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Trees and Shrubs
iPlant
Visit App Store for free download for IOS devices
leafsnap
Visit App Store for free download for iPad or iPhone
This is a new tree identification tool developed by Columbia University, University of Maryland and the Smithsonian and with Canadian input. Leaf photos shot on camera-enabled mobile devices facilitate in-field identification of plants.
Click for a download:
Guide to the Common Native Trees and Shrubs of Alberta
This is a PDF provided by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development illustrating examples of Alberta’s 12 vegetation types.
Mushrooms of Alberta
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougcwaylett/sets/72157622066041743/
These 221photos with identification include many local species.
Orchids of Lakeland
Click for a PDF download:
http://anpc.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/
Includes photos of most of the orchids commonly found in the Athabasca region
Alberta Native Plant Council
http://www.anpc.ab.ca/content/index.php
Books
Alberta Native Plant Council, Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta (Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 2001)
Kershaw, L., Johnson, D., MacKinnon, A. and Pojar, J., Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland (Edmonton, Lone Pine Publishing, 2001)
Kathleen Wilkinson, Trees and Shrubs of Alberta (Edmonton, Lone Pine Publishing, 1990)
These three classic reference books are still available through Amazon.ca and other booksellers.
