Plant Ecology Lab

PEL logo John T. Curtis founded the PEL to quantitatively describe on Wisconsin's plant communities and test how species respond to gradients in their environment. Current researchers are using these baseline data to study the causes and consequences of ecological change in Wisconsin. Includes legacy data, maps, description of community types, and links to past and current publications and contributors.

    WisFlora

    Taxonomic reference for Wisconsin's vascular plant species; includes photos, habitat information, distribution maps, herbarium specimen data and more.

      Cultivation of Plants

      Information for cultivation of horticultrual and native plants, common and scientific names, images, plant descriptions and propagation notes.

        Image Collections

        General botany images, trees, fungi and other material. An excellent teaching resource.
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