Tree Identification Guides on the Internet

The question has been asked in several different threads where are the tree identification guides.

Here are a couple that I occasionally use, feel free to comment on them and post your own preferred guide links.

The USDA Plants Database, in the menus there are guides, image galleries, and identification keys. There are many resources here;
http://plants.usda.gov/java/

Virginia Tech - VT Tree ID
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/factsheets.cfm

for Midwest USA the UW - Wisflora is more a check list and image link than a identification key.
http://www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/

Tree Image collection at Univ. of Wisconsin
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/

Herbarium University of Wisconsin - http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/WisPlants.html

Thanks. Now let us see URLs from Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and OZ. Make this a VERY useful thread.

Tree ID key for the UK
Pictorial Tree ID guide for UK
Roger Phillips excellent pictorial key for trees and shrubs worldwide

Here are some of the international and generalized sites that I've used.  I've got more but they are more technical/taxonomic in nature.

AUSTRALIA
Australian National Botanic Gardens Research center
http://www.anbg.gov.au/index.html

Flora of New South Wales
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm

AFRICA
South African National Biodiversity Institute
http://www.sanbi.org/
http://www.plantzafrica.com/

General databases
Ficus species
http://www.figweb.org/Figs_and_fig_wasps/index.htm
Junipers of the world
http://www.juniperus.org/species1.html

Flowersofindia.net
Site mainly deals with flowers with shrubs and trees in south east asia
Regards
aman

I'll start with a University of Florida paper on "How to Identify A Tree."  Follow these instructions and you don't need us.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr296

Tree ID material:

Florida Forest Service - Trees of Florida (also available as a booklet for Fla. residents).
http://flame.fl-dof.com/apps/trees.php

University of Florida - Trees of Florida:

http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/florida_forestry_information/forest_resources/trees_of_florida_common_name.html


This one appears to be someone's labor of love.
http://www.floridasnature.com/florida%20trees1.htm

North Carolina Trees:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pic/nctrees.htm

Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina

http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/

Common Forest Trees of NC  (PDF doc.)

http://ncforestservice.gov/publications/IE0112.pdf

The Southeast USA

Some southeastern U.S. trees and woody plants by Scientific Name

http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/index/se-tree-sci-frame.htm

Trees of Alabama and the Southeast

http://www.auburn.edu/academic/forestry_wildlife/dendrology/dendrology/



General Reference:

North American Native Trees A to Z, by Common Name

http://www.treesforme.com/a-z_common_name.html

How to ID 50 American trees tree from a leaf:

http://forestry.about.com/od/treeidentification/tp/tree_key_id_start.htm

Addendum: Note that, except for tropical trees found only below Tampa, 90% of Florida's trees can be found up and down the eastern USA.

great references guys and gals - I've still got half a dozen trees in my small collection that are unidentified

Hello Kirk! If you would like any assistance toward identifying those half dozen trees we are here to help as we can. A clear photo of the foliage and flowers together which information about the location or venue (i.e. nursery, etc.) from whence the tree came to you will all help greatly.

Yours,
David B.