Midwest plant guides
Compiled by: Patrick Goggin – Lake Specialist / < pgoggin@uwsp.edu >
800 Reserve Street / College of Natural Resources, UW-Stevens Point / Stevens Point, WI / 54481
Black, Merel R., and Emmet J. Judziewicz. 2008. Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. Cornerstone Press: Stevens Point, WI. 271 pp.
[ISBN 978-0-9774802-5-8]
Blickenderfer, Mary. 2007. A field guide to identification of Minnesota aquatic plants. University of Minnesota Extension < http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD8242.html >
Blum, Lucille Kopp et al. 2007. A guide to northern native plants. SOEI: Northland College: Ashland, WI. 112 pp.
Borman, Susan, Robert Korth, and Jo Temte. 1997.
[ISBN 0-932310-32-X]
Through the looking glass: a field guide to aquatic plants. Wisconsin Lakes Partnership: Stevens Point, WI. 248 pp.
Brown, Lauren. 1979. Grasses: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, MA. 240 pp. [ISBN 0-395-27624-1]
Case, Jr., Frederick W. 1987. Orchids of the western Great Lakes region. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium (Bulletin 48): Bloomfield Hills, MI.
254 pp. [87737-036-2]
Chaddle, Steve W. 1998. A Great Lakes wetland flora. Pocketflora Press: Calumet, Michigan. 569 pp. [0-9651385-2-6]
Courtenay, Booth, James H. Zimmerman. 1978. Wildflowers and weeds: a field guide in full color. Prentice Hall Press: New York, NY. 144 pp. [ISBN 0-13-957630-4]
Crum, Howard. 1992. A focus on peatlands and peat mosses. The University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, MI. 306 pp. [ISBN 0-472-06378-2]
Curtis, John T. 1959. The vegetation of Wisconsin: an ordination of plant communities. The University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 657 pp. [ISBN 0-299-01940-3]
Curtis, Linda. 2006. Woodland Carex of the upper Midwest. Curtis to the Third Productions: Lake Villa, IL. 171 pp. [Library of Congress CN 2006903261]
Daniel, Glenda and Jerry Sullivan. 1981. A Sierra Club naturalist’s guide: the north woods. Sierra Club Books: San Francisco, CA. 408 pp. [ISBN 0-87156-277-4]
Fassett, Norman C. 1951. Grasses of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 173 pp. [ISBN 0-299-00814-2]
Fassett, Norman C. 1957. A manual of aquatic plants. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 405 pp. [ISBN 0-299-01450-9]
Fassett, Norman C. 1978. Spring flora of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 413 pp. [ISBN 0-299-06754]
Fischer, David W. and Alan E. Besette. 1992. Edible wild mushrooms of North America. University of Texas Press: Austin, TX. 254 pp. [ISBN 0-292-70798-3]
Gleason, Henry A., and Arthur Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plant of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden:
Bronx, NY. 910 pp. [ISBN 0-89327-365-1]
Glime, Janice M. 1991. The elfin world of mosses and liverworts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Isle Royale. The Isle Royale Natural History Association: Houghton, MI. 148 pp.
[ISBN 0-935289-04-6]
Goodban, Anthony. 1991. Great Lakes alvars. Federation of Ontario Naturalists: Don Mills: Ontario. 32 pp.
Harris, A. G. et al. 1996. Field guide to the wetland ecosystem classification for northwestern Ontario. NWST Field Guide FG-01. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour., Northwest Sci. &
Technol. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. 74 pp. [ISBN 0-7778-5026-5]
Harris, James G., and Melinda Woolf Harris. 1994. Plant identification terminology: an illustrated glossary. Spring Lake Publishing: Spring Lake, UT. 197 pp.
