A list of online resources
A list of online resources I use/have used/not yet used to identify things. I needed to organize my bookmarks and I thought I would share these links. Maybe you can find something of interest! Also, feel free to leave a comment if there’s a worthy website you want to share, and I’ll add it to this list.
Some of these sites are simply lists of plants found in a certain area, some have keys, some are more descriptive. I tried to describe each link.
Minnesota:
Minnesota plants with descriptions and photos:
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/
Minnesota plant checklist:
https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/mcbs/2013_dnr_plant_checklist_web.pdf
Minnesota reptiles and amphibians with photos, descriptions, and audio:
https://www.mnherps.com/
Cultivated plant afflictions (not comprehensive, but a good starting place)
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/
Bell Museum Collections (lists many species and specimens):
https://bellatlas.umn.edu/index.php
MN mosses and liverwort keys:
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/mbs/mnbryophytes.html
MN lichen key:
https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/156243
North America:
Flora of North America, keys (be forewarned: botany jargon and not all volumes are published yet)
http://floranorthamerica.org/Main_Page
Plants of New England, with keys, photos, and descriptions
https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/
Plants of California, with keys and photos
https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/
Plants of Oregon with photos and descriptions
https://oregonflora.org/
Cultivated trees and shrubs, database with photos
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/
Plants of Michigan with keys, photos, and descriptions
https://michiganflora.net/home.aspx
Plants of Illinois with photos and descriptions
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/index.htm
Plants of Alabama, herbarium specimens
http://floraofalabama.org/Default.aspx
Plants of Manitoba (just a list)
https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~burchil/plants/
Plants of British Columbia with photos and descriptions
https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/
County maps of United States plants (useful for getting a general idea of plant ranges, keep in mind this is somewhat out of date!)
http://bonap.net/Napa/Genus/Traditional/County#refA
Photos of trees, tree pests and other forestry related things
https://www.forestryimages.org/index.cfm
Butterflies, tiger beetles, and robber flies of Wisconsin with descriptions and photos
https://wisconsinbutterflies.org/
Flies of North America
https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide/home
Arthropods of North America
https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
Gall forming species of North America
https://www.gallformers.org/
Mushrooms of North America
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/index.html
Worldwide fungi observations
https://mushroomobserver.org/
Animal encyclopedia (This has nice mammal skull specimen photos)
https://animaldiversity.org/
North American birds
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/
Bird audio and photos (and other animal species)
https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog
Kommentit
Thank you so much for sharing this list. My interest is focused on plants, and I consider Minnesotawildflowers.info to be a great source. INaturalist is a wonderful resource for getting initial ideas of possible identification and for confirming my decisions. I especially appreciate when identifiers correct my errors! And the keys in Plants of New England and Plants of Michigan are also very helpful. Thanks again for sharing these resources.
Thanks for listing all of these resources in one place! Appreciate the links to California and all the insect/amphibian options.
@csledge Thanks very much for this list.
@csledge Thanks very much for posting this. I'll be sharing it with a number of friends.
@csledge - This is so very helpful! One of my favorite aspects of the minnesotawildflowers.info is the final paragraph where they often give you the differential features on similar plants. I will be checking out more of these resources!!
Wow, great list! Thank you for putting this together and sharing it!
Thanks so much for this list. I was actually considering making a similar list mostly for myself - thinking it would be easier to find the links in a journal post than search through my bookmarks. Instead, I've just bookmarked your journal page! I appreciate your contributions to iNat so much.
Thank you! This is great!
Thanks @csledge for the list and all your help with my observations along the way!
Thanks for sharing your expertise!
Thanks! Great list.
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