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Identifying Native Plants
Whether you are just beginning your quest in plant
identification or are working on in-depth research, there are many
options available. Books
are available at all learning levels, from simple wildflower books
arranged by color, to advanced taxonomic sources arranged by plant
characteristics, as well as websites that provide links helpful for
plant identification.
There also is a large range of plant pictures available from our
members and from many other sources on the web.
Books
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Flowering Plants
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By Flower Color
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A Field Guide to
Wildflowers:
Northeastern and North–Central North America
(2d
ed.)
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(drawings of flowers, some in color) (Roger Tory Peterson &
Margaret McKenny; Houghton Mifflin: Mar 1998; $19.00, paper:
448 pp)
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Wildflowers of Ohio
(2d ed.) (319 color
photos of flowers)
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(Robert L. Henn; Indiana University Press; Feb 2008; $19.95;
paper; 264 pp)
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By Taxonomic Key (i.e., arranged by plant
characteristics):
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Simple Key
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Newcomb’s Wildflower
Guide
(drawings, some in
color)
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(Lawrence Newcomb; Little Brown; Apr 1989; $19.99, paper;
490 pp)
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Advanced Key
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The Vascular Flora of
Ohio
(3 volumes completed)
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The Monocotyledoneae:
(Vol 1 Cat-tails to
Orchids)
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(E. Lucy Braun &
Clara G. Weishaupt; Ohio State University Press; Jul 1967; $66.95; hardcover; 464 pp)
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The Dicotyledoneae
(Part 2 Linaceae
through Campanulaceae)
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(Tom
S. Cooperrider; Ohio State University Press; Feb 1995; new $88.95, used $50; hardcover; 656 pp)
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The Dicotyledoneae
(Part 3 Asteraceae)
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(T.
Richard Fisher; Ohio State University Press; Mar 1989; new $88.95, used $40; hardcover; 280 pp)
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Vascular Plants of
Ohio: A Manual for
Use in Field and Laboratory
(3rd ed.)
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(verbal descriptions only; no photos or drawings) (Clara G.
Weishaupt;
Kendall/Hunt; 1971; new $69, used $30, paper; 292 pp)
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Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians
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(color photos and drawings)
(Dennis Horn, David Duhl, Tavia Cathcart, & Tom
Hemmerly; Lone Pine Publishing; June 2005; $22.95;
paper; 496 pp)
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Ferns
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Fern Finder:
A Guide to Native Ferns of Central and Northeastern
United States and Eastern Canada
(2nd ed.)
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(simple key) (Anne & Barbara Hallowell; Nature Study Guild
Publishers; Nov 2001; $3.95; paper; 64 pp)
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Peterson Field Guide
to Ferns:
Northeastern and
Central North America
(2nd ed.)
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(Peterson Field Guides) (100 color photos & 200 b/w
drawings) (Boughton Cobb, Elizabeth
Farnsworth, & Cheryl Lowe; Houghton Mifflin; Sep 2005;
$20.00 paper; 440 pp)
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Grasses
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Agnes Chase’s First
Book of Grasses: The
Structure of Grasses Explained for Beginners
(4th
ed.)
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(Lynn G. Clark & Richard W. Pohl; Smithsonian Institution Press; Apr 1996; $18.95; paper; 176 pp)
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The Monocotyledoneae
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(The
E. Lucy Braun & Clara G. Weishaupt work listed above under Flowering Plants also contains grasses.)
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Mosses
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Mosses of the Great
Lakes Forests
(4th ed.)
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(verbal descriptions)
(Howard Crum; Michigan University Herbarium;
May 2004; $40; hardcover; 592 pp)
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Trees
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Field Guide to North
American Trees
(revised ed.)
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(Thomas S. Elias; Times Mirror; Jan 1991; $32.95; hardcover)
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A Field Guide to
Eastern Trees:
Eastern United States and Canada, including the Midwest
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(photos & Drawings) (Peterson Field Guides)
(George A. Petrides, Janet Wehr & Roger Tory Peterson; Houghton Mifflin; Jul 1998; $20; paper; 448 pp)
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Woody Plants of Ohio
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(E.
Lucy Braun; Ohio State University Press; 1989; $33.95; paper; 362 pp)
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Fruit and Twigs of Woody Vegetation (Tress & Shrubs)
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Fruit Key and Twig Key to Trees and Shrubs
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(William M. Harlow; Dover Publications; 1959; $5.95; paper; 126 pp)
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Online Sources For Plant Identification
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For Ohio
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Information on
Ohio trees is
accessible from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
(ODNR).
