This is a photographic "helper"
field guide that contains photos of
about 200 species of woody plants (and some conspicuous non-woody
plants) found in Southern Ontario and the
Northeastern part of the continent. Since there are many
excellent resources that provide detailed descriptions, I opted to
focus mainly of photographs. Each photo contains a link to
the
full-sized image for closeup inspection. This guide is best
used
when a person already has an idea what they might be looking at, or in
conjunction with another field guide where my photos can supplement the
other info. I would also recommend simply browsing through
the
pics when you have time and familiarizing yourself with the appearance
of new species. So far, the species are cataloged
only by
common name, though I plan
to add a "quick find" key to use with outstanding features.
There
are also some species that need to be completed.
This is a work in progress, so please don't hesitate to email me
with any question, comments, or errors in the content!
The alphabetic list is online
now.
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Additional resources for identification
Here is a shortlist of some other online field guides for
identification. Most of these are designed specifically for
summer, but do contain some all-season info. And, of course,
they
are great for summer!
Tree
Identification Guide
(contains a species list and outstanding feature search function)
What Tree
Is It?
(an interactive key for narrowing down options)
Trees
and Shrubs of Ontario
(mainly written descriptions or summer characteristics)
Dendrology
at Virginia Tech
(species list, several different methods of sorting
including those that grow in Ontario)
Ohio
Trees Index
(nice-looking page with common trees, info and some pics)
Winter Buds
(good resource containing pictures of twigs and buds for many species)
Ontario
Trees and Shrubs
(lots of all-season pics and descriptions)
Flora of
Southern Ontario
(each species contains links to images and info on other sites;
also included ferns, fungi, etc)
Upper
Peninsula Tree ID Key
(keys for winter and summer identification, as well as glossary, etc.)
Twig
Key
(winter twig ID key; no visual helpers and not the easiest to use)
Woods Barns and More
(tips on tree - and wood - identification as well as links to other resources)
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