- PLANTS Database
USDA provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
plants.usda.gov
- Shamrock, The
Symbolism and history of the three-leafed clover native to Ireland.
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Cottage/2595/shamrock.html
- Database of Herbaceous Vegetation Responses to Elevated Atmospheric CO2
Contributed by Michael H. Jones and Peter S. Curtis.
cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/epubs/ndp/ndp073/ndp073.html
- Complete Guide to Growing Sunflowers
Provides descriptions of different species, cultivation information, and fun facts.
sunflower-guide.netfirms.com
- INVADERS Database System
Comprehensive database of exotic plant names, distribution records, and regulatory information for the northwestern United States.
invader.dbs.umt.edu
- Plants at Work
National information campaign working in conjunction with the industry to inform professionals in the public about the numerous benefits of interior plants.
www.plantsatwork.org
- Methods in Plant Histology
Containing research techniques and methodology regarding plant histology, or the study of the tissue structure of plants.
www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Methods_in_Plant_Histology
- Centres of Plant Diversity: The Americas
Part of a three-volume work that contains accounts of nearly 250 major sites for conservation of plant diversity worldwide.
www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd
- Be Nice to Nettles Week
Site promoting National Nettles week, 19th to 28th May 2004. Features a wealth of information on the humble, and stingy, nettle.
www.nettles.org.uk
- Flowers in Ultraviolet
Gallery of color, ultraviolet, and infrared photographs capturing a variety of flowers spectral signatures. Images are arranged by plant Family.
www.naturfotograf.com/UV_flowers_list.html
- Official State Flowers
Lists the state flowers (with color photographs) by their common and scientific names.
www.50states.com/flower.htm
- Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery: Grasses & Grasslike Plants
Indexed by common and scientific name.
www.noble.org/imagegallery/grasses.html
- Flowers.vg
Offers a large selection of flower and plant pictures and desktop wallpapers including roses, daisies, lilies, sunflowers, daffodils, tulips, venus fly traps, cacti, and others.
www.flowers.vg
- Solanaceae
Provides characteristics, index of subfamilies, species of the month, and references about this plant family.
www.hvanbalken.com
- Penstemon
Information and pictures of this native North American plant genus.
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~awolfe/Penstemon/Penstemon.html
- NATURE: The Seedy Side of Plants
Discover the methods seeds use to travel, how they adapt to new environments, and how genetic engineering is being used to alter the natural seed production of plants.
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/plants
- Plants Magazine
Featuring new rare and unusual garden plants from around the world.
www.plants-magazine.com
- Introduction to the Plantae
Information on mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants with additional resources on paleobotany and plant systematics.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html
- Butterflies and Plants: Partners in Evolution
Discover how natural selection has shaped animals and plants together through their ancient and persistent dependencies, and defenses with one another in this Smithsonian exhibit.
butterflies.si.edu
- Introduction to the Anthophyta
Information about the Anthophyta, or flowering plants, the largest group of plants. Includes links to more specific flowering plant groups.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/anthophyta/anthophyta.html
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