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Plant Databases & related sites PLANTS National Databasehttp://plants.usda.gov/ South Carolina Plant Atlas The purpose of this Atlas is to show, on a county by county basis, the distribution of all native and naturalized ferns, fern allies, gymnosperms, and angiosperms of South Carolina. http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/herb/ NCU Flora of the Southeastern United States The goal of the NCU Flora of the Southeastern United States is to provide information on the collection records, ecology, geographic distribution, and taxonomic concepts of the vascular flora of the region. http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/seflora/firstviewer.htm The distribution map and related information for an individual species can be accessed by the URL: "http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/seflora/species.htm?species=[species name]" For example, * http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/seflora/species.htm?species=Quercus bicolor Woody Plant ID Guides from Clemson University Extension Service http://www.clemson.edu/hort/scmg/familiartreesscbotanical.php http://www.clemson.edu/hort/scmg/familiartreessccommon.php Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/ South Carolina Champion Trees http://www.clemson.edu/champtree/SouthCarolinaChampionTree.htm Pines of South Carolina http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/acmoore/pinesofSC.html Tallest Examples of Eastern Native Trees http://www.nativetreesociety.org/bigtree/webpage_tall_tree_list.htm University of Tennessee Vascular Plant Herbarium http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/vascular.html Wetland Plant Identification This site seeks to facilitate the identification of common wetland plants of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of the Carolinas. http://ceres.cals.ncsu.edu/wetland/library/PrefaceNEW.cfm/ Missouri Plants Photographs and descriptions of the flowering and non-flowering plants of Missouri. Plants are categorized by flower color and/or leaf characteristics. http://www.missouriplants.com/ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants A comprehensive searchable database of vascular plants in the State of Florida. http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/ Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States A more or less eclectic and ever growing database of plants found in one of the most biologically diverse regions of the world. http://2bnthewild.com/index2.shtml http://2bnthewild.com/links.htm Angiosperm Phylogeny Website A set of characterizations of all orders and families of extant angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms, i.e. all seed plants. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/welcome.html Flora of North America http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, & Georgia, by Alan S. Weakley http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm The Natural Communities of South Carolina, initial classification and description, by John B. Nelson (1986) http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/acmoore/communities.html Classification of the Natural Communities of North Carolina, third approximation, by Michael P. Schafale and Alan S. Weakley (1990) (PDF) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Explore over 5200 plant species in North America. http://www.wildflower2.org/NPIN/Plants/plant.html NatureServe Explorer An authoritative source for information on more than 65,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/ Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Native Alternatives A suggested list of native plants to use as alternatives to commonly planted but invasive species. http://www.bbg.org/nativealternatives Invasive Plant Species Click here.Organizations & Agencies Georgia Native Plant Society North Carolina Native Plant Society
South Carolina Native Plant Society South Carolina Association of Naturalists Tennessee Native Plant Society Virginia Native Plant Society
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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