Good Flora & Fauna Links
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OOPS!!!!Moonraker said:
Believe it or not, I did look first...
Must have been blinded by the volva headlights
Anyway, it's a good site, and worth posting twice
This is a big archive of medicinal plants with images drawings and illustrations.
swsbm.com/homepage/ (Admin Note...This site seems to be down, we can restore the link if it comes back online)
Also a lot of herb manuals and books.
swsbm.com/homepage/ (Admin Note...This site seems to be down, we can restore the link if it comes back online)
Also a lot of herb manuals and books.
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http://plantaardigheden.nl/plant/beschr/default.htm
Good site for dutchies, interested in plants.
It's possible to do a search / click a plant and see it's description, uses, folklore, habitat, etc.
It even has a section with an old scanned herb book (1554)!!
And a Wiki:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiosperm_Phylogeny_Group
Not very much info, but it contains pictures - and can even be viewed if you don't understand dutch (it's mostly latin on the first page, which I don't understand - but can manage by clicking away)
If you alter the "nl" part in the URL for "en" you'll find the english version of the page ... containing even less info
EDIT:
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group website:
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/welcome.html
a wee bit scientific, but good info on classification etc.
Contains maps with spreading details in the world.
Tree identification:
http://www.bomengids.nl/hoofdsleutel.html (in dutch)
http://www.bomengids.nl/uk/hoofdsleutel.html (in english)
EDIT 2 (20 Feb.):
http://www.reticule.co.uk/flora/
Possibility to ID a plant, also have a look in the link section en recommended booksection (links to Amazon, regarding good plant books - including 2 Flora's of the British Isles).
Good site for dutchies, interested in plants.
It's possible to do a search / click a plant and see it's description, uses, folklore, habitat, etc.
It even has a section with an old scanned herb book (1554)!!
And a Wiki:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiosperm_Phylogeny_Group
Not very much info, but it contains pictures - and can even be viewed if you don't understand dutch (it's mostly latin on the first page, which I don't understand - but can manage by clicking away
)If you alter the "nl" part in the URL for "en" you'll find the english version of the page ... containing even less info
EDIT:
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group website:
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/welcome.html
a wee bit scientific, but good info on classification etc.
Contains maps with spreading details in the world.
Tree identification:
http://www.bomengids.nl/hoofdsleutel.html (in dutch)
http://www.bomengids.nl/uk/hoofdsleutel.html (in english)
EDIT 2 (20 Feb.):
http://www.reticule.co.uk/flora/
Possibility to ID a plant, also have a look in the link section en recommended booksection (links to Amazon, regarding good plant books - including 2 Flora's of the British Isles).
Good resource for wild flowers in NW Europe, with colour photos and good botanical descriptions in an online database (English);
Interactive Flora of NW Europe
Interactive Flora of NW Europe
Enjoy
woodwalker
Need to contact Admin...
A plethora of tree knowledge, not just on I.D but lots of other of interesting stuff.
royal forestry society
woodwalker
royal forestry society
woodwalker
Hello there,
I just thought I would let you know about this website I found, It is a tree search database which enables people to identify a tree by its common name / scientific name, its fruit type or by its leaf type.
For beginners like me with virtually no experience to fall back on I think this could be a handy site.
I hope you find it useful.
www.oplin.org
>link "What tree is it?"
I just thought I would let you know about this website I found, It is a tree search database which enables people to identify a tree by its common name / scientific name, its fruit type or by its leaf type.
For beginners like me with virtually no experience to fall back on I think this could be a handy site.
I hope you find it useful.
www.oplin.org
>link "What tree is it?"
Try www.birdforum.net.
This site will give good pics', good i.d advice and all you need to know about most makes and models of binoculars and scopes.
Tom.
This site will give good pics', good i.d advice and all you need to know about most makes and models of binoculars and scopes.
Tom.
I would have this would have been useful across the British Isles and it looks pretty good
http://www.woodlandplantkey.com/
accessed 15/06/08
Graham
http://www.woodlandplantkey.com/
accessed 15/06/08
Graham
well I did a search and noone has picked up on this, its a strange site in the sense of you register and they eamil you the link for a bunch of pdf downloads. seems kosher though.
www.eatweeds.co.uk
www.eatweeds.co.uk
Thomas J. Elpel's website (known of the book "Botany in a day"):
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/
Main website:
http://www.hollowtop.com/
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/
Main website:
http://www.hollowtop.com/
Just in case anyone, like me a short while ago, didn't realise it existed: A Google directory specifically for Flora and Fauna.
www.bugguide.net
its a US site, but they may have other stuff on there too. A great place to work backwards to ID species.
its a US site, but they may have other stuff on there too. A great place to work backwards to ID species.
Günther website has lots of great pictures of plants, very useful for plants recognition.
Cheers,
Paolo
Cheers,
Paolo
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/.../identify-trees/tree-key/index.html#tree-s1-2
Natural History museums identification guide to over 80 UK trees
Natural History museums identification guide to over 80 UK trees
Can anyone suggest a pocket size book on trees, identifying them and best types to use for carving.
Also is there any pocket size books on using natural remidies for fak/medical. Like plants/bark/weeds and other flora and fauna?
Thankyou
Also is there any pocket size books on using natural remidies for fak/medical. Like plants/bark/weeds and other flora and fauna?
Thankyou
I came across this excellent site for those interested in getting to know what plants can be eaten and what can be used as medicine
http://www.pfaf.org/user/default.aspx
http://www.pfaf.org/user/default.aspx
Wonderful online ID site for UK Hemiptera:
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/index.html
"True bugs (Hemiptera) are one of the major groups of insects found in the UK, comprising nearly 2000 species.
The purpose of this website is to illustrate as many of these as possible, since they are poorly covered by popular field guides. The availability of digital cameras has now made recording images of insects easier than ever before - come and discover the world of bugs and be hooked!"
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/index.html
"True bugs (Hemiptera) are one of the major groups of insects found in the UK, comprising nearly 2000 species.
The purpose of this website is to illustrate as many of these as possible, since they are poorly covered by popular field guides. The availability of digital cameras has now made recording images of insects easier than ever before - come and discover the world of bugs and be hooked!"
