Plants, Herbs, Vines, Trees & Shrubs Identification Resources [Websites]

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Plants, Herbs, Vines, Trees & Shrubs Identification Resources [Websites]
« on: July 15, 2008, 11:05:55 PM » by Kitty

Here are some sites I use:

Poisonous Plant ID:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/poison.html
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Apiaceae.htm

Trees, Vines, Wildflowers:
http://forestry.about.com/library/treekey/bltree_key_id_start.htm
http://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Trees
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?act=x_list_guides&guide=Vines
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Wildflowers
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantinfo.shtml
http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/frame.htm
http://plants.usda.gov/
http://2bnthewild.com/start.shtml
http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/forsite/Idtree.htm
http://www.birdmom.net/wildflowerspurple.html
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html

And the book I use is Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Lawrence Newcomb). It uses a numerical key system, based on leaves/flowers. Works well (for Northeastern/North-central North America). Grin

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Re: Plants, Herbs, Vines, Trees & Shrubs Identification Resources [Websites]
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2008, 01:23:21 PM » by healthybratt

Add all of your ID sites here. I made the topic sticky, to make them easy to find.

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Re: Plants, Herbs, Vines, Trees & Shrubs Identification Resources [Websites]
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2009, 06:50:19 AM » by Kitty

I really like this site:

http://www.all-creatures.org/picb/wfshl-photo.html

Has a lot of pix of plants we've been discussing lately. Esp. the purple one people are trying to ID. Wink

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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2009, 07:21:41 PM » by Kitty

Pictures of leaves of common "weeds". Grin

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedlf.htm

and their flowers:
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedflower.htm

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Re: Plants, Herbs, Vines, Trees & Shrubs Identification Resources [Websites]
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2009, 09:02:15 AM » by Kitty

http://www.alabamaplants.com/

VERY nice--go by flower color, leaves, etc.

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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2009, 08:31:46 PM » by Kitty

http://www.youtube.com/user/EatTheWeeds

Videos on using plants...

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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2009, 08:51:42 PM » by Kitty

Some tips and an intro to foraging:

http://www.eattheweeds.com/www.EatTheWeeds.Com/EatTheWeeds.com/Entries/1969/12/19_YOU_CAN_LEARN_TO_FORAGE_FOR_WILD_EDIBLES.html

...The first one is if it looks like a mint and smells like a mint it is a mint and is edible. But, it must do both. If it looks like a mint but does not smell like a mint, don't eat it. If it smells like a mint but does not look like one, don't eat it. What does a mint look like? You’ll learn that later.

This same rule applies to garlic and onions. If it looks like a garlic and smells like a garlic it is a garlic. If it looks like and onion and smells like an onion it is an onion. But both elements must be present. Here in Florida we have a plant which before blossoming looks just like a garlic, even has a bulb, but NO garlic odor. It can make you very sick if not kill you.

The fourth guideline you'll learn in this blog is that almost all plants with white sap are NOT edible. There are some exceptions and you will learn those along the way. White sap is a huge warning sign a plant is not edible. As for white berries, 99.9999 percent of those are indeed toxic. Don't eat them. I know of one exception and it is geographically very isolated.

The fifth rule is real short: All mustards are edible. Some taste better than others, or are more digestible than others, but all mustards are edible.

The sixth one is that all mallows are edible in some way except cotton (excluding refined cottonseed oil.) It will vary which part of the mallow is edible, but other than cotton, mallows are edible in some way...

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Re: Plants, Herbs, Vines, Trees & Shrubs Identification Resources [Websites]
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2009, 09:23:44 PM » by Kitty

http://www.mlra.org/wildflowers/latespring.htm lets you search not just by color, but by bloom time.

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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2009, 06:45:35 AM » by Kitty

Haven't explored this site much, but think it'll be useful:

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PAOB6

(Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, TX)

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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2009, 05:55:58 PM » by Whiterock