A good way to locate subject headings is with a WORD search.  Select KEYWORD search and enter the keywords of your topic.  For example: wetland plants bellingham. Look at the record for a item collected by this search and click on the subject heading closest to your topic:  Wetlands --  Washington State -- Bellingham.

• Flora of the Pacific Northwest : an illustrated manual / Hitchcock, Charles Leo, 1902-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK144 .H452 1973
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• Mountain plants of the Pacific Northwest : a field guide to Washington, western British Columbia, and southeastern Alaska / Taylor, Ronald J., 1932-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK144 .T35 1995
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• Mountain wild flowers of the Pacific Northwest / Taylor, Ronald J., 1932-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK144 .T37
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• Wild flowers of the Pacific Northwest / Clark, Lewis J. (Lewis John), 1907-1974.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK143 .C52 1998
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• Flora of the Pacific Northwest : an illustrated manual / Hitchcock, Charles Leo, 1902-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK144 .H452 1973
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• Wildflowers of Western America / Orr, Robert Thomas, 1908-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK133 .O77 1974
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• Wildflowers of the Western Cascades / Ross, Robert A.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK144 .R67 1988
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• Mountain wild flowers of the Pacific Northwest / Taylor, Ronald J., 1932-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK144 .T37
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• A field guide to western trees : Western United States and Canada / Petrides, George A.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK133 .P48 1992
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• TREE BOOK: Learning to Recognize Trees of British Columbia
  "The information in this [online] book will help you to identify the native trees in your neighborhood and understand why they grow where they do."

• Trees of the Pacific Northwest
  The purpose of this site is to help with the identification of common conifers in the Pacific Northwest. Includes a dichotomous key, basic information about specific confers and an opportunity to use what you've learned to identify a mystery tree.

• Western forest trees : a guide to the identification of trees and woods for students, teachers, farmers and woodsmen / Berry, James Berthold, 1880-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference SD435 .B47 1966
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• Some common mosses of British Columbia / Schofield, W. B.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QH71.V6 A28 no. 28 1992
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• Lichens of North America / Brodo, Irwin M.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK586.5 .B76 2001
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• Mosses with a hand-lens : a popular guide to the common or conspicuous mosses and liverworts of the United States and Canada / Grout, A. J. (Abel Joel), b. 1867.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK541 .G8 1947
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• The Oxford book of flowerless plants: ferns, fungi, mosses and liverworts, lichens, and seaweeds / Nicholson, Barbara.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK513.G7 N5 1979
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• All that the rain promises and more
  • Location: Wilson 4W -Books QK617 .A688 1991
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• A field guide to Western mushrooms / Smith, Alexander Hanchett
  • Location: Wilson 4 W -Books QK617 .S55 1975
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• Handbook to additional fungal species of special concern in the Northwest forest plan [electronic resource]
  • Location: Internet
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• Mushrooms of North America / Miller, Orson K.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK617 .M55 1978
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• Mushrooms of North America in color : a field guide companion to seldom-illustrated fungi
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK617 .M84 1995
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• Wetland plants of the Pacific Northwest
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK144 .W48 1992
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• Wild berries of the West / Derig, Betty B.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK133 .D47 2001
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• Medicinal plants of the mountain West : a guide to the identification, preparation, and uses of traditional medicinal plants found in the mountains, foothills, and upland areas of the American West / Moore, Michael, 1941-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK99 .M6
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• Profiles of Northwest plants : food uses, medicinal uses, legends / Robinson, Peggy.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK98.5.U6 R62 1979
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• Edible and medicinal plants of the West / Tilford, Gregory L.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK98.5.U6 T54 1997
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• Washington Invasive Species Coalition
  Includes a PDF copy of the book Garden Wise: Non-Invasive Plants for your Garden. This booklet is designed to help western Washington gardeners and nursery professionals identify invasive garden plants and replace them with non-invasive alternative plants.

• Whatcom County Noxious Weed Control Board
  What are noxious weeds? What does the Whatcom Country Noxious Weed Control due to Control them? Find the answer to these questions and more as well as specific weed fact sheets.

