Websites of Interest for the Pacific Northwest Lowlands

Trees

Common trees of the Pacific Northwest
Provides pictures and information for almost all the trees in our area.

Biography of a Douglas Fir
Good information about life history and cycles and uses of this tree.

Western Hemlock Fact Sheet
A page about this tree

PDF Western hemlock ( Tsuga heterophylla )
A PDF file about the tree, its life and uses and diseases.

Shrubs

Pacific Northwest Native Shrubs
A list of species accounts from the Wally Hansen's Native plant nursery.
 

Flowers

Wildflowers of the Northwest
A picture guide with information. Includes flowers from all over the area.

Turner Photographics  Wildflowers
From the Author of Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest includes photos, information and range maps
 

Mushrooms

Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
This is a database you can search by latin name and get information and pictures

Pacific Northwest Key Council Keys to Mushroom
These are technical keys to mushrooms, updated and very specific.

Insects

Evergreen Biota
Keys and species accounts for wasps, bumblebees, ants, and Caribidae beetles.

Bugs of the Month
Articles from the Scarab Insect Society of Seattle about interesting local species

USGS Invertebrates
Lists of species with accounts and pictures for a wide variety of invertebrates.

Amphibians

Pacific Tree frog Natural History
This is a well done site on the tree frog with excellent photographs and life history information

USGS Checklist and Identification Guide to Amphibians
This covers many outside our area but has good representation of all the local species, nice photos and identification information

Amphibians and Reptiles of Oregon
This is a listing of college student papers which have some good information in them.

Amphibian information Resource: An educational web project about Amphibian species
This is a good source of photos and information about western amphibians

Washington Herp Atlas: Checklist of Washington Amphibians and Reptiles
This has range maps and conversation status information and pictures.

Reptiles

Washington Herp Atlas: Checklist of Washington Amphibians and Reptiles
This has range maps and conversation status information and pictures.

Northwest Snakes
A photo site with pictures of our local species

Garter snake Identification Key
How to tell the local garter snakes apart, range maps and

Mammals

Burke Museum Field Guide to Mammals
Covers all the mammals in WA, some missing species accounts
 

Birds

Birdweb
Seattle Audubon Society excellent resource for all our local birds

Birding and Ecological Sites in Cascadia
A huge list of pretty much every bird related site for our area

General Ecology