Toronto Field Naturalists

since 1923

Field Guides and Reference Books

For fungi:
Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada by George Barron, Lone Pine Publishing Co., 1999

For mosses:
A Graphic Guide to Ontario Mosses by Robert Muma, Toronto Field Naturalists, 1984

For ferns, horsetails and club mosses:
Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America, 2nd edition by R. Cobb, Farnsworth and Lowe, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 2005

The Ferns of Grey and Bruce by Bruce-Grey Plant Committee, Owen Sound Field Naturalists, 1999 (available at TFN office)

For wetland plants:
Wetland Plants Ontario by S.G. Newmaster, A.G. Harris, L.J. Kershaw, et al., Lone Pine Publishing Co., 1997

For shrubs:
Shrubs of Ontario by James H. Soper and Margaret Heimburger, Royal Ontario Museum, 1982

For trees:
Native Trees of Canada by R.C. Hosie (Eighth Edition), Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1979

Trees in Canada by John Laird Farrar, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1995

For wildflowers:
A Field Guide to Wildflowers by R.T. Peterson and Margaret McKenney, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1968

Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb, Little, Brown & Co., 1977

The ROM Fieldguide to Wildflowers of Ontario by T. Dickinson, D. Metsger, J. Bull and R. Dickinson, McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 2004

The Orchids of Bruce and Grey by the Bruce-Grey Plant Committee, Owen Sound Field Naturalists, 1997 (available at TFN office)

The Asters, Goldenrods and Fleabanes of Grey and Bruce Counties by Bruce Grey Plant Committee, Owen Sound Field Naturalists, 2000 (available at TFN office)

For insects:
Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America by Eric R. Eaton and Kenn Kaufman, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 2007

A Field Guide to the Insects by D.U. Barron and R.E. White, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1970

A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies by Paul A. Opler and Vichai Malikul, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1992

For amphibians and reptiles
Familiar Reptiles and Amphibians of Ontario by Bob Johnson, Natural Heritage/Natural History, 1989

For birds:
A Field Guide to the Birds (Revised Edition) by R.T. Peterson, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1999

Birds of North America by C.S. Robbins et al, Golden Press, 1983

Field Guide to the Birds of North America (Revised Second Edition), National Geographic Society, 1987

For mammals:
Mammals of North America, (4th edition) by Fiona Reid, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 2006

For animal tracks, scats and other signs:
A Field Guide to Animal Tracks, by Olaus J. Murie, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1975