[ISBN 0-9640221-5-X]
Hipp, Andrew L. 1998. Field guide to Wisconsin sedges. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 280 pp. [ISBN 978-0-299-22590-2]
Holmgren, Noel H. 1998. Illustrated companion to Gleason and Cronquist’s manual: illustrations of the vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. The
New York Botanical Garden: Bronx, NY. 937 pp. [ISBN 0-89327-399-6]
Medlin, Julie Jones. 1996. Michigan lichens. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium: Bloomfield Hills, MI. 98 pp. [ISBN 0-877-37038-9]
Newcomb, Lawrence. 1977. Newcomb’s wildflower guide. Little, Brown and Company: Boston, MA. 490 pp. [ISBN 0-316-60442-9]
Preston, Jr., Richard J. 1989. North American trees. Iowa State University Press: Ames, Iowa. 407 pp. [ISBN 0-8138-1172-4]
Rabeler, Richard K. 1998. Plants of Michigan. Oakleaf Press: Ann Arbor, Michigan. 398 pp. [ISBN 0-9663251-0-9]
Reddington, Charles B. 1994. Plants in wetlands. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company: Dubuque, Iowa. 394 pp. [ISBN 0-8403-8983-3]
Smith, Welby R. 2008. Trees and shrubs of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota Press: St. Paul, MN. 640 pp. [ISBN 978-0-8166-4065-2]
Voss, Edward G. 1972. Michigan flora: gymnosperms and monocots. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium: Bloomfield Hills, MI. 488 pp.
[ISBN 87737-032-X]
Voss, Edward G. 1985. Michigan flora: dicots. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium: Bloomfield Hills, MI. 724 pp. [ISBN 87737-037-0]
Voss, Edward G. 1996. Michigan flora: dicots concluded. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium: Bloomfield Hills, MI. 622 pp.
[ISBN 87737-040-0]
Wherry, Edgar T. 1995. The fern guide: northeastern and midland United States and adjacent Canada. Dover Books: New York, NY. 318 pp. [ISBN 0-486-28496-4]
General references for Wisconsin native plants, natural communities, ecological restoration, and seeds:
Adelman, Charlotte, and Bernard L. Schwartz. 2011. The Midwestern native garden: native alternatives to nonnative flowers and plants, an
illustrated guide. Ohio University Press: Athens, Ohio. 268 pp. [ISBN 978-0-8214-1937-3].
Apfelbaum, Steven I. and Alan Haney. 2010. Restoring ecological health to your land. Society of Ecological Restoration International. Island
Press: Washington. 240 pp. [ISBN 978-1-59726-571-3].
Black, Merel R., and Emmet J. Judziewicz. 2008. Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. Cornerstone Press: Stevens Point, WI.
271 pp. [ISBN 978-0-9774802-5-8].
Blum, Lucille Kopp et al. 2007. A guide to northern native plants. SOEI: Northland College: Ashland, WI. 112 pp.
Borman, Susan, Robert Korth, and Jo Temte. 1997. Through the looking glass: a field guide to aquatic plants. Wisconsin Lakes Partnership:
Stevens Point, WI. 248 pp. [ISBN 0-932310-32-X].
Brown, Lauren. 1979. Grasses: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, MA. 240 pp. [ISBN 0-395-27624-1].
Burrell, C. Colston. 2006. Native alternatives to invasive plants. Brooklyn Botanic Garden guides for a greener planet. Brooklyn Botanic
Garden: New York, NY. [ISBN 978-1-889538-77-8].
Case, Jr., Frederick W. 1987. Orchids of the western Great Lakes region. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium
(Bulletin 48): Bloomfield Hills, MI. 254 pp. [87737-036-2].
Chaddle, Steve W. 1998. A Great Lakes wetland flora. Pocketflora Press: Calumet, Michigan. 569 pp. [0-9651385-2-6].
Cochrane, Theodore S. and Hugh H. Iltis. 2000. Atlas of the Wisconsin prairie and savanna flora. Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources: Madison, WI. Technical Bulletin No. 191. 226 pp. PUBL-SS-191-00.
