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- Flowering Plant Family IdentificationList of flowering plant families and a search tool to select several morphological characters and locate a plant family that matches the selected states (characters).
- NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of LifeContains information on over 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems in the United States and Canada: habitat, distribution, taxonomic grouping, etc.
- Noble Foundation Plant Image GalleryCovers more than 600 species of vascular plants. Has a name index and a search engine to locate images.
Reference Souces
The Kew Plant Glossary by Call Number: URI Ref QK9 .B44 2010ISBN: 9781842464229Publication Date: 2010-07-15
Wildflowers of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island in Color by Call Number: URI Ref QK166 W54 2008ISBN: 9780815631859Publication Date: 2008-07-01Flora of the Northeast by
Call Number: URI Ref QK121 .M34 2007ISBN: 9781558495777Publication Date: 2007-02-01A thorough coverage of the vascular plants of New England and nearby counties in New York. Illustrated. Keys to species provided.
Flowering Plant Families of the World by Call Number: URI Ref QK495 A1 F58 2007ISBN: 9781554072064Publication Date: 2007-03-16
Magill's Encyclopedia of Science, Plant Life by Call Number: URI Ref QK7 M34 2003ISBN: 1587650843Publication Date: 2002-11-01Four volume set.
Plant Identification Terminology by Call Number: URI Ref QK9 H37 2001ISBN: 0964022168Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Rhode Island Botanical Survey: Check List of the Native and Naturalized Plants, Shrubs and Trees of Rhode Island By Cities, Towns and Counties by Call Number: URI Ref QK184 .G46 1995Plants listed in systematic order. Scientific name, common name, keyed to Grey’s Botany pages. Location where cited. Three indexes: scientific name, common name, and family.
Created & Revised by
L Kelland 3/02; rev. 6/07; H. Williamson 5/10; rev. Angela Pugliese 7/13