Alex I spend some time working at a native plant nursery in south Florida and I found these websites to be very helpful: http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ http://regionalconservation.org/
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Stephen L. Young <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >> > -- Kathleen Sexton Grand Valley State University Natural Resources Management, B.S. Environmental Studies (minor)
