Daffy Naturalism

I love nomenclature lists for plants and animals. These lists display in action the richness of a tradition dating back to roughly the nineteenth century--ostensibly field observations--but also a prose poetry that straddles the eccentric chasm between whimsy and scientific cant.

Birds of North America
The Botanical Magazine
Northern Ontario Wildflower Home Page
The Curious Book of Birds
Flowers - Short Dictionary of Specific Epithets
The Bird Book