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Selected California and Local Area Guides
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FLORA

An amateur botanist's identification manual for the shrubs and trees of the southern California coastal region and mountains.: SEL Reference Area QK149 .D63 1996
Aquatic plant book.: SEL Reference Area QK102 .C6 1996
The Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers, western region.: SEL Reference Area QK110 .S65 1979
CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet.: http://www.calflora.org/
California mushrooms; a field guide to the boletes.: Annex QK617 .T45
California toxic fungi.: SEL RA1242 .M9 D83
CalPhotos: Fungi: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fungi/
CalPhotos: Landscapes & Habitats: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/landscape/
CalPhotos: Plants: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/flora/
Common poisonous plants and mushrooms of North America.: SEL Reference Area QK100 .A1 T87 1991
Common shrubs of chaparral and associated ecosystems of Southern California.: Govt Pub, U.S. -- A 13.88: PSW-99
Common wetland plants of coastal California: a field guide for the layman.: SEL QK149 .F27 1982
Grasses in California.: SEL QK495 .G74 C7
Introduction to shore wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington.: SEL QK143 .M798 2003
Introduction to the Plantae: The green kingdom: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html
The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.: SEL Reference Area QK149 .J56 1993
Jepson Online Interchange for California Floristics: Jepson Flora Project: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange.html
Key to trees and wildflowers of the mountains of Southern California.: SEL Reference Area QK149 .C65
Land Plants Online: http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/
Lichens of California.: SEL Reference Area QK587.5 .C2 H35 1988
Marine algae of California.: SEL QK571.5.C2 M37
Mushrooms of Western North America.: SEL QK617 .077
The native cacti of California.: SEL Reference Area QK495 .C11 B41
The nature of California: an introduction to common plants and animals and natural attractions.: SEL Reference Area QH105 .C2 K38 1994
Plant Information Online: https://plantinfo.umn.edu/arboretum/default.asp
Plants Database: http://plants.usda.gov/
Roadside plants of Southern California.: SEL Reference Area QK149 .B44 1984
Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast: common marine algae from Alaska to Baja California.: SEL QK570.5 .M66 2003
Southern California Wetlands Inventory.: http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/geo_info/so_cal.html
Trees and shrubs of California.: SEL Reference Area QK149 .S73 2001
Trees of Santa Barbara.: SEL Reference Area QK149 .M784 2005

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FAUNA

Animal Diversity Web: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
The Audubon Society field guide to North American birds --western region.: SEL Reference Area QL681 .U33 1977
SEL QL681 .U33 1977
The Audubon Society field guide to North American insects and spiders.: SEL Reference Area QL473 .M54 1980
The Audubon Society field guide to North American seashells.: SEL Reference Area QL411 .R43 1981
The birds of Santa Barbara County, California.: SEL Reference Area QL684 .C2 L44 1994
Annex QL684 .C2 L44 1994
Bivalve seashells of western North America: marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.: SEL Reference Area QL430.6 .C628 2000
The butterflies of North America: a natural history and field guide.: SEL QL548 .S38 1986
The Butterfly WebSite: http://butterflywebsite.com
California butterflies.: SEL Reference Area QL551 .C3 G37 1986
CalPhotos: California Animals: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fauna/
CalPhotos: Landscapes & Habitats: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/landscape/
Common birds of Santa Barbara.: Special Collections QL684 .C2 S65 1985
Common intertidal invertebrates of Southern California.: SEL QL164 .A44 1977
Compendium of seashells: a color guide to more than 4,200 of the world's marine shells.: SEL QL404 .A18 1982
Dragonflies through binoculars: a field guide to dragonflies of North America.: SEL Reference Area QL520.2 .U6 D87 2000
A field guide to Pacific Coast fishes of North America: from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja, California.: SEL Reference Area QL623.4 .E83
A field guide to shells of the Pacific Coast and Hawaii, including shells of the Gulf of California.: SEL Reference Area QL417 .M6 1966
A field guide to the beetles of North America: text and illustrations.: SEL Reference Area QL581 .W47 1983
A field guide to western birds: a completely new guide to field marks of all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico.: SEL Reference Area QL683 .W4 P4 1990
A field guide to western reptiles and amphibians: field marks of all species in Western North America, including Baja California.: SEL Reference Area QL651 .S783 1985
Final report on the distribution and habitat associations of six bird species of special concern on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California: SEL QL676.7 .F56 1999
Fishes of the Pacific Coast: Alaska to Peru, including the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands.: SEL Reference Area QL623.4 .G65 1988
Guide to marine invertebrates: Alaska to Baja California.: SEL Reference Area QL138 .G67 1994
Introduction to California beetles.: SEL Reference Area QL584 .C2 E94 2004
The MacDonald encyclopedia of shells.: SEL Reference Area QL404 .M32 1982
Mammals of Southern California.: SEL Reference Area QL719 .C2 B6
Ocean Birds of the nearshore Pacific: a guide for the sea-going naturalist.: SEL Reference Area QL683 .P3 S78 1990
The scale insects of California. Vols. 1-3: SEL Reference Area QL526.1 .U6 G55 1988
Southern California Wetlands Inventory.: http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/geo_info/so_cal.html
Tidepool and nearshore fishes of California.: SEL Reference Area QL628 .C2 F55
Venomous reptiles of North America.: SEL Reference Area QL666 .O6 E77 1992
Water birds of California.: SEL Reference Area QL684 .C2 C63
What Kind of Shell is It? -- a Snail? -- a Clam? -- Something Else?: The Five Principal Classes of Mollusc: http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/ShellClass.html

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Field Guides

Selected California and Local Area GuidesDavidson Library, UCSB

FLORA

FAUNA

OTHER RESOURCES

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Finding Journal Articles

CITING RESOURCES

Selected California and Local Area Guides
Davidson Library, UCSB