Botanical Links
Active Research Herbaria:
- Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University (BH)
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BKL)
- Clinton Herbarium at the Buffalo Museum of Science (BUF)
- New York Botanical Garden (NY)
- New York State Museum (NYS)
- See Index Herbariorum for complete list of New York Herbaria
Garden Clubs:
- Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc.
- Habitat Gardening in Central New York (HGCNY)
- The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College
- Oneonta Garden Club
- Gardening Databases
Recent Studies of the New York Flora:
- Native Orchids of New York State
- Adirondack Orchid Survey
- New York Metropolitan Flora Project (NYMF)
- Tompkins County Flora Project
- The Schenectady County Flora Project
Preserves and Other Places to Visit
- Adirondack Land Trust
- Baltimore Woods Nature Center (Syracuse Area)
- Bergen Swamp Preservation Society
- Central New York (CNY) Land Trust
- Columbia County Land Conservancy
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
- Genesee Land Trust
- Hawthorne Valley Farm Website (Columbia County)
- Friends of Hempstead Plains Website
- Lake George Land Conservancy
- Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy
- Mohonk Preserve
- NYC Wildflower Week
- The Nature Conservency (TNC) New York
- Protectors of Pine Oak Woods (Staten Island)
- Rennselaer Plateau Alliance
- Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College
- Western New York Land Conservancy
- Wikipedia List of Botanical Gardens in New York State
- Wikipedia List of Nature Centers in New York State
Online Random Access Keys useful to New York botanists:
- Brassicaceae of the World
- Grasses of New York (SLIKS)
- Legumes of New York (SLIKS)
- Gymnosperms of the US (SLIKS)
- Monocot wetland plants of the US (SLIKS)
- Ericaceae of the US (SLIKS)
Blogs:
- New York Flora Association Blog
- Bob Klips Botany Website
- Central NY Botany Blog
- Cornell Mushroom Blog
- Curious By Nature
- Invasive Species of Eastern USA Blog
- FROGS – Friends of the Great Swamp
- Google Images
- Moss Notes
- Moss Plants and More
- Plant Talk Blog from NYBG
- Salicicola – Eastern Mass. Plants
- Saratoga Woods and Waterways Blog
- The Vasculum Blog
Regional Botanical Groups:
- Adirondack Botanical Society (ABS)
- Capital Region Native Plant Society
- Canandaigua Botanical Society
- Catskill Native Plant Society (CNPS)
- Central New York Mycological Society (CNYMS)
- Finger Lakes Native Plant Society (FLNPS)
- Leatherstocking Botanical Society
- Long Island Botanical Society (LIBS)
- New York Capital District Friday Field Group
- Niagara Frontier Botanical Society (NFBS)
- Torrey Botanical Society (NYC Area)
Field Stations:
- Bard College Field Station
- Rice Creek Field Station (SUNY-Oswego)
- Roosevelt Wild Life Station (SUNY ESF)
- Brauer Field Station (SUNY Cortland)
- Biological Field Station of SUNY Oneonta
Natural History Museums:
- American Museum of Natural History
- Buffalo Museum of Science
- Museum of the Earth
- New York State Museum
- Pember Museum (Grenville)
- Rochester Museum and Science Center
- Science Museum of Long Island
- South Fork Natural History Museum
- Staten Island Museum
- The Wild Center (Tupper Lake)
Information Resources
- Annotated List of Plant Guides for New York
- Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
- Botany Games and Resources for Kids
- Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN)
- Go Botany (Native Plant Trust)
- GoBotany Simple Plant Key
- New York Wildflower Monitoring Project (on iNaturalist)
- Flora of New York – Flora noveboracensis (on WikiBooks)
- Flora of North America
- Hudsonia – a non-profit environmental research institute
- Internet Directory for Botany
- Nature Serve Explorer
- New York Flora Atlas
- New York Invasive Species Council
- New York Metropolitan Flora Project (NYMF)
- New York Natural Heritage Program
- New York Natural Heritage Program Rare Plants
- New York Natural Heritage Program Rare Plant Guides
- New York State Museum Publications
- NYFA’s You Tube Identification Videos
- Plants of the Northeastern United States
- USDA Plants Database
- An update of the scientific names in Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide (PDF)
- The Life Cycle of Plants
- Infraspecific Taxa of New York State
New York State Invasive Species Information and PRISM websites:
- NY Invasive Species Information
- New York iMapInvasives
- New York State Prohibited and Regulated Invasive Plants (PDF)
- Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP)
- Capital Mohawk PRISM
- Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP)
- Finger Lakes PRISM
- Long Island Invasive Species Management Area (LIISMA)
- Lower Hudson PRISM
- St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario PRISM (SLELO)
- Western NY PRISM