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources lists the
rare plants in Ohio
in its Ohio Natural Heritage Database.
Ohio rare plants are also listed by
Ohio county. |
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For the United States and Beyond:
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The
Flora of North America
is a comprehensive reference source.
Its 30 volumes provide information on the names,
taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and
morphological characteristics of all plants native and
naturalized found in North America north of Mexico.
It is the scientific
community's vehicle for synthesizing and presenting
botanical information.
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The
PLANTS Database of
the US Dept of Agriculture provides standardized information
about the plants of the U.S.
It includes names, plant symbols, checklists,
distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics,
images, crop information, automated tools, onward Web links,
and references.
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The
Integrated Taxonomic Information
System (ITIS) gives authoritative information
about the scientific classification of plants, animals,
fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
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Computer-driven plant identification: Unlike a traditional
plant identification key that provides you with only two
choices at each step (a dichotomous key), the cutting edge
polyclave keys from the National
Plant Data Center let you select multiple characters
simultaneously. This
makes more character data available in the key and minimizes
the number of steps it takes to identify a plant. |
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The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center has a
Native Plant Database
where you can search for native plants by scientific name,
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Pictures of Native Plants
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See our Gallery of Native Plants,
containing pictures taken during walks of our Society,
arranged into eight plant groups:
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Early Spring |
Summer |
Wetlands |
Woody Plants |
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Late Spring |
Fall |
Meadows |
Non-Flowering Plants |
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These pictures were taken by Ami Horowitz and Tom Sampliner,
members of our Society.
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Our Gallery is intended as a sample of the many plants found
in Ohio in these categories.
In addition to our Gallery of Native Plants, there
are many other good sources of pictures of native plants on
the web, including the following sites.
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The
Ohio Prairie Association’s website has pictures of
plants of
the Ohio prairies.
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The
U. S. Department of Agriculture provides a wide array of
plant pictures and drawings in its
PLANTS
database.
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The
Vascular Plant Image Library
includes images of hundreds of Ohio plants, as
well as thousands of other plants from around the world.
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For
images of some particular groups of plants, see these sites:
fungi,
weeds,
introduced (this
site gives a listing of plants not native to North
America), and
Ohio’s 10 most invasive non-native plants.
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Our Gallery of Native Plants--Click
on any picture in this gallery to enlarge it.
(This section is under
construction. More pictures are coming.)
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Early Spring
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Anemone, Rue 1
Thalictrum thalictroides
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Anemone, Rue 2
Thalictrum thalictroides
© 2004 Ami Horowitz |
Bellwort, Perfoliate 1
Uvularia perfoliata
© 2003 Ami Horowitz |
Bellwort, Perfoliate 2
Uvulata perfoliata
© 2004 Ami Horowitz |
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Late Spring
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Anemone,
Canada
1
Anemone canadensis
© 2010 Ami Horowitz
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Anemone,
Canada
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Anemone canadensis
© 2010 Ami Horowitz |
Bedstraw, Rough
Galium asprellum
© 2006 Ami Horowitz |
Bindweed, False
Calystegia sepium
© 2010 Ami Horowitz |
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Blue-eyed Mary 1
Colinsia verna
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Blue-eyed Mary 2
Colinsia verna
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
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Summer
Fall
Wetlands
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Avens, Purple
Geum rivale
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Dandelion, Dwarf Twoflowered
Krigia biflora
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Harlequin, Blueflag
Iris versicolor
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Lady’s Slipper, Showy
Cypripedium reginae
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
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Meadows
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Comfrey
Symphytum officinale
©
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Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet
Castilleja coccinea
©
2009 Tom Sampliner |
Lupine, Sundial
Lupinus perennis
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Milkweed, Butterfly
Asclepias tuberose
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
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Woody Plants
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Bittersweet
Celastrus scandens
© 2009 Tom Sampliner
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Blackberries
Rubus allagheniensis
© 2009 Tom Sampliner
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Buckeye Ohio
Aesculus glabra
© 2009 Tom Sampliner
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Catalpa tree flower
Catalpa speciosa
© 2009 Tom Sampliner
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Non-Flowering
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Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Fern, Grape 1
Botrychium
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Fern, Grape 2
Botrychium
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
Fern, Maidenhair
Asplenium trichomanes
© 2009 Tom Sampliner |
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