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Native Plant Identification and Verification

Use these sites to research plants and to verify if it is native to Pennsylvania.  

US Dept of Agriculture Plants Database

Biota of North America Program (BONAP) North American Plant Atlas (NAPA)

PAEnflowered

Wildflower Search  - database which lets you identify plants that you don't know.

Go Botany  - database which lets you identify plants that you don't know.

 For information on Invasive species and their identification, go to our Plant Information and Landscaping page. 




Upper Delaware BioBlitz update

We continue to support the Upper Delaware BioBlitz effort.  The final report and collection inventory spreadsheets for the 2018 Upper Delaware BioBlitz are now available. The botanical species count stands at 209 for 2018 , with 61  "first occurrences" (the first time the identification of the species has been made and recorded as publicly accessible information for Sullivan County). 

Click here for reports:
  • 2018 report and the  2018 data spreadsheet.
  • 2014 report and the  2014 data spreadsheet.  
  

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