[NHCOLL-L:5313] A new on-line resource for the Flora of Michigan

[Rabeler, Richard]

Colleagues:

I am posting this on behalf of a colleague here at the University of Michigan Herbarium:

Rich Rabeler, MICH

Michigan Flora Online (http://michiganflora.net/): A new resource for Michigan and Great Lakes Botanists
In time for the next field season, the new Michigan Flora Online website is available for all vascular plants. The site includes keys to families, genera and species, plus maps and discussion as in the three volume Michigan Flora, but has in addition color photos of many species (and we are interested in adding to our photos coverage).
Names (including family assignments) are updated from Michigan Flora to take into account recent research in plant systematics, and the maps are also updated to reflect numerous new collections from Michigan. Another addition to the published Michigan Flora is that this site includes treatments for all the ferns. Lists of all the changes in family assignments and now names and species are provided as separate documents. The site also includes searching capabilities that allow generation of lists of all species documented from any county or set of counties, and the ability to download these lists into a spreadsheet.  These lists can also be modified by selecting specific families or genera, life form (Physiognomy - trees, shrubs, forbs, grasses, sedges, ferns, etc.), wetness index, state status, native versus adventive, and coefficient of conservatism. This allows generation of customized lists for various purposes, for example, all native woody plants, all wetland grasses, etc. for any county or for the entire state.
We invite all botanists not only to use the website, but contribute to it in the form of new records (documented by specimens) and photos.
Tony Reznicek

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