I am not a botanist, but have some interest, and have worked with some botanists for decades.
Here are a few good technical references: Long and Lakela 1971 A Flora of Tropical Florida U of Miami Press Wunderlin1998 Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida University Presses of Florida Wunderlin1982 Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central Florida University Presses of Florida Radford, Ahles, & Bell 1968 Manual of the vascular Flora of the Carolinas University of North Carolina Press Several early works of John Kunkel Small can be found on Amazon. A checklist of North Central Florida plants is available free from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection at this web site: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/labs/cgi-bin/sbio/keys.asp FDEP also published a wetland plant manual that is very good, and is available from UF or Amazon: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/delineation/pubs.htm You can also find a guide to ferns and a plethora of macroinvertebrate keys on that page as well. Good popular books include: Bell & Taylor 1982 Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants Laural Hill Press Nelson 1994 The Trees of Florida Pineapple Press Nelson 1996 The Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida Pineapple Press Several of these are out of print, but may be had for a good price if you shop around. You should find a lot more choices through Google or Amazon as well. Good luck, Cheers, Doug Strom _____________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Doug Strom Biology Department Manager Project Scientist - Aquatic Ecologist Water & Air Research Inc. 6821 SW Archer Road Gainesville, Florida 32608 Toll Free: 800.242.4927 Direct: 352.224.1555 Local: 352.372.1500 Extension 186 Cell: 352.359.1010 Fax: 352.378.1500 [email protected] <http://www.waterandair.com/> www.waterandair.com On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Alexander Graeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello EcoLoggers, > > I'm heading to southern Florida in January and am looking for a > comprehensive flora/field manual. Any recommendations? > > Thanks, > > Alex Graeff >
