Thought this might be of interest to those members that need to rapidly
identify sedges and grasses
On line identification keys are available at
http://utc.usu.edu/keys/
Interactive Identification Keys currently available-
Sedges:
* Carex - 500 species of North America and their global distributions
Orchids:
* Platanthera - of North America
Grasses:
* Poaceae - with complete North American keys to:
* Panicum
* Dichanthelium
* Bromus
* Pooid Genera of North America
* Many others
The site now features
* a web based demonstration of a Lucid interactive key - just click the
play button
* an illustrated glossary to select genera of sedges, grasses and orchids
* fact sheets to accompany all genera listed above
* many high quality images
* Google interactive mapping for distribution data
Sincerely,
T. M. Jones
http://utc.usu.edu/keys/