Missouri Department of Conservation

Frontiers Field Guides

Field Guides

Try these or similar references for identifying plants and animals. Look for copies at your local bookstore or library.

Amphibians and Reptiles

• Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri. Tom R. Johnson. Missouri Department of Conservation, 1987.

Birds

• Birds of North America. Chandler S. Robbins, et al. Golden Field Guide Series. Golden Press, 1983.
• A Field Guide to Eastern Birds: A Field Guide to Birds East of the Rockies. Roger Tory Peterson. Peterson
• Field Guide Series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

Fish

• Fishes of Missouri. William L. Pflieger. Missouri Department of Conservation, 1998.

Insects

• Butterflies and Moths of Missouri. Richard Heitzman and Joan Heitzman. Missouri Department of Conservation, 1987.
• A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico. Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White. Peterson Field Guide Series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

Mammals

• A Field Guide to the Mammals. William H. Burt. 3rd ed. Peterson Field Guide Series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
• The Wild Mammals of Missouri. 2d rev. ed. Charles W. Schwartz and Elizabeth R. Schwartz. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2001.

Maps

• Missouri Nature Viewing Guide. Missouri Department of Conservation, 1995.
• Missouri’s Conservation Atlas - A Guide to Exploring Your Conservation Lands. Missouri Department of Conservation, 1995.

Plants

• Field Guide to Missouri Ferns. James S. Key. Missouri Department of Conservation, 1982.
• A Field Guide to Trees of the Eastern United States and Canada. George A. Petrides. Peterson
• Field Guide Series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
• A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North Central America. Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenney. Peterson Field Guide Series. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
• Missouri Wildflowers. Edgar Denison. Missouri Department of Conservation, 1998.
• Trees of North America. C. Frank Brockman. New York: Golden Press, 1986