Other resources

Monterey County Wildflowers – a Field Guide. 2016. Rod M Yeager MD and Michael Mitchell

A layman’s guide to about 950 species of flowering plants found in Monterey County, illustrated with about 2500 color photograph (available from local booksellers and from Amazon)

The Plants of Monterey County – an Illustrated Field Key. Second edition 2015. Mary Ann Matthews & Michael Mitchell

A botanical key to all flowering plants, ferns & conifers found in Monterey County, illustrated with about 2000 line drawings (available from local booksellers and from Amazon)

The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California. Second edition, 2012. Edited by Bruce G Baldwin and others

Plant Identification Terminology: an Illustrated Glossary. 2001. James G. and Melinda Woolf Harris

An excellent and approachable guide to technical botanical terms with clear and helpful line drawings

Calflora: http://www.calflora.org

The best online resource for those interested in California plants; it includes photographs (and links to many more photographs on Calphotos), details of where the plant has been found, and links to many other resources

Jepson eFlora: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/

Consortium of California Herbaria: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/

This contains records from most of the major herbaria in California, and is the most authoritative source for what plants have been collected where.

CNPS Rare & Endangered Plant Inventory: www.rareplants.cnps.org

Details of plants included in the Inventory together with links to other resources