Online Nature Guides for Ontario

A Visual Guide to Common Wildflowers

White   -   Red   -   Orange
-   Yellow   -   Green   -
Blue   -   Pink   -   Purple
-   Brown   -

Go to Walter Muma's complete Ontario Wildflowers  website → 

Go to John Wright's WildflowrsofOntario.ca website → 

All About Birds
and
Merlin Online Guide
– Get Instant ID Help –

Ontario Ferns
Walter Muma's extensive website catalogue of ferns, beginning with silhouettes.

Butterflies of Ontario
An extensive online guide of the families and species of butterflies in Ontario PLUS pocket guides for purchase.

A Field Guide to some of the Mushrooms of Ontario
Please DO NOT use this a guide for collecting edible mushrooms!

A Visual Guide to Ontario Mammals

Ontario's Tree Atlas

A Guide to Common Trees in Ontario

Ontario Ecozones & Ecoregions
Descriptions of climate, geology, land cover, flora & fauna, and land use.

Great Lakes Alvars
An excellent PDF overview of the significance of alvars, where they are found, and the species of plants and animals found there.

Alvar Grasslands Species of the Napanee Plain
Another excellent PDF overview of important alvar species.