Nearctica - Eastern Wildflowers

Introduction

"The Wildflowers of Eastern North America" covers between 1100 and 1200 species of wildflowers from northeastern North America and the east-central United States. Each species treatment includes textual information as well as photographs and line drawings. These species represent only a part of the total flora of eastern North America. They were chosen because of their commoness, wide ranges, attractiveness, or intrinsic interest. The species covered include only herbaceous plants and does not include woody plants such as trees, shrubs, and woody vines. Also excluded are grasses, sedges, and other sedge-like families

Geographic Coverage: Also the title of this segment of Nearctica is slightly misleading. The actual range covered is more restricted and is shown in the map on the left. This area covers southeastern Canada, the northeastern United States to the Great Plains States, and southward through the mid-Atlantic region. The coverage, however, should be fairly extensive for the southeastern United States and eastern Great Plains States as well.

Authorship: The text and web design is by Robert W. Poole of Nearctica.com, Inc. Photographs and line drawings are individually credited. Most of the photographs (those listed as copyright Nearctica.com, Inc.) were taken by Robert W. Poole and Patricia Gentili.

Terms of Use: The line drawings and some of the photographs are public domain. All photographs with the notation Copyright Nearctica.com, Inc. are the property of Nearctica.com, Inc. Up to 10 of these photographs can be used by individuals for non-commercial, personal or educational use, but the photographs must be clearly credited to Nearctica.com, Inc. For non-commercial uses involving more than 10 photographs, please contact the webmaster from the home page of Nearctica. These photographs are also available for commerical use at reasonable fees, but potential users should be aware that the photos may not have a high enough resolution for print purposes.

Acknowledgements: The author wishes to thank Stanwyn Shetler and Donald Harvey of the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History for help with some problematical identifications. All misidentifications or factual errors are purely the fault of the author.