{{short description|American botanist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Gil Nelson | other_names = | image = Gil Nelson at ADBC Summit 2019.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | residence = | citizenship = | fields = botany | workplaces = Florida State University | alma_mater = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|www.gilnelson.com}} | footnotes = | spouse = }}

'''Gil Nelson''' (born 1949) is a botanist, naturalist, author and speaker in the Southeastern United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2018-04-green-digitization-botanical-real-world.html|title=Green digitization: Botanical collections data answer real-world questions|website=phys.org|language=en-us|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ledford|first=Heidi|date=2017-08-11|title=Artificial intelligence identifies plant species for science|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2017.22442|journal=Nature|language=en|article-number=nature.2017.22442|doi=10.1038/nature.2017.22442|issn=0028-0836|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idigbio.org/content/meet-idigbio-staff-interview-gil-nelson|title=Meet the iDigBio Staff: An Interview with Gil Nelson|last=Mast|first=Austin|date=3 February 2012|website=iDigBio|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref>

==Bibliography== *''The Trees of Florida '' 2010 – 480 pages *''Best Native Plants for Southern Gardens'': A Handbook for Gardeners 2010 – 352 pages *''National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America'' with Bruce Kershner and Craig Tufts 2008 – 528 pages *''Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers'': A Guide to Common Wildflowers 2006 – 272 pages *''East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers'': A Field Guide... 2005 - 263 pages (A guide to the common wildflowers in the Gulf Coastal region of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi including 300 color photographs) * ''Florida's best native landscape plants'' 2003 – 411 pages *''The ferns of Florida'': a reference and field guide 2000 – 208 pages *''The shrubs and woody vines of Florida'': a reference and field guide 1996 – 392 pages *''Exploring wild northwest Florida'' 1995 – 270 pages *''Exploring wild north Florida'' 1995 – 244 pages

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==External links== *[http://www.gilnelson.com/bio.html Gil Nelson bio]

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