Links to Plant Web Sites
See also general links on the Related Links Page.
General:
United States Department of Agriculture, Plants Database
http://plants.usda.gov/
Flora of North America Project
http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA/index.html
Illinois Plant Information Network
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/ilpin/ilpin.html
Gallery of Illinois Plants, Illinois Natural History Survey
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cwe/illinois_plants/PlantsofIllinois.html
Illinois' Best Plants, Chicago Botanic Garden
http://bestplants.chicago-botanic.org/toc.htm
Digital Flowers
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/digitalflowers/index.htm
The International Plant Names Index
http://www.ipni.org/
Threatened and Endangered Plants:
Center for Plant Conservation, National Collection of Endangered Plants
http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/NC_Choice.html
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, The Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board
http://www.dnr.state.il.us/espb/
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Endangered Species
1) List of Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species by county (list of PDF files)
http://www.in.gov/dnr/naturepr/species/index.html
2) Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Vascular Plants of Indiana (PDF)
http://www.in.gov/dnr/naturepr/endanger/etrplants.pdf
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin State Threatened and Endangered Species
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/working_list/taxalists/TandE.asp
On-line guides:
UW-Stevens Point vascular plant page offering identification guides on-line
http://143.236.2.135/VascularPlants.html
Discover Life's IDNature Guides
http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q
Plant Systematics.org's on-line key to Dicot Families
Click on Diagnostic Keys, then choose Key to Families of Dicotyledons
http://www.plantsystematics.org
Online plant glossaries:
GardenWeb Glossary
http://glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/
California Plant - Botanical Terms
http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/botanicalterms.html
Information on plants for cultivation or other uses:
Link to NYBG's Plant Information FAQ page
http://www.nybg.org/plants1/more_info.html
Information provided on this page applies to the Chicago Region and may not be relevant or complete for other regions.