Cochrane, Theodore S. 2006. Prairie plants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison arboretum: including horsetails, ferns, rushes, sedges,
grasses, shrubs, vines, weeds, and wildflowers. The University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 364 pp. [ISBN 978-0978959005].
Courtenay, Booth, and James H. Zimmerman. 1978. Wildflowers and weeds: a field guide in full color. Prentice Hall Press: New York, NY.
144 pp. [ISBN 0-13-957630-4].
Curtis, John T. 1959. The vegetation of Wisconsin: an ordination of plant communities. The University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 657
pp. [ISBN 0-299-01940-3].
Curtis, Linda. 2006. Woodland Carex of the upper Midwest. Curtis to the Third Productions: Lake Villa, IL. 171 pp. [Library of Congress
CN 2006903261].
Czarapata, Elizabeth J. 2005. Invasive plants of the upper Midwest: an illustrated guide to their identification and control. The University of
Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 215 pp. [ISBN 0-299-21054-5].
Daniel, Glenda and Jerry Sullivan. 1981. A Sierra Club naturalist’s guide: the north woods. Sierra Club Books: San Francisco, CA. 408 pp.
[ISBN 0-87156-277-4].
Diekelmann, John and Robert Schuster. 2002. Natural landscaping: designing with native plant communities. The University of Wisconsin
Press: Madison, WI. 302 pp.
[ISBN-13: 978-0299173241].
DiSabato-Aust, Tracy. 1998. The well-tended perennial garden: planting and pruning techniques. Timber Press: Portland, Oregon. 269 pp.
[ISBN 978-0881928037].
Fassett, Norman C. 1951. Grasses of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 173 pp. [ISBN 0-299-00814-2].
Fassett, Norman C. 1957. A manual of aquatic plants. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 405 pp. [ISBN 0-299-01450-9].
Fassett, Norman C. 1978. Spring flora of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 413 pp. [ISBN 0-299-06754].
Gleason, Henry A., and Arthur Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plant of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. The New
York Botanical Garden: Bronx, NY. 910 pp. [ISBN 0-89327-365-1].
Goodban, Anthony. 1991. Great Lakes alvars. Federation of Ontario Naturalists: Don Mills: Ontario. 32 pp.
Harris, A. G. et al. 1996. Field guide to the wetland ecosystem classification for northwestern Ontario. NWST Field Guide FG-01. Ont. Min.
Natur. Resour., Northwest Sci. & Technol. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. 74 pp. [ISBN 0-7778-5026-5].
Harris, James G., and Melinda Woolf Harris. 1994. Plant identification terminology: an illustrated glossary. Spring Lake Publishing: Spring
Lake, UT. 197 pp. [ISBN 0-9640221-5-X].
Henderson, Carrol L., Carolyn J. Dindorf, and Fred J. Rozumalski. 1998. Landscaping for wildlife and water quality. Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources: St. Paul, MN. [ISBN 0-9647451-2-7].
Hipp, Andrew L. 1998. Field guide to Wisconsin sedges. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI. 280 pp. [ISBN 978-0-299-22590-2].
Hoffman, Randy M. 2002. Wisconsin’s natural communities: how to recognize them, where to find them? University of Wisconsin Press:
Madison, WI. 280 pp. [ISBN 0-299-17084-5].
Holmgren, Noel H. 1998. Illustrated companion to Gleason and Cronquist’s manual: illustrations of the vascular plants of northeastern United
States and adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden: Bronx, NY. 937 pp. [ISBN 0-89327-399-6].
Leopold, Aldo. 1959. A Sand County Almanac.
Meeker, James E., Joan E. Elias, and John A. Heim. 1993. Plants used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa. Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife
Commission: Odanah, WI. 440 pp. [ISBN 978-0966582017].
Newcomb, Lawrence. 1977. Newcomb’s wildflower guide. Little, Brown and Company: Boston, MA. 490 pp. [ISBN 0-316-60442-9].
