Raven
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Many of you are likely familiar with the New England Wildflower Society, especially considering the popularity of the spring wildflower thread.
Earlier today I had the privilege of hosting an environmental science workshop presented by Dr. Elizabeth Farnsworth, senior research botanist for the NE Wildflower Society. She co-wrote the Peterson Field Guide to Ferns.
The society received a 2.5 million dollar grant to create a fully comprehensive online plant ID guide for all plant species in New England including aquatic and alpine plants. In essence, it is an online guide for Flora Novae Angliae by Arthur Haines. The result is very impressive and very user friendly.
It's called Go Botany! and it is here:
http://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/
They will be rolling out the full key with all 3500 species in about a month but the simple key is fully functional now.
Request: They are still looking for high quality photographs of wildflowers to use if anyone is interested. There are some fantastic photographers on here, so if you are interested, you can find the contact info on the bottom of the home page at the listed link.
Enjoy - this is really good, and they have simplified some of the botanical language to make it more easily accessed by non-botanists, although it is fully rigorous enough for all.
Earlier today I had the privilege of hosting an environmental science workshop presented by Dr. Elizabeth Farnsworth, senior research botanist for the NE Wildflower Society. She co-wrote the Peterson Field Guide to Ferns.
The society received a 2.5 million dollar grant to create a fully comprehensive online plant ID guide for all plant species in New England including aquatic and alpine plants. In essence, it is an online guide for Flora Novae Angliae by Arthur Haines. The result is very impressive and very user friendly.
It's called Go Botany! and it is here:
http://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/
They will be rolling out the full key with all 3500 species in about a month but the simple key is fully functional now.
Request: They are still looking for high quality photographs of wildflowers to use if anyone is interested. There are some fantastic photographers on here, so if you are interested, you can find the contact info on the bottom of the home page at the listed link.
Enjoy - this is really good, and they have simplified some of the botanical language to make it more easily accessed by non-botanists, although it is fully rigorous enough for all.
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