• World weeds : natural histories and distribution
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference SB611 .W39 1997
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• Endangered, threatened & sensitive vascular plants of Washington
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QK86.U6 E475 1984
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• Field guide to old-growth forests : exploring ancient forest ecosystems from California to the Pacific Northwest / Eifert, Larry.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QH104.5.N6 E46 2000
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• Rare Plants in Washington State (Center for Urban Horticulture-UW)

• Gardening with native plants of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated guide / Kruckenberg, Arthur R.
  • Location: Wilson 4W -Books SB439 .K78 1982
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• Pacific Northwest Native Wildlife Gardening
  Here you will find the archives of a discussion list, plant and wildlife data, suggested readings, organizations, plant and seed sources, and a variety of information useful for gardening with Pacific Northwest native plants, and for attracting PNW native wildlife to your yard.

• AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)
  • Dates covered: 1970-current
  A bibliographic database of citations to agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library. Encompasses all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. The AGRICOLA database is organized into two bibliographic data sets, which must be searched separately. Both data sets are updated daily with newly cataloged and indexed materials. Online Public Access Catalog, contains citations to books, audiovisual materials, serial publications, and other materials in the NAL collection. AGRICOLA also contains bibliographic records for items cataloged by other libraries and not held in NAL's collection. Journal Article Citation Index, includes citations, many with abstracts, to journal articles (see List of Journals Indexed), book chapters, reports, and reprints.

• Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
  • Dates covered: 1978-current
  Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Indexes and abstracts serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, etc., on the aquatic & marine sciences. Site License.

• Biological and Agricultural Index
  • Location: S 1 .A37 (Wilson 5 West)
  • Dates covered: 1942-1995
  Provides comprehensive indexing of over 291 key international English language periodicals in the biological and agricultural sciences.

• Biological and Medical Sciences
  • Dates covered: 1982-current
  This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

• Environmental Universe
  Includes Environment Abstracts (1970-current ), which indexes more than 1,000 journals, plus government publications and conference papers. Many of the pre-2004 indexed publications can be found full-text in the Envirofiche collection, in Wilson Library 2West. Other databases, all full-text, include Environmental News (1975-current), Environmental Law Reviews (1981-current), etc. Site License.
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• Pacific horticulture
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• Douglasia : newsletter of the Washington Native Plant Society
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• General Sites

• Native Plants of British Columbia
  The NPSBC Native Plant Society of British Columbia is an organization bringing together people from throughout the province who enjoy, study and work with native plants and habitats. The Society was founded in 1997 and has almost three hundred members with a collective interest in education and communication about native plants and a commitment to their ethical use and conservation.

• Gardening in Western Washington ((WSU Cooperative Extension)
  Features a Plant Identification Database and other resources to help identify, propagate, and use native plants in the landscape.

• Pacific Northwest Botany Book List
  

  A list of selected materials in the collection of the Elisabeth C. Miller Horticulture Library at the Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington.

• Organizations

• David Douglas Botanical Garden Society
  The David Douglas Botanical Garden Society was incorportated in 1991. Its mission is, in partnership with the University of Northern British Columbia, to establish and maintain an aesthetically pleasing botanical garden for the enhancement of public education, the improvement of scientific knowledge and the promotion of plant material that is viable within the region served by the university.
  

• Native Plant Society of Oregon
  "Dedicated to the enjoyment, conservation, and study of Oregon's native vegetation."  This site provides membership information, notices of events, book reviews, and access to an email discussion group.

• Rhododendron Species Foundation and Botanical Garden
  The Rhododendron Species Foundation is a non-profit organization established  to "secure the finest authentic forms of Rhododendron species and develop a comprehensive collection of this plant genus of over 850 species native to the temperate regions of  North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as the tropical  regions of southeast Asia and northern Australia. Conservation has become of primary importance in recent years with the destruction of Rhododendron habitat in many areas of the world."

• Washington Native Plant Society
  "Dedicated to the protection of our native flora and habitat."  This site includes membership information, reports on current activities, species lists, a native plant bibliography, information on gardening with natives and much more.

• Databases

• Invaders Database
  The INVADERS Database is a comprehensive database of exotic plant names, distribution records, and regulatory information for the northwestern United States.  It was created for the "early detection and tracking of invasive alien plants and weedy natives."  Searchable in four different ways:  Query by Name (scientific, common, or INVADERS plant id); Query From List (of plant names); Query by Area (county or multi-county area); and Query from Map.
  

• Native Plants

• Plants National Database
  The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

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