eFloras (Flora of North America, Flora of China)
Primary source
Flora of North America Association; Missouri Botanical Garden and Harvard University Herbaria
The online editions of the major regional floras, written and peer reviewed by taxonomic specialists: Flora of North America north of Mexico and Flora of China, among others. Each treatment gives the accepted name, a botanical description, phenology, habitat, elevation, and distribution.
What you'll find here
Botanical description and identification
Native distribution within the flora area
Habitat, elevation, and flowering time
Taxonomic notes and synonyms
Specific data we draw from it: species descriptions, distribution by state, province, or region, habitat and elevation, phenology.
Good to know
Flora area limits. Each flora covers its own region only: Flora of North America stops at the Mexican border, and Flora of China covers China; do not read a treatment as the plant’s whole world range.
Introduced taxa. Flora of North America treats naturalised introduced species and says so; carry that status with the distribution it gives.
How to cite this source
Cite the taxon treatment page (florataxon.aspx?flora_id=<n>&taxon_id=<n>) and name the flora and volume it belongs to.
License
Flora of North America content © Flora of North America Association; Flora of China content © Missouri Botanical Garden and Harvard University Herbaria. Plotwright paraphrases with attribution and links rather than reproducing text.
Caution
Treatments are botanical, not horticultural: they describe wild plants and give no cultivation or hardiness advice.
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