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. Charles W. Schwartz and Elizabeth R. Schwartz. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981.
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.
