The Biota of North America Program (BONAP) is another (http://www.bonap.org/). Steve
On 12/19/14, 3:59 PM, "Doug Strom" <[email protected]> wrote: >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 >>
