Wildflowers & Plants: USDA Plants Database
Animals: Animal Diversity Web • National Wildlife Federation
Birds: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds
Butterflies: Butterflies and Moths of North America
Trees: National Arbor Day Foundation
Environmental Science: EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Earth Sciece and Ecology: NASA
Weather: NOAA
Wildflowers & Plants:
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, Little Brown and Company, 1977
Reptiles and Amphibians In General:
A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians
Conant, Roger. A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians. Houghton Mifflin 1998
Insects:
A Field Guide to Insects
Borror, Donald J. and White, Richard E. A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin, 1970
Birds:
Birds of North America
Robbins,Chandler S., Birds of North America, Golden Field Guides, St Martin Press, 2001
Butterflies:
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies. Knopf; Chanticleer Press Ed edition 1981
Trees:
Trees of North America
Brockman, Frank C. Trees of North America, Golden Press, 1979
Mammals:
A Field Guide to Mammals
William H. Burt and Richard P. Grossenheider. A Field Guide to the Mammals of all North American, Houghton Mifflin, 1976
Anatomy:
Elaine N. Marieb. Human Anatomy and Physiology, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc. 2003
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