Online Plant Identification
Do you have a burning desire to know and name plants? This area of our website will put you in touch with on-line sources for plant identification.
Midwestern Wetland Flora
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/
This is an excellent on-line Soil Conservation Service guide with photos and
descriptions of 300 wetland plant species.
Missouri Plants Web site
http://www.missouriplants.com/index.html
This site is a fun, easy-to-use online guide to Missouri's flowering and nonflowering
plants. A simple key and lots of great photos. If you like to garden, click
the "just for fun" Italian flag.
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum website
http://arboretum.unl.edu/greatplants.html
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum website offers resources for gardeners:
horticultural information and links; recommended plants for the Great
Plains region; interactive guide to wildflowers; listing of public gardens;
community landscaping grants and information; how to start an arboretum,
etc.
Prairie Source
http://www.prairiesource.com
An informational web resource for all things regarding priairie, native grasses,
wildflowers and related topics.
Seedling ID Guide for Native Prairie Plants
http://mdc.mo.gov/grownative/plantID/
The site features 40 native prairie plants,a mixture of grasses and wildflowers.
Each of the 40 plants is illustrated with photos of the seed, seedling, juvenile,
distinguishing characteristic, and flowering stage. While designed for use
by Natural Resources Conservation Service and Missouri Department of Conservation
field staff to use with farmers and landowners, the images are equally helpful
to anyone doing prairie conversion or reconstruction, as well as homeowners
planting native grasses and wildflowers.
