KeysPlants.com

The Florida Keys...
A chain of islands south of the Florida peninsula, between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic. Many Keys' native plants are rare or threatened, and many are found nowhere else in North America. More >

Books: Guides on plant identification, subtropical gardening and related subjects at Amazon.com. Your purchase helps support KeysPlants.com.

Interesting and informative sites

NEW— Nature Conservancy's GreenThumb program (www.keysgreenthumb.net.)
National Plants database by the USDA
Florida state Invasive Plant working groups for the Keys
Fairchild Tropical Garden Virtual Herbarium
Rare botanical reference books: Misouri Botanical Garden Library
Systematic Index to Vascular Plant Families: University of Hawaii
FloriDATA: Retail and reference site

Plant photo galleries
Photos of trees and other plants found in the Florida Keys. Some non-native plants, including some considered "invasive exotics" or "pest" species, are included (go here for more).

Album 1: 26 images of plants in the Upper Keys.

Album 2: 83 images of Keys plants, including distinctive leaves, flowers, and bark.

Vascular plant index: Online database searchable by common and scientific names, Florida county, and plant type. http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/about.asp

Islamorada home page

Monroe County
Growth Management Division

Invasive vegetation guide (PDF)
A brochure by K. C. Burks, Botanist, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
(Aug. 2003)

Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida
PDF document, 97 pgs. Learn about upland, wetland, scrub, and other habitats throughout the state. (Florida Department of Natural Resources, 1990)

Updated Dec 16, 2006
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