On-line determiners of species of plants and animals

Plantarium.ru

Illustrated determiner of species of plants in Russia and neighbour countries will help you to identify the name of any plant. An easy-to-use classification scheme allows getting outside an every key feature in order to describe the found plant. Here you can also learn about gastronomic, medical, technical and other characteristics of a plant.

Whatbird.ru

This site is an electronic atlas-determiner of birds' species. Here you can find a bird`s description by its name or you can also find the name of a bird from a sketch photograph. For visitors' convenience sketch photographs are divided into groups according to their size, from birds of the same size as sparrow, to birds of a duck's size and bigger.

Water-birds.narod.ru

Water-birds.narod.ru is devoted to waterfowl and sea-mew birds of the Moscow region. Here you can identify the species of a bird not only sitting on water or shore, but also flying. The determiner is an expert system in which user points out birds' characteristics (for example, a form of the nib or a color of a bird's coat) and then passes on the further search. At the end of all identifying steps the species must be defined. On this site you can find additional information about waterfowl and their adaptation to such a way of life and a lot of other things.

Winter-birds.narod.ru

This site, devoted to birds that stay in the Moscow region in winter, has a similar structure with Water-birds.narod.ru. Here you can get a lot of additional information, learn how birds adopt to wintering and what species are in the Red List, ect.

Rus.gflora.com

Not experienced florists cannot always identify names of different houseplants and know how to take care of them properly. The determiner of houseplants was created to help such newcomers in botanic. With the help of the site you can learn what exactly is growing at your window sill, in what conditions it should be grown and how to water and feed it properly.

Nature.ok.ru

The aim of this Russian project is to spread information about rare and disappearing animals in Russia and States of the former Soviet Union. A convenient classifier allows searching of animals not only by their species, class, bloodlines or the name of species, but also by their inhabitation. Moreover, here you can listen records with birds' and animals' voices and understand from the sound what animal you have heard.

Ecosystema.ru

Site of Ecological center ‘Ekosistema' is devoted to ecology and biology. In one of its sections you can find detailed description of the most spread kinds of mushrooms, lichens, plants and animals in Russia and states of the former Soviet Union. And the information is not limited by the habitus and range. So for example, in the section about animals you can also learn about holes and rookeries, pads, tooth marks of different species. However the disadvantage of the site is not very convenient navigation.