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Rare Plant Information Resources
The Natural Heritage Program Network
In 1974, The Nature Conservancy helped establish the first state natural heritage program and over the next two decades, with the help of many public and private partners, built a network of programs that collects and manages data about the status and distribution of species and ecosystems of conservation concern. NatureServe is the organization that consolidates this data and makes it available on the internet. Every state in the U.S. has a natural heritage program that maintains tracking lists and other information about the state’s rare and endangered plants. To find out about the natural heritage program in your state, go to NatureServe's Visit Local Programs web page.
Field Guides, Images, and Other Information about Rare Plants
Natural heritage programs and other agencies and organizations have developed rare and endangered plant field guides, species profiles, image libraries, and other information about the rare and endangered plants in various states and regions. Much of this information is available on the internet. Some information exists only in printed form; contact the agency, organization, or publisher to get copies. Internet and print Information Resources are listed below.
National Information Resources
- Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants
The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) provides excellent profiles of the many rare and endangered plants held at CPC participating institutions.
- NatureServe
NatureServe is a network connecting science and conservation. NatureServe and its network or natural heritage programs are a principal source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.
Regional Information Resources
New England
Southeast
State Information Resources
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
- Ecosphere Environmental Services. 1995. The Farmington District Endangered, Threatened and Sensitive Plant Field Guide. USDI Bureau of Land Management, Farmington District, Farmington, New Mexico.
- Ecosphere Environmental Services. 1998. Bureau of Land Management Albuquerque and Taos Field Office Endangered, Threatened and Sensitive Plant Field Guide. Pub. BLM/NM/GI-99/004+1150. USDI Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Ecosphere Environmental Services. 2002. The Roswell and Carlsbad Bureau of Land Management Field Offices and Lincoln National Forest Endangered, Threatened and Sensitive Plant Field Guide. Pub. BLM/NM/GI-02-012-1920. USDI Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- New Mexico Rare Plants (New Mexico Rare Plant Technical Council)
New York
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Dimling, J. 1991. Willamette National Forest Sensitive Plant Field Guide. Pub. R6-WILL-004-91. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, Oregon.
- Meinke, R.J. 1982. Threatened and Endangered Vascular Plants of Oregon: An Illustrated Guide. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 326 p.
- Oregon Natural Heritage Program. 2001. Rare, Threatened and Endangered Plants and Animals of Oregon. Oregon Natural Heritage Program, Portland, Oregon. 94 p.
- Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division, Native Plant Conservation Program
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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