Packard, Stephen, and Cornelia F. Mutel. 2005. The tallgrass restoration handbook: for prairies, savannas, and woodlands. The Science and
Practice of Ecological Restoration Series. Island Press: Washington. 504 pp. [ISBN 978-1597260343].
Rabeler, Richard K. 1998. Plants of Michigan. Oakleaf Press: Ann Arbor, Michigan. 398 pp. [ISBN 0-9663251-0-9].
Reddington, Charles B. 1994. Plants in wetlands. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company: Dubuque, Iowa. 394 pp. [ISBN 0-8403-8983-3].
Sanders, Jack. 1995. Hedgemaids and fairy candles: the lives and lore of North American wildflowers. Ragged Mountain Press: Camden,
Maine. 232 pp. [ISBN 0-07-057233-X].
Skawinski, Paul M. 2011. Aquatic plants of the upper Midwest: a photographic field guide to submerged and floating-leaf aquatic plants. 150
pp. Paul M. Skawinski (self-published).
Smith, Welby R. 2008. Trees and shrubs of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota Press: St. Paul, MN. 640 pp. [ISBN 978-0-8166-4065-2].
Stein, Sara. 1993. Noah’s garden: restoring the ecology of our own backyards. Houghton Mifflin Co.: Boston, MA. 294 pp.
[ISBN 0-395-70940-7].
Stein, Sara. 1997. Planting Noah’s garden: further adventures in backyard ecology. Houghton Mifflin Co.: Boston, MA. 448 pp.
[ISBN 0-395-70960-1].
Tallamy, Douglas W. 2007. Bringing nature home: how you can sustain wildlife with native plants. Timber Press: Portland, Oregon. 358 pp.
[ISBN 978-0-88192-992-8].
Tekiela, Stan. 2000. Wildflowers of Wisconsin. Adventure Publications: Cambridge, MN. 425 pp. [ISBN 978-1885061775].
Voss, Edward G. 1972. Michigan flora: gymnosperms and monocots. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium:
Bloomfield Hills, MI. 488 pp. [ISBN 87737-032-X].
Voss, Edward G. 1985. Michigan flora: dicots. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium: Bloomfield Hills, MI.
724 pp. [ISBN 87737-037-0].
Voss, Edward G. 1996. Michigan flora: dicots concluded. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium: Bloomfield Hills,
MI. 622 pp. [ISBN 87737-040-0].
Wasowski, Sally. 2001. Gardening with prairie plants: how to create beautiful native landscapes. University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis,
MN. 304 pp. [ISBN 978-0816630875].
Wherry, Edgar T. 1995. The fern guide: northeastern and midland United States and adjacent Canada. Dover Books: New York, NY. 318 pp.
[ISBN 0-486-28496-4].
Native Plant Network - Propagation Protocol Database:
This network is devoted to the sharing of information on how to propagate native plants of North America (Canada, Mexico, and US). Feel free to
search the database for species you have interest in growing in your area: < http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org/network/search.aspx?SearchType=Continental >.
Native Plant Journal:
This journal began as a cooperative effort of the USDA Forest Service and the University of Idaho, with assistance from the USDA Agricultural
Research Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Now published through the University of Wisconsin Press, their goal is to
provide technical and practical information on the growing and planting of North American (Canada, US, and Mexico) native plants for restoration,
conservation, reforestation, landscaping, roadsides, and so on. < http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org/Journal/ >.
Prairie Moon Nursery germination tip and cultural guide:
< http://www.prairiemoon.com/How-to-Germinate-Native-Seeds.html >
< http://www.prairiemoon.com/cultural-guide/ >
Seed Savers exchange – webinars on vegetable seed collecting and the basics:
< http://www.seedsavers.org/Education/Webinars/ >
Plant identification resources / herbaria:
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Robert W. Freckmann herbarium: < http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/commonnames.html >.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay herbarium: < http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/ >.
University of Wisconsin-Madison herbarium: < http://www.botany.wisc.edu/herbarium/ >.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Plants Database < http://plants.usda.gov >