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Calflora: Information on Wild California Plants for Use in Conservation, Education, and Appreciation view detail comment email this

Contains searchable summaries of "geographic distribution, habitat, and lifeform data for the [thousands of] vascular plants known to be native or naturalized in California." Searchable or browsable by common name, scientific name, and family name. From the University of California, Berkeley.
http://www.calflora.org/species/
Topics: Biology, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Plants, Science, Science

Last updated Sep 21, 2006


CalPhotos: Plants view detail comment email this

A collection of tens of thousands of images of plants (mostly from California). Searchable by name, type, location, country, U.S. state, California county, and photographer. Also browsable by scientific and common name. From the University of California, Berkeley.
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/flora/
Topics: Biology, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Plants, Science, Science

Last updated Jan 9, 2006


Consortium of California Herbaria view detail comment email this

A database of hundreds of thousands of records of "California vascular plant specimens that are housed in herbaria throughout the state." Searchable by scientific name, county, source, collection date, and other factors. Many of the records link to a corresponding map. Participants include selected University of California campuses, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and the San Diego Natural History Museum. From the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley.
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/
Topics: Plants

Last updated Sep 13, 2006


Jepson Flora Project view detail comment email this

Contains lists and "distribution maps of taxa covered by 'The Jepson Manual'" of California vascular plants. Searchable by genus and species, and browsable by family (ferns and fern allies, conifers and gnetophytes, dicots, monocots). From the University of California, Berkeley.
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jeps-list.html
Topics: Biology, Plants, Science, Science, Scientific Themes

Last updated Aug 22, 2006





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