on native forb and
grass seeds, increase, and habitat |
Native Seed Network |
Native plant information, vendor search tool |
North American Native Plant Society |
Meetings, seed sources, databases |
NRCS Plants Database |
Propagation and seeding information |
Plant Conservation Alliance |
Coordination of public and private plant conservation in
North America |
Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Research |
Source of plant and seed
propagation information |
Royal Botanical
Gardens, Kew |
Millennium Seed Bank, taxonomy, references |
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew |
Seed information database |
Seed Germination References |
Seed dormancy bibliography |
Seeds of Success |
BLM germplasm conservation program |
Seed Quest |
Global information services for seed professionals |
Wildland Shrubs of the U.S. and its Territories |
Short monographs on 300 shrub species |
Woody Plant Seed Manual |
Seed biology and technology information for 1300 shrub
species |
Entomology - Pollinators, Plant and Seed Predators |
The Buzz about Bees |
Information about native bees and
pollination |
Celebrating Wildflowers |
General information about
pollinators |
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign |
Resources and information
about protecting pollinators |
Western Colorado Entomology Native Plant
Seed Production |
Information on pests affecting native
plant seed production |
Xerces Society |
Invertebrate conservation, pollinators |
Regulatory Agencies - Seed Industry |
Association of
Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) |
Seed testing information and laboratory addresses |
Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies |
Seed certification information and office addresses |
Plant Photos |
Hortiplex |
Plant images and propagation methods |
Mid-Snake River Watershed
Vegetation Database |
Pictures of wildflowers
and other vegetation from southwestern Idaho and
southeastern Oregon |
Photo Album of
Western Plants and Wildflowers |
Plant images |
Plants Database |
Photos and information on vascular and nonvascular
plants of the U.S. and its Territories |
Taxonomy Databases |
Biota of North
America |
Background information on the Biota of NA project |
Calflora |
A repository of photos and information on California's
native flora |
Dictionary of
Botanical Epithets |
A botanical glossary |
Flora of North
America |
Background, status and ordering information for FNA. |
Flowering Plant Gateway |
Comparison of classification systems, plant images. |
Integrated Taxonomic Information System |
Taxonomic information on >400,000 organisms |
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature |
Online Vienna Code (2005) |
National Biological Information Infrastructure |
Data on U.S. biological resources |
National Plant
Germplasm System |
Public/private effort to preserve plant germplasm |
NRCS Plants Database |
Information and photos on vascular and nonvascular
plants of the U.S. and its Territories |
Tropicos - Catalogue
of New World Grasses |
Taxonomy and distribution of Western Hemisphere grasses |
W3tropicos |
Missouri Botanical Garden VAScular Tropicos
nomenclatural database |
World Biodiversity
Database |
Information on more than 25,000 taxa |
Invasive Species |
California Noxious
Weeds |
Photos and data for California's noxious
weeds |
Idaho Noxious Weeds |
Photos and data for Idaho's noxious weeds |
Nevada Noxious Weeds |
Photos and data for Nevada's noxious
weeds |
Oregon Noxious Weeds |
Photos and data for Oregon's noxious
weeds |
Utah Noxious Weeds |
Photos and data for Utah's noxious weeds |
Celebrating Wildflowers |
General information on
invasive plants |
Center for Invasive
Plant Management |
Links to weed biology and control websites |
National Invasive
Species Information Center |
Databases (biology, management, publications) and images
of U.S. invasives |
Plant Anatomy and Morphology |
BOTNET |
A botanical glossary |
General Botanical Internet References |
Internet Directory for Botany
|
International references on all aspects of botany |
Climate Change |
Natural Resources Defense Council |
Link to full report of Hotter and Drier: The West's
Changed Climate |
Project Budburst
|
Climate change data on the timing of
native plants leafing and flowering |