Joss' online ID resource master-index

This is a collation of various online resources I have found useful for identification. The list is only roughly grouped so I suggest using command+F / CTRL+F to find what you are looking for most easily!

UK:

Plants:

BSBI plant cribs – https://bsbi.org/plant-crib

UK pavement plants – https://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/participate/pavement-plants-id-guide.pdf

Leaf morphology terminology – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_leaf_morphology#/media/File:Leaf_morphology.svg

Yarrow vs. sneezewort (Achillea millefolium vs. Achillea ptarmica) – https://www.vc77botany.org/achillea-species-a-and-a-ptarmica-sneezewort

Telling apart three common buttercups (Ranunculus spp.) –https://botsocscot.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/three-of-our-common-buttercups-telling-them-apart/

Common vs. midland hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna vs. Crataegus laevigata) –http://webidguides.com/_templates/treegroup_thorns.html and
https://michaelpeverett.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-to-tell-midland-hawthorn-from.html

Speedwells (Veronica spp.) – https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/dinkymoira-Speedwell.pdf

Common vs. chalk knapweed (Centaurea nigra vs. Centaurea debeauxii) – https://twitter.com/crawley_mick/status/1276872605291642882

Large vs. hedge bindweed (Calystegia silvatica vs. Calystegia sepium) –https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223198746

Herb Robert vs. little robin (Geranium robertianum vs. Geranium purpureum) –https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/2020/05/herb-robert-geranium-robertianum-and.html

Forget-me-nots (Myosotis spp.) – https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/2020/08/forget-me-not-how-hard-can-it-get.html

St John’s worts (Hypericum spp.) – https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/2022/06/st-johns-wort-identification.html

Hawksbeards (Crepis spp.) – https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/search/label/Hawksbeard

Detailed key to docks (Rumex) of Europe –https://alienplantsbelgium.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/4875/descriptions

Dock (Rumex) flower diagrams – https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=rumex%20obtusifolus%20diagram&addon=chrome&addonversion=6.0.3#id=16F01F0721FBC01BD9C22312E61BC792F1C3AE14 and https://www.saskwildflower.ca/nat_Rumex-crispus.html

Meadow-grasses (Poa spp.) – https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Poa_Crib.pdf

Brambles (Rubus spp.) – https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Rubus_Crib.pdf

Lesser swine-cress vs swine cress (Lepidium didymum vs. Lepidium coronopus) – https://blumeninschwaben.de/Zweikeimblaettrige/Kreuzbluetler/kraehenfuss.htm#Gew%C3%B6hnlicher%20Kr%C3%A4henfu%C3%9F

Black nightshade vs tall nightshade (Solanum nigrum vs. Solanum chenopodioides) –https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228591516

Wood dock vs. clustered dock (Rumex sanguineus vs. Rumex conglomeratus) – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229488901 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230783523

Clovers (Trifolium spp.) – http://webidguides.com/_templates/group_pearedtrifoliate2.html

Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) – https://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/C/Clover(Alsike)/Clover(Alsike).htm

Willowherbs (Epilobium) – https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2022/02/BSBI-News-144-Epilobium.pdf

Willowherbs (Epilobium) hybrids – https://commonbynature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Commons-Willowherb-Crib.pdf and https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Epilobium_Crib_3.pdf and https://www.sussexflora.org.uk/resources/articles/epilobium-hybrid-key/ and https://hantsplants.uk/assets/documents/guides/Epilobium%20Workshop%20Notes.pdf

Wall cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis) – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234773590

Wild strawberry vs Hautbois strawberry (Fragaria vesca vs. Fragaria moschata) leaflets –https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234845215

Duckweeds (Lemna spp.) – https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Lemna-species-RVL-FJR2B-Handout.pdf

Milfoils vs. hornworts (Myriophyllum vs Ceratophyllum) –https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240549342

Pale/white flowered form of great willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) –https://www.aphotoflora.com/d_epilobium_hirsutum_great_willowherb.html and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Pale%20flowered%20Epilobium%20hirsutum%3F=yes

Conifer genera – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Qw3ecGw9o [5:20]

Greater musk-mallow (Malva alcea) – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234153491

Invertebrates:

Mike’s insect keys (amazing set of resources) – https://sites.google.com/view/mikes-insect-keys/mikes-insect-keys?authuser=0

British bugs – https://britishbugs.org.uk/index.html

RES Out of print handbooks – https://www.royensoc.co.uk/publications/out-of-print-handbooks/

Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers) –https://www.fscbiodiversity.uk/sites/default/files/Guide_to_Shrops_Orthops_v2.pdf and https://orthoptera.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/Common%20Bush-crickets%20and%20Grasshoppers.pdf

Steve Hopkin's Collembola (springtail) website –http://collembole.free.fr/www.stevehopkin.co.uk/collembolamaps/index.html

Key to families of true hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) – https://ledra.co.uk/keys.html

Preliminary true hopper (Auchenorrhyncha) nymph key –https://delphacid.s3.amazonaws.com/4957.pdf

Key to the families of British Diptera – https://cdn.fieldstudiescouncil.net/fsj/vol5.3_143a.pdf

NHM Online bumblebee (Bombus) key – https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/bombus/key_british_colour_info.html

Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) subspecies – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00379271.2008.10697559?casa_token=PmXAzaf1yhIAAAAA:O8hjF5Wr9mbb-c9BLHOev6u2YL0x404QQNkkqMhixcF2pv6aoDOxJcPgCB38_2KYkNoeq2OtY67vwQ

Introduction to British bees – https://www.wildlifebcn.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/An%20Introduction%20To%20British%20Garden%20Bee%20Identification.pdf

Millipedes (Diplopoda) – https://bmig.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/Millipedes.pdf

Woodlice (Oniscidea) – https://anhso.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Fritillary/frit8-woodlice.pdf

Thrips / Thysanoptera – https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/british_thrips//overview.html

Folsomia springtails – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236478602

European earwig (Forficula auricularia) species complex – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234199466

UK Tomoceridae discussion – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46424939

Mint moths (Pyrausta purpuralis vs. Pyrausta aurata) –https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235717721

Acari (mite) larva attached to soft-bodied arthropods – https://www.facebook.com/share/p/mdqNTivSbj6LuYwC/

Anurida maritima with 5+5 ocelli –https://www.facebook.com/groups/601101920223748/permalink/2307680669565856/

Fungi and lichens:

Variospora lichens – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235904834 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234887624

Parmelia lichens – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235567006

Erysiphe alphitiodes species complex – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227980432

Birds:

Gulls – https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/how-identify/identify-gulls

Marine:

Shark eggcases – https://www.sharktrust.org/Pages/FAQs/Category/eggcases-of-british-isles-nw-europe

Elsewhere:

Mediterranean Mullus (Mullus surmuletus vs Mullus barbatus) –https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232696513

Mediterranean gobies (Gobius spp.) – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236501733

Wavy-leaved mulleins (Verbascum sinuatum and Verbascum undulatum) –https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82062656 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110645615

Mediterranean orange-red encrusting sponges (Crambe crambe, Spirastrella cunctatrix) – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108810289 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238982698

European Orthoptera – https://www.orthoptera.ch/

European black mud-dauber (Sceliphron) wasps – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239360433

Hoary vs great mullein (Verbascum thapsus vs. Verbascum pulverulentum) –https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239393852

[LAST UPDATED 08/10/2024]

Posted on October 8, 2024 10:18 AM by josscarr