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Plant Identification - Online Resources [1]

Trees and Shrubs

Cornell University woody plants database

http://woodyplants.cals.cornell.edu/home [2]

Oregon State University woody plants identification system

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/plant_ident/ [3]

North Carolina State University plant identification online resources: trees

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/trees/ [4]

North Carolina State University plant identification online resources: shrubs

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/shrubs/ [5]

Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wildflower Society), Go Botany

https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/simple/woody-plants/ [6]

The Noble Foundation plant image gallery

https://nobleapps.noble.org/plantimagegallery/woodies.aspx [7]

Perennials and Annuals

UMass Extension garden plant identification

http://extension.umass.edu/plant-identification/ [8]

Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wildflower Society), Go Botany

https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/simple/non-monocots/ [9]

North Carolina State University plant identification online resources: perennials

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/perennials/ [10]

North Carolina State University plant identification online resources: annuals

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/annuals/ [11]

The Noble Foundation plant image gallery

https://nobleapps.noble.org/plantimagegallery/forbs.aspx [12]

Grasses

North Carolina State University plant identification online resources: ornamental grass

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/ornamental-grass/ [13]

Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wildflower Society), Go Botany

https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/simple/graminoids/ [14]

The Noble foundation plant image gallery

https://nobleapps.noble.org/plantimagegallery/grasses.aspx [15]

Weeds

UMass Extension weed herbarium

http://extension.umass.edu/landscape/weed-herbarium [16]

New Jersey weed gallery

https://njaes.rutgers.edu/weeds/ [17]

Penn State University Center for Turf Science plant identification

http://plantscience.psu.edu/research/centers/turf/extension/plant-id [18]

Virginia Tech weed identification guide

http://oak.ppws.vt.edu/~flessner/weedguide/genusindex.htm [19]

Weed Society of America weed identification

http://wssa.net/wssa/weed/weed-identification/ [20]

Common weeds of North Central States

http://fieldcrop.msu.edu/uploads/documents/Ncr607.pdf [21]

All types

University of Connecticut plant database

http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/search.php [22]

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service plants database

http://plants.usda.gov/java/ [23]

North Carolina State University plant identification online resources

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/ [24]

Longwood Gardens plant finder

https://plantexplorer.longwoodgardens.org/ecmweb/FindPlant.html [25]

Chicago Botanical Garden plant finder

https://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantcollections#plantfinder [26]

National Gardening Association plant finder

https://garden.org/plants/ [27]

Missouri Botanical Garden plant finder

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx [28]

Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wildflower Society), Go Botany

https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/full/ [29]

The Noble foundation plant image gallery

https://nobleapps.noble.org/plantimagegallery/woodies.aspx [7]

HGTV gardens plant finder

Plant finder link [30]

Author: 
Geoffrey Njue
Last Updated: 
Apr 28, 2020
Topics: 
Commercial Horticulture
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Links
[1] https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/plant-identification-online-resources
[2] http://woodyplants.cals.cornell.edu/home
[3] http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/plant_ident/
[4] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/trees/
[5] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/shrubs/
[6] https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/simple/woody-plants/
[7] https://nobleapps.noble.org/plantimagegallery/woodies.aspx
[8] http://extension.umass.edu/plant-identification/
[9] https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/simple/non-monocots/
[10] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/perennials/
[11] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/annuals/
[12] https://nobleapps.noble.org/plantimagegallery/forbs.aspx
[13] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/ornamental-grass/
[14] https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/simple/graminoids/
[15] https://nobleapps.noble.org/plantimagegallery/grasses.aspx
[16] http://extension.umass.edu/landscape/weed-herbarium
[17] https://njaes.rutgers.edu/weeds/
[18] http://plantscience.psu.edu/research/centers/turf/extension/plant-id
[19] http://oak.ppws.vt.edu/~flessner/weedguide/genusindex.htm
[20] http://wssa.net/wssa/weed/weed-identification/
[21] http://fieldcrop.msu.edu/uploads/documents/Ncr607.pdf
[22] http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/search.php
[23] http://plants.usda.gov/java/
[24] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/
[25] https://plantexplorer.longwoodgardens.org/ecmweb/FindPlant.html
[26] https://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantcollections#plantfinder
[27] https://garden.org/plants/
[28] http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx
[29] https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/full/
[30] http://www.hgtv.com/search/plant-finder-