What's Working for Conservation
Plant Identification
The Blue Thumb Plant Finder has been updated through a collaborative effort. A webinar presented by John Bly and Dan Shaw provides an overview of the tool and green infrastructure topics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYhH14tlaO0
Plant ID Websites: There are a number of websites that are helpful for plant identification efforts including:
- Wisflora: Wisconsin vascular plant families www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/
- Robert Freckman Herbarium - UWSP http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/search.html
- USDA Plants Database http://plants.usda.gov/
- Bell Museum Herbarium http://www.bellmuseum.org/plants/general_informatioln.htm
- The Minnesota Wildflowers website http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/
BWSR Wetland Restoration Plant ID Guide: A plant ID guide developed through a BWSR/NRCS partnership is a useful resource for species common in wetland restoration projects. The guide can be found at: www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/plantid/about.html
Lakehshore Weeds Guide: To help foster more independent maintenance of shoreland plantings and raingardens we developed the "Common Lakeshore Weeds – A Guide for Identification and Control in Shoreland Buffers, Wetlands, and Raingardens." It is a concise, simple, user-friendly resource for landowners to use (Gina Hugo, Sherburne SWCD).