REFERENCE LIBRARY

The Reference Library of Everglades Ark is an information resource indexed to the material used in the publication of our posts. It is organized by topics. One reference may have links from multiple topics. Links are accompanied by short descriptions of the contents. The resources may not always be current and depend on the behavior of their publishers. This will be a continuous work-in-process.

PLANTS

Plants – General Identification

• Dicot vs monocot
• Palm leaf anatomy
• Plant vascular system
• Home remedies for orchid plants
• Pesticides in home gardens
• https://www.gardenia.net/
• About Ferns, Pinson J,

• List for Global Plants:
  • Identifier: http://www.efloras.org

• Lists for identification for Florida plants
  • Florida plant directory https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/
  • Atlas of Florida Plants: https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu
• List for identification for USA plants:
  • Flora of Southeastern USA https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/
  • Plants for sale with identifications: https://plantlust.co
  • Photo identifier: https://www.inaturalist.org/
  • Picture this plant identifier ; https://www.picturethisai.com/
  • Report invasive plant: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/news/ivegot1mobileapppr112911.htm
  • Florida Grasses: https://bugwoodcloud.org/CDN/fleppc/Symposia/2017/9a-Revuelta_Invasive_Grasses-Native_Look_Alikes.pdf

Plants – Native in Florida

• Florida native wild flowers: https://www.flawildflowers.org/
• Sources of native plants: https://www.fann.org/
• Supplier of native Florida Plants: https://www.plantrealflorida.org
• Information about ferns: https://www.amerfernsoc.org/about-ferns
• Texas Wild Flower Center
  • https://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=FL_north
  • https://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=FL_central
  • https://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=FL_south

Plants – Non-Native in Florida

Plants – Florida Friendly

• Guide to residential planting : https://discover.pbcgov.org/coextension/horticulture/pdf/residential/FYN_Handbook_vSept09.pdf

Plants – Endangered Native in Florida

• NatureServe Explorer: https://explorer.natureserve.org/

Plants – Native but Aggressive/Nuisance in Florida

Plants – Invasive in Florida

• Invasive species terminology: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol58/iss3/27/
• https://floridainvasivespecies.org/plantlist.cfm
• Scope of Aquatic Plant Management – Plant Management in Florida Waters – An Integrated Approach – University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences – UF/IFAS (ufl.edu)
• Water Hyacinth: A Past Memory or a Current Problem? (Redux) – UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants (ufl.edu)
• How Hydrilla Gets a Head Start – UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants (ufl.edu
• https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/
• https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/
• https://floridainvasivespecies.org/plantlist.cfm
• https://floridainvasivespecies.org/plantlist2019.cfm
• Report invasive plants in FL: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/news/ivegot1mobileapppr112911.htm

Plants – Special publications

• https://www.utexas.edu/

Plants – Videos

• Water Lettuce: Video and Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/GillespieMuseum/videos/1089035805804956
• https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufifascaip/episodes/Water-Lettuce-Deep-Dive-Native-or-Invasive–Does-It-Matter-e1vbglm

ANIMALS

Animals – Identification

Taxonomy

• Integrated Taxonomy Information System
  • ITIS report https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174371#null
  • Berkley classification
  • ITIS Report (Mammals)
  • Animal Diversity Web

• List for identification for Florida
  • Butterflies Air Home
  • Butterflies and Moths of North America
• List for animal identification for SW USA

Animal Behavior

• Sea turtles temperature dependent gender assignment
  • https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/temperature-dependent.html#:~:text=This%20is%20called%20temperature%2Ddependent,the%20hatchlings%20will%20be%20female.
• Monarch butterflies
  • Project Monarch Health
  • Wellington Faculty of Science (OE disease)
  • University of Florida Agriculture (OE disease)
  • Butterflies and their plants
  • The truth about butterfly bush
  • Dave’s Garden
  • Planting a butterfly garden
• Birds
  • Avian viral infection N1H1

MUSHROOMS

Taxonomy of mushrooms

• Mushroom species Look up

ENVIRONMENTS

Ocean marine

• Marine life
• Marine Habitats
  • Stony coral Tissue loss disease
    • Race to stop stony coral disease
    • Rapid spread of stony coral disease in the Mexican Caribbean
    • A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts
• Everglades
  • State of the Everglades 2022: https://fl.audubon.org/sites/default/files/sote_fall2022_v7_web-accessible.pdf

ECOSYSTEMS

Fresh Water Wetlands

• Classification and Types of Wetlands:
• Everglades: https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/classification-and-types-wetlands#undefined

Tidal Water Systems

Costal Systems

Upland Systems

• Sea turtle facts: https://www.seeturtles.org/sea-turtle-facts

OBSERVATIONS

Technology:

• Microscopy
  • Green Fluorescent protien The GFP page
  • Fluorescent Proteins
  • Split green fluorescent protein as a tool to study infection with a plant pathogen, Cauliflower mosaic virusFluorescent protein microscopy
  • Algorithms and Datasets for Colour Science
  • Spectrum or excitation and emission of protein fluorescence microscopy
  • A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts
  • Olympus microscope manual: https://www.alanwood.net/downloads/olympus-bh-2-bhs-manual.pdf
  • Microscope Clarity
  • Plant microscopy: https://www.canadiannaturephotographer.com/microscopicplants1.html
  • Olympus microscope: https://www.alanwood.net/downloads/olympus-bh-2-bhs-manual.pdf
  • Nature microscopy: https://www.canadiannaturephotographer.com/microscopicplants1.html
• Geotracking and maping
  • Geocaching Quick Search 
  • GPS Coordinate Grabber
  • GPS to Linear dimensions: boulter.com/GPS/

Link to all Everglades Ark observations from sites visited with data and maps:

• All location observations: Epicollect5/EvergladesArk
• All beach observations incl. soil, shells, birds: Epicollect5/Beaches of southwest Florida

PUBLISHED/UPDATED:

• 11/23/2023
• 11/24/2023