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Navigate this Page - "Biology and Ecology: Plants, Lichens, Fungi, Protists, Bacteria and Viruses":
[Abstract] Excellent pages by Newfoundlander Derek
Keats, now a Botany Professor in South Africa.
A checklist, with SPM range maps, many images, and lists of individual observations. From Nature SPM by Danni Abraham. Ever wonder about those white, knobby lumps
of "coral" found on Newfoundland beaches, or that hard pink substance that encrusts
submerged rocks and old bottles? Another excellent site by Derek
Keats. [Was being updated the last time the link was checked]. A large coccolithophore bloom off the southern coast of Newfoundland Probable coccolithophore off Newfoundland. Another fabulous image!! By Susan J. Meades, Stuart G. Hay, and Luc Brouillet. From the
Wildflower Society of Newfoundland
and Labrador site. [Old list from 1999] 
Web-links and literature references.
A commercial site, but with some excellent diagnostic photos!
Excellent page on the American Alpine Lady Fern [Athyrium alpestre subsp. americanum
] [FRENCH] By George Henry Tilton. A Project Gutenberg e-book. Originally published in 1922.
Excellent page on the Mountain Hollyfern [Polystichum scopulinum] Rare. A single Newfoundland collection. [FRENCH] From the
Wildflower Society of Newfoundland
and Labrador. [Note that the mentioned locality of "Grouse Point" is actually "Crouse Point"] From the
Wildflower Society of Newfoundland
and Labrador. An excellent, if somewhat eccentric, and difficult-to-navigate, web version of the classic work! Describes the ongoing effort to produce an atlas of the vascular plants of the northern Québec-Labrador Peninsula. [FRENCH] By Luc Brouillet,
Stuart Hay, Pierrette Turcotte, and André Bouchard. From Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 1998, vol. 52, n° 2, 10 fig., 3 tabl. Includes facsimiles of the pages of Agnes Marion Ayre's "Wild Flowers of Newfoundland" (1935) An open image dossier being developed
by this webmaster. Always under construction. Keep checking back! A checklist, with SPM range maps, many images, and lists of individual observations. From Nature SPM by Danni Abraham. A DELTA site.. Descriptions. Illustrations. Useful for Newfoundland
and Labrador. A DELTA site. Nice photo by
Scott McGuire. From
the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage site. [Abstract] [Abstract]
Excellent page on Griscom’s Arnica [Arnica griscomii subsp. griscomii] [FRENCH] Beautiful photo by Scott McGuire. Descriptions. Illustrations. A DELTA site.
Still very incomplete, and seemingly no longer updated (the maps do mostly work) [it may be necessary to widen the
left frame, in order to use the scroll bar in the browse window]. Descriptions. Illustrations. Useful for Newfoundland and Labrador. A DELTA site. A
beautiful photo from BIRDS holiday NOVA SCOTIA and NEWFOUNDLAND 1997. A
beautiful photo from BIRDS holiday NOVA SCOTIA and NEWFOUNDLAND 1997. Super site. Photos of many species. Big site! Searchable
database with taxonomic synonymys, interactive range maps, and references. Environment Canada site. by Gerald A. Mulligan. [Archived Copy. Some irregular characters included.] Environment Canada site. Primarily about Braya longii and Braya fernaldii. A contribution by Luise Hermanutz. [Archived copy; photo not available] About our two rare brayas. By Tracy Barron. "Research ... Dr. Luise Hermanutz with the Rare Braya". From the MUN Gazette. [PDF File] From the Memorial University Botanical Garden. [PDF file] [Archived version -
images are unavailable.] The only Dactylorhiza locality in North
America, outside of Newfoundland!
From the Royal Botanical
Gardens [between Hamilton-Wentworth and Burlington, Ontario]. Excellent. A checklist, with blooming seasons and Newfoundland distributions,
by Todd Boland. Species accounts, references and photographs.
A companion page, Orchids of Quebec, is very relevant to Labrador. Both of these pages are
Javascript sub-pages of a much larger site
called Orchids of the United States! For a menu that lists the Newfoundland and Quebec Javascript sub-pages, scroll
down to bottom of the United States Map frame on the Orchids
of the United States page. A tremendous resource! New site. Nice images. PDF file. Excellent page on Fernald's Milk-vetch [Astragalus
robbinsii var. fernaldii] [FRENCH] "Research ... by Chinnasamy Gurusamy". From the
MUN Gazette. Environment Canada site. [WAIT! for the site to fully download!] Super site. Photos of many species.
Excellent page on the Serpentine Stitchwort [Minuartia marcescens] [FRENCH] Super site. Photos of many species. Descriptions. Illustrations. Useful for Newfoundland and Labrador. A DELTA site. Super site. Photos of many species. [WAIT! for the site to fully download!] Useful for Newfoundland and Labrador. Descriptions. Illustrations. Useful for Newfoundland and Labrador. A DELTA site. [Archived copy; photo unavailable] [Archived page. Some links don't work.] [PDF file] Includes facsimiles of the pages of Agnes Marion Ayre's "Wild Flowers of Newfoundland" (1935) PDF file. An article from the "[Newfoundland] Tribune", 1900 (Christmas) p. 3 By Cheryl Hendrickson (1999).
All about the beautiful purple-flowered plant that is terrorizing North
American wetlands. It is now turning up in many Newfoundland localities. A checklist, with SPM range maps, many images, and lists of individual observations. From Nature SPM by Danni Abraham. The Biology 321 Course, from the University of British Columbia. Great iunformation.
Provides details taken from literature references for over 250 plants that
can poison livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Its interactive search engine provides
information on plant names, distribution, toxic plant parts, toxic chemicals, and
symptoms of poisoning. [Go to second page] All about pollen! Nice travel shots from Walter Muma's 2003 Newfoundland trip. Webshots site. Nice photos! The Order in Council setting up Burnt Cape as a permanent
ecological reserve. From the commercial tourism publication "Where It's At 2002". PDF file. [Archived copy] [Provincial government press release] Newfoundland Government press release. [PDF File] Scroll down to page 6. Coordinated by the Limestone Barrens Habitat Stewardship Program. Beautiful! A multidisciplinary artistic project! Lots of useful stuff here. From the commercial tourism publication "Where It's At 2002". A PDF file. [Archived copy] With Dr. Luise Hermanutz. [From the "National Post"] [Archived copy] [Provincial government press release] A British Site. Useful. Environment Canada site. Environment Canada site. [Provincial government press release] Newfoundland Government press release. Taxonomic list by George Argus. PDF file. Newfoundland Government press release. Authoritative. [Archived file] By Eugene Conway - for the Newfoundland Lichen Education and Research Group. A major website for this endangered species. The fabulous book, by Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, and Stephen Sharnoff. Lots of excellent information here! . From the Salmonier Nature Park site. A now rather dated Newfoundland Government press. Super! A comprehensive, illustrated, introductory guide. A checklist, with SPM range maps, many images, and lists of individual observations. From Nature SPM by Danni Abraham. [Website being "re-organized" the last time the link was checked]. By Andrus J. Voitk, now of Corner Brook.Protists (including Slime Moulds)
Images, information, and links. Images, information, and links.
This website is the creation of John E. Maunder, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.
E-mail: jem@nl.rogers.com
