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Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Common Name List
"Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants is a multi-disciplinary research, teaching and extension unit devoted to the study and management of freshwater aquatic plants and invasive plants, aquatic and terrestrial. Personnel from about a dozen university departments contribute to its programs and projects."

Bioimages
A large collection of plant images, mostly woody trees and shrubs, with various browsing methods to find the images. The most useful method is a map of North America divided into bioregions. Each bioregion has an associated list of dominant plants. Created by Steve Baskauf of Vanderbilt University.

Biomes and Biogeographical Realms from the Worl Wildlife Fund
A collection of biodiversity data from the world's bioregions browsable through a map of the globe.

Center for Plant Conservation
The mission of the Center for Plant Conservation is to "conserve and restore the rare native plants of the United States". This site describes the center's programs and publications, but the heart is the National Collection of Endangered Plants database which list descriptions, distributions, habitat and extensive bibliographies on 580 rare North American plants and the member institutions where they are grown.

Center for Invasive Plant Management
"The Center for Invasive Plant Management (CIPM) has developed an online Restoration Resource Database to allow land managers to search for literature, books, handbooks, and web sites on restoration, particularly related to invasive species.
References from federal and state agencies, journals, conservation organizations, and others have been consolidated into one easy-to-access online database. A search provides users with a citation, a short description of the resource, and contact information and/or web links for obtaining the resource."

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Cloud Forests, Conserving Our Botanical Treasures
This site is hosted by the Strybing Arboretum Society whose goal it is that visitors learn about biodiversity conservation, tropical cloud forests, and Strybing's expeditions to SE Asia, including photographic records of several expeditions. A long list of related web resources is provided, as well as a select bibliography.

Critical Areas, Stormwater, and Clearing and Grading Ordinances
King County's Department of Development and Environmental Services site with links to the legal code and documents to help land owners comply with the law.

ECOTOX Database System
The ECOTOXicology database is a source for locating single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife. ECOTOX integrates three toxicology effects databases: AQIURE (aquatic life), PHYTOTOX (terrestrial plants), and TERRETOX (terrestrial wildlife). These databases were created by the U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, and the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory.

Invasive and Exotic Species of North America - Images
A photo database of invasive plants, plant diseases and harmful insects, plus biological control agents providing "an accessible and easily used archive of high quality images...with an emphasis on educational applications." Images are available to download for non-profit and educational purposes.

Invasives on the Web
A database of The Nature Conservatory's reference material on invasive plant species, with an emphasis on the ecology and control. Select from the listings by latin or common name, then select HTML, Adobe Acrobat or MS Word format.

Invasive Plant Conference 2006 proceedings: Meeting the Challenge: Invasive Plants in PNW Ecosystems
The mission of the conference was to create strategies and partnerships to understand and manage invasions of non-native plants in the Pacific Northwest. The audience included over 180 professionals, students, and citizens from public and private organizations responsible for monitoring, studying, or managing non-native invasive plants. This proceedings includes twenty-seven papers based on oral presentations at the conference plus a synthesis paper that summarizes workshop themes, discussions, and related information. Topics include early detection and rapid response; control techniques, biology, and impacts; management approaches; distribution and mapping of invasive plants; and partnerships, education, and outreach.

Invasives - United States National Arboretum
The U.S. National Arboretum's web pages on invasive plants offer, by state, resources for identification of noxious weeds, the laws and procedures pertaining to a plant's becoming listed and many other web resources related to education about invasive plants.

Invasive and Exotic Species of North America - Images
A photo database of invasive plants, plant diseases and harmful insects, and some of their biological control agents.

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
A United Nation initiated effort that "assessed the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being."

National Invasives Species Information Center
"Gateway to invasive species information; covering Federal, State, local, and international sources."

National Science Digital Library's Scout Report on Restoration Ecology
Links to several website resources describing restoration ecology projects and organizations, including one in the UK. Sample restoration sites include coastal and estuarine areas, prairies, river and wetlands, national forest areas of northeastern US and Scottish woodlands.

