Plants

Websites

• UBC E-flora - Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

• USDA Plants Database
  

• USDA Fire Effects Information System

• Invasive Species Council of BC

• Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest

 

Media

• Interviews with Plants (Julia Alards-Tomalin/ Alex Tait and others)  

• Julia Alards-Tomalin (plant videos)

Open Resource Books and Field Guides

• Douglas, G.W. et al: Illustrated Flora of British Columbia (Vol 1-8) - all volumes can be downloaded here as PDF 

 

• Julia Alards-Tomalin/ Alex Tait: Buds, Branches, Bark. A Guide to winter ID in the Pacific Northwest (PDF) 

• Tree Book. Learning to Recognize the Trees of British Columbia (PDF) 

 

• Wetland Plants of British Columbia (Open Source Field Guide)

• William J. Codi and Al.: Ferns and Fern Allies of Canada

• James Ginns: Polypores of British Columbia  

 

• Invasive Species Council: Field guide to noxious weeds and other selected invasive Plants of British Columbia (PDF)
  

• E.A. Allen et al.: Common Tree Diseases in British Columbia (PDF)
  

• BC Government: Field Guide to Forest Damage in BC (PDF) 

 

Field Guides

• Dr. Jim Pojar/ Andy McKinnon (2016): Plants of Coastal British Columbia: Including Washington, Oregon and Alaska
  

•  Dr. Jim Pojar/ Andy McKinnon (2016): Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska
  

•  Roberta Parish/ Ray Coupe/ Dennis Lloyd: Plants of Inland Northwest and Southern Interior British Columbia

•  Andy McKinnon/ Linda Kershaw/ John Arnason (2016): Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada

• J. Duane Sept: Trees of the Northwest: Alaska, Western Canada & the Northwestern United States

•  C.P. Lyons/ Bill Merilees: Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in Washington and British Columbia

• John Laird Farrar: Trees in Canada

• Julia Alards-Tomalin/ Alex Tait: Buds, Branches, Bark. A Guide to winter ID in the Pacific Northwest

 

Apps

PlantNet

• Identifies plants accurately based on photos.
• Provides a percentage accuracy for the ID.

• Needs cell connection for ID
• Free

iPhone Photo ID

• fairly accurate ID tool for plants, animals, bugs, etc.

• Only available on Apple products.
  
• Relies on photos for identification.

• Free (Only available on Apple Products)
• needs cell connection for ID
  

• Link to how to use it

Seek by INaturalist

• fairly accurate ID tool for plants, animals, bugs etc.
• ID based on picture taken with phone 

• free 
• needs cell connection for ID