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County maps of United States plants (useful for getting a general idea of plant ranges, keep in mind this is somewhat out of date!)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