National Wetlands Research Center: Library Digital Collection
The National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) "is a source and clearinghouse of science information about wetlands in the United States and the world for fellow agencies, private entities, academia, and the public at large." The site contains technical reports and species profiles, as well as: a Habitat Suitability Index Models Series and a
Waterfowl Management Handbook produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

NativePlants Network
This site from the University of Idaho includes the full text of the research Journal NativePlants and a Propagation Protocol database.

Native Plants Information Network
This site offers information on native plants and related organizations searchable by region, state or city. Included are native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agenices, botanic gardens and arboreta. Sources for nurseries and seed suppliers are searchable by an alphabetical list, or by state, city, or zip. The "Mr. Smarty Plants" database has questions answered by staff members of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

NatureServe Explorer
An impressive database of information for over 65,000 species of plants and animals and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization that provides the scientific information and tools needed to help guide effective conservation action. Data includes conservation status, distribution and economic attributes.

Plant Conservation Alliance
PCA Members and Cooperators work collectively to solve the problems of native plant extinction and native habitat restoration, ensuring the preservation of our ecosystem.

The Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group
"Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas is a web-based project of the Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group, that provides information for the general public, land managers, researchers, and others on the serious threat and impacts of invasive alien (exotic, non-native) plants to the native flora, fauna, and natural ecosystems of the United States."

PlantNative.com
Oregon and Washington sources are listed for suppliers of native plants and seeds, municipal, academic or non-profit resource contacts, and landscape architects, designers and contractors who work with native plantings. Native plant profiles and images are given for western Oregon and western Washington.

Plant Talk - Plant Conservation Worldwide
With an international scope, Plant Talk provides "information, encouragement and advice on plant conservation." Plant Talk, the journal, is published quarterly by the National Tropical Botanical Garden

Rare Plant Care and Conservation
Rare Care Plant Conservation Program is dedicated to conserving Washington's native rare plants through methods including ex situ conservation, rare plant monitoring, reintroduction, and education.

Restoration Ecology: Selected Bibliography
Compiled by University of Washington faculty members Carol Green, the Forest Resources Librarian, and Louise Richards, the Head Librarian at the Fisheries-Oceanography Libraries, this current and select bibliography contains regularly-cited information sources related to restoration ecology, including pertinent journals and articles, books and other monographs, and reports.

Seattle Public Utility's Thornton Creek Watershed Characterization Report
This Thornton Creek Watershed Characterization Report presents background information about the Thornton Creek watershed. It is the first step in developing a Watershed Action Plan that will guide actions by government agencies, citizens and businesses to: reduce non-point source pollution; protect biological resources; preserve, enhance and restore fish and wildlife habitat.

Society for Ecological Restoration - Northwest
The Society of Ecological Restoration - Northwest Chapter (SER-NW), a private non-profit organization, is a dynamic interactive professional society dedicated to the art and science of restoration. Members of SER-NW are actively protectingand restoring ecosystems throughout the Cascadia bioregion which includes Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska and Northern California.

Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series
Information on design, plant selection, implementation, and maintenance for a sustainable landscape.

University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network
"The UW-RN serves as a regional center to integrate student, faculty and community interests in ecological restoration and conservation. The core of the UW-REN mission is to advance higher education in restoration while helping the Pacific Northwest region meet the growing needs and challenges of ecological restoration."

Urban Habitats
"Urban Habitats is an electronic journal that focuses on current research on the biology of urban areas."

The Virtual Library's Ecology and Biodiversity Division
"The Virtual Library Project specializes in reviewing internet information sources pertaining to ecology and biodiversity based on their educational value."

Wetlands Resource Guide: Policy, Regulation and Economics
A partially annotated guide to resources for wetlands policy; local, state and federal regulations; economics; history and social implications. All resources are available from the University of Washington Library system, or online. Produced by the Miller Library, at the Center for Urban Horticulture. (2 page PDF file)

More web site lists:

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