This site contains information and more than 9174 identification photos for some 1042 species of forbs, grasses, sedges, rushes, trees, and other woody plants that are found growing in Kansas. All photographs were taken by Mike Haddock unless otherwise noted. On occasion, permission may be granted to use selected photos and text for educational purposes but they may not be used commercially, i.e. on products or publications that derive monetary profit for you or your employer. Any photos used educationally must provide credit to the photographer.
This web site began in 1996. For optimum display of the images, I would suggest disabling any "Automatic Image Resizing" options.
Michael Haddock is Associate Dean Emeritus at Kansas State University.
Michael Haddock is the author of Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide (2005) and Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide, Revised and Expanded Edition (2024) and is co-author of Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds (2015) with Craig C. Freeman and Janet E Bare, and Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines in Kansas (2019) with Craig C. Freeman, all published by the University Press of Kansas.
Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide was selected as a "2006 Kansas Notable Book" by the Kansas Center for the Book at the State Library of Kansas.
In January 2011, Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide , was selected by the State Library of Kansas as one of the 150 Best Kansas Books. The selections were made for Kansas’ 150th Birthday celebration, which occurred in 2011.
Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds was selected as a "2016 Kansas Notable Book" by the Kansas Center for the Book at the State Library of Kansas. It was also recipient of the 2016 Jan Garton Prairie Heritage Award.
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines in Kansas received the Author’s Award of Excellence from the Midwestern Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture and was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.
Information about Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide is available on the University Press of Kansas website.
Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas front cover
Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas back cover
Information about Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds is available on the University Press of Kansas website.
Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds front cover
Information about Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines in Kansas is available on the University Press of Kansas website.
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines in Kansas front cover
Information about Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide, Revised and Expanded Edition is available on the University Press of Kansas website. The book will be available in March 2024
Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas A Field Guide, Revised and Expanded Edition front cover
All books are available in bookstores and via online book sellers.
Acknowledgements
I am most grateful to Julie Bell for her extensive work updating the site and to Tom Mislo for his assistance maintaining the site.
Many thanks to Yongli Zhou who designed the look of this site and created the original database framework that it was built on.
I am also very appreciative for identification assistance provided over the years by Craig Freeman, Clenton Owensby, Walt Fick, Ted Barkley, Gene Towne, Carolyn Ferguson, and Mark Mayfield.
Special thanks to my father, Dean Haddock, a true range plant expert who did the line drawings used on this site.
|
