- Minnesota's Native Plant Communities
- Minnesota's native plant communities have been extensively described and classified.
- Minnesota's Native Vegetation: A Key to Natural Communities (1993)
- Pre-settlement vegetation (Marschner Map)
- Ever wonder what the vegetation was like prior to settlement by Europeans? Francis J. Marschner created a map based on the 200 volumes of hand-written notes from the Public Land Survey (1847-1907). Read more about the monumental feat in the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer. In addition, we have created maps by county of the original vegetation for Northern Minnesota.
- Minnesota's Ecosystems
- Additional information on specific ecosystems is available from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and others.
- Minnesota's Ecological Classification System
- Minnesota's Ecological Classification System classifies ecosystems based on the three continental biomes present in the state -- pretty impressive considering there are fewer than a dozen biomes in North America.
- Minnesota's Land Use and Cover
- The Land Management Information Center has the entire state classified into major land use categories (Urban, Cultivated Land, Forested, etc.). Ever wonder if Minnesota has more forests or cultivated land? Find out here! Also available are detailed maps of each county.
- Minnesota's Trees
- UMN Extension Service
- Minnesota's Shrubs and Vines
- UMN Extension Service
- Herbaceous Plants of Minnesota
- Wildflowers
- Minnesota Wildflowers
- Grasses
- Mosses
- MN DNR
- Lichens
- Database of Minnesota Lichens
- Ferns