Recommended Plant Image Websites.


WebsiteDescription
Bioimages
Vanderbilt University
Primary focus is on images of plants of eastern North America
Forestry Images "Intended to provide an accessible and easily used archive of high quality images related to forest health and silviculture..."
Hort Net:
Gallery of Plants
Designed, hosted, & managed by Horticultural Software Solutions"
Illinois Plants
Illinois Natural History Survey
Photographs of approximately 600 native and escaped exotic vascular plant species found in Illinois."
Iowa Natural Areas Inventory A database about the status and distribution of threatened and endangered species of plants and animals, and natural communities, in Iowa."
Iowa Plants This website presents "a growing collection of photos and information about some of the plants that you might find in the woods, prairies, parks, and roadsides around Iowa City".
Iowa State University Campus
Trees & Shrubs
Presents photographs and a brief discussion of the natural history of selected trees and shrubs.
Missouri Flora "Photographs and descriptions of the flowering and non-flowering plants of Missouri, USA"
Morphbank: Biological Imaging "Morphbank is a continuously growing database of images that scientists use for international collaboration, research and education. Images deposited in Morphbank document a wide variety of research including: specimen-based research in comparative anatomy, morphological phylogenetics, taxonomy and related fields focused on increasing our knowledge about biodiversity. "
Oklahoma, Plants of
Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
"The Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery is designed to assist botanists, ecologists, natural resource managers, educators and hobbyist with the identification of plants commonly found in the southern Great Plains."
Plant Systematics High quality images of a wide variety of vascular plants and bryophytes are presented.
Plant Systatics is a branch of the DiversityofLife.org site, which provides an environment for the publication of biodiversity information.
Scott's Botanical Links
University of Oklahoma
This site is Prof. Scott Russell's "effort to compile useful botany education resources for advanced high school (AP-biology) through collegiate and even research levels."
Smithsonian Institution
Dept. of Botany
"This library of over 31,000 photographic images of plant species and plant habitats is intended for public as well as professional use. "
Wisconsin, Plants of
Freckmann Herbarium
Univ. of Wisconsin [Stevens Point]
"This website attempts to present information to the botanists and general public about the plants growing in Wisconsin. The site is divided into several areas. Natural Communities, Ethnobotany, Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens."
Wisconsin, Plants of
Herbarium
Cofrin Center for Biodiversity
Univ. of Wisconsin [Green Bay]
Plant Lists and Keys to Trees, Shrubs, Ferns, Invasive Plants, & various herbaceous plants in Wisconsin.
Vascular Plant Image Library
Texas A& M University
Part of the work done by the Bioinformatics Working Group that emphasizes the "application of research collection specimen data, nomenclatural expression/alignments, and mapped visualization."
vPlants
A Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region
Provides "specimen data and images, species descriptions, distribution by county, and photo galleries" for plants of the Chicago region.
Wikimedia Commons "...a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone..."

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