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More sites on the web to learn about plants.
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Plant ID sites with a regional focus:
– My newest creation, not as thorough as this site yet, but getting there.
– A neat little site by a neat little lady – Caroline R. Dean, she really likes her plants.
– In my opinion, the undisputed champion of a web-based botanical field guide……if it was finished.
– Basically like my site except fewer plants and less info. Some really good pics though.
– I haven’t had a chance to explore this Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses) much yet.
– A county by county checklist of plants put together by the good folks at Clemson University.
– Good pics of those Kentucky plants.
– From the master of Florida plants, Dr. Richard P. Wunderlin.
– Another good Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses) for Florida plants.
– From a guy who is passionate about wildflowers. Good pics.
– From the University of Hawaii. Some good pics here.
– Many many pics of those Hawaiian plants.
– Well, actually just one college campus in Ohio. Check it for yourself.
– Not much info. but some good pics by Christopher Christie.
– I haven’t searched the site much but check out that cool background pic!
– Haven’t really had a chance to check out this site, but it looks good.
– New England plants and other info.
– Very good place to learn about natural Texas.
– Eleanor Shelton’s expression of her passion for plants. She is great with the graphics.
– A nice gallery of plants growing in Texas and Oklahoma, mostly.
– See what lives around a particle accelerator in Illinois.
– A neat site from a women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts. You can explore this site for some time.
– A great site for learning what not to eat in N.C.
– Good plant info. brought to you by you.
– A neat site by Michael Charters describing the origins of nomenclature for the California flora. Good stuff!
– A nice site by David Smith. Plenty of good pics.
– A nice site by Al Schneider featuring the plants of the 4-corners area of the United States.
– Nice site about Jordan and the flora found there.
– Nice pics of intermountain wildflowers of Utah. Brought to you by Southern Utah University.
– MANY good pics of MANY species, mostly from Europe and the surrounding areas. Very good site – Easy to navigate and find individual species.
– A nice site gone to the dark side and wanting folks to pay-up to see the pics. Every man has his price.
– A great site by Stephen Misfud. Good pictures and great information.
– A nice site by Stuart Wier to help ID those Rocky Mountain trees.
– A nice site by Paul Busselen of the Catholic University of Leuven in Kortrijk. Better have Flash and Java enabled.
– I do not speak French but the photos speak for themselves.
Sites about specific types of plants:
– Nice site by Phillipe and Sura. Good info. and good pics.
– If you want to eat what you grow and still keep up with the Jones.
– A blog to discuss and learn about trees.
– The big list of tree species with info. and pics. This site is very well done!
– Some decent pics of “weeds” by Peter Sforza at Virginia Tech.
– A great site by
Alan G. – Tons of excellent pics, great info, and an expansive links Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses).
– I love the logo. Check this site out in-case you’re thinking about going off the grid.
– Made by some folks at Cornell University. A good Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses) by I don’t think it has been updated in a while.
– Just a massive listing of plants which exhibit toxicity, and a place to look for reference material.
– A fine Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses) by Richard Hodgkiss, a succulent master.
– You want to know about Pines? Go here. These folks know Pines. Good quotes too.
– A cool Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses) all about some forgotten prairies.
– From Washington State University, a great place to discuss fruit tree topics. They even have a forum.
– Great information about those Northern Forests.
– THE place to go to find pics of plants used in cultivation.
– From Purdue University. A place to learn about new crop plants being developed for sale at a grocery store near you.
– A nice site from the University of Michigan at Dearborn. Teaching all we would have known already had we just paid attention.
– A good site all about the family Gentianaceae. Enable your pop-up blocker though.
– A nice site by a school that should have a national champion football team.
Botanical Gardens and Arboreta:
– The best botanical garden in the country.
– If you want to find a botanical institution, this is the place to look. You could surf for a very long time from this Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses).
– A fine site from the folks at the University of N.C. Chapel Hill.
– Nice site, great botanical garden.
– Like it says – The Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
– Actually it’s the Chicago Botanic Garden.
– “My sweet Rocky Mountain paradise.” – J.D.
– A classy joint in California, really.
– An excellent site for pics of plants.
Herbaria:
– There’s more to this Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses) than the name suggests. There is some good stuff here.
– If you don’t know much about herbaria, you will after you visit this Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses).
– Good stuff here about the flora of a great state.
Botanical societies:
– If you live in Missouri, this is the group to be in.
– If you’re ever in Arkansas, check these folks out.
– Exactly what it says.
– Just in case you want to keep abreast of the latest changes in plant nomenclature.
– Another organization for those native plant enthusiasts (like myself).
– Quite a few good pics here, plus a bunch of other stuff.
– A good place to learn about fruits you probably haven’t eaten yet, but someday will.
– All you need to know about weeds. Buy the 1000 weed CD!!
For Profit Organizations:
– The best software yet for identifying plants, developed by the weed master, Rich Old.
– Genetic tampering for the sake of a good looking lawn. No one does it like them.
– A great on-line cacti and
succulent store.
– For all you growers out there. Lots of info here.
– Need books about the flora of India? This is where to find it.
– If you’re into Pitcher plants (Nepenthes) this is the place for you. Cool sounds too.
– Another good place to buy wildflowers native to the Midwest and the Northeast U.S.
– The one stop web source for all your horticultural needs.
– The absolute on-line resource for all your cacti and succulent needs. This site is huge and has many many links. Make sure you have plenty of time to surf before you go here.
– From the UK – some good pics of what you are buying. He has a bunch of stuff.
– Many people are restoring there property back to prairie, these folks can help.
– Another site for folks that are more woodworking oriented. VERY good info on wood and wood uses.
– Learn about what the ancients used and why…
…and then buy it.
– A good place for seeds from around the globe. Check out the common name look-up Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses).
Miscellaneous sites:
– A great site for learning about natural Missouri. Check out the Natural Areas Plant Identification (Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses) and find some neat places to go.
– A great program from the MDC to help you landscape with native Missouri species. Check it out.
– Floral radiographs, very cool.
– This place rocks. I frequent the Name That Plant gallery.
– Some basic phytochem knowledge if your not up to speed. Also some herbal therapy garb.
– A VERY informative site from Ohio State, not just a plant dictionary.
– A place to learn what scientific names mean and why they are important.
– If you weren’t up to speed on pollination, you will be after visiting this site by David Green. It’s well done.
– Find out what all these Latin names actually mean!
– A fun and very informative site by Chelsie Vandaveer. Chelsie is another person who gave considerable time and effort to make the University of South Florida Botanical Garden a better place. Hi Chelsie!
– A good site by Maureen and Glen Lee from Regina, Sasketchewan. Many good digital pics and some good info.
– If your in the UK this is a good place to get some neat botanical edibles. They have some cool products too.
– Interesting facts about the food crops which come out of BC.
– Good stuff about invasives on this continent…
…like many of us.
– A great site about culinary and medicinal herbs, lots of photos too.
– A nice site with information about the Angiosperm families and a system of keys and information retrieval. Really good information here.
– THE place to find out about genetic engineering in plants. A well-done site.
– If you find yourself visiting NYC and decide you’d like to learn about some wild edible plants, this is the guy to call.
– A good set of plant-based links in case you haven’t gotten enough here.
That’s all for now.