Biodiversity Guides & Atlas

Biodiversity Hub NYC is developing a growing collection of field guides, photographic resources, ecological illustrations, and digital resources documenting the biodiversity of New York City.

Our goal is to make the city's natural history accessible while documenting more than species identities alone. Our resources will explore where organisms occur, the habitats they occupy, how they interact with other species, and how these relationships are shaped by the urban environment.

Resources will be developed from field observations, photography, ecological research, existing scientific knowledge, and collaborations with naturalists and researchers. Over time, this work will include guides to New York City's plants, insects, fungi, bryophytes, and other organisms, as well as its forests, wetlands, meadows, rocky habitats, and other ecosystems.

We also aim to develop resources focused on ecological relationships including plant–pollinator, plant–herbivore, species–habitat, mycorrhizal, and other ecological networks.

Together, these resources will contribute toward a long-term visual and ecological atlas of New York City's biodiversity: a resource for naturalists, researchers, educators, students, conservation practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding biodiversity.