Journal archives for March 2019

March 28, 2019

Resources for IDing in a Bunch of Places

Courtesy of @citizen1 's profile
California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations
BC Wildflowers app (with multiple links to plant photos and identification keys)
E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia
Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, 8 Volumes
Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest, 5 Volumes, 1955-1969
Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Manual, 2nd Ed. 2018
Keys to Identification of Alberta Vascular Plants
BC Flora Checklist: B.C. Conservation Data Centre
Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

And courtesy of @sea-kangaroo 's profile
*General

*United States & Canada

*Caribbean

  • The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/animals-trinidad-tobago
  • Birds of the West Indies (Raffaele, Wiley, Garrido, & Keith)
  • Reef Fish Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas (Humann & DeLoach)
  • Reef Creature Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas (Humann & DeLoach)
  • Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas (Humann & DeLoach)

*Hawai'i specifically

*other tropical Pacific islands (including general area references that cover Hawai'i)

  • Birds & Bats of Palau (Pratt & Etpison)
  • The Birds of Hawai'i and the Tropical Pacific (Pratt, Bruner, & Berrett)
  • Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands (Zug)
  • Reef Fish ID: Tropical Pacific (Humann & DeLoach)
  • Reef Creature ID: Tropical Pacific (Humann & DeLoach)

*Australia

*New Zealand

*Europe

Courtesy of Millie Basden's profile
PLANTS:
http://www.sdplantatlas.org/ (iNat Photo Guide for Plants is under "Misc Info" tab)
http://sdplantatlas.org/pdffiles/SDCoChecklist5ed2014.pdf (Checklist of San Diego Plants)
Checklist of Vascular Plants of Mission Trails Regional Park
https://borregowildflowers.com/index.html (Desert wildflowers)
https://dn.com.au/Dean_Nicolle_galleries.html (Eucalyptae)
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-identify-grasses/8538 (Grasses)
BIRDS:
http://www.sdplantatlas.org/BirdAtlas/BirdPages.aspx
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS:
http://herpatlas.sdnhm.org/
MAMMALS:
San Diego County Mammal Atlas (sold in SDNHM Gift Shop)
MOLLUSKS:
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/50920 (Susan Hewitt's photo guidelines)
INSECTS:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide (Diptera)
https://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/mw_41/mw_41.html (Ambush Bugs)
GALLS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-plants-with-mystery-galls/journal/39523-130-california-galls-listed-by-plant
GENERAL:
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/ (Natural History of Orange County)
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identification-etiquette-on-inaturalist-wiki/1503 (ID Tips)
https://www.sdnhm.org/education/community-science/ (has link to "Quick Guide" pdf)
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identification-quality-on-inaturalist/7507 (ID Quality Study)
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki/63 (Search URLs on iNat)

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