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Agricola
Web Access - premier database for plant literature
Botany / Plant Biology
Electronic
Sites of Leading Botany, Plant Biology and Science Journals
Biosciences
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Botany.com
- Encyclopaedia of Plants - provides information
regarding the general description of the plants, the various
methods of cultivation, propagation and more
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The Arnold Arboretum
of Harvard University living collections searchable plant
Inventory |
Dendrological
Research Institute |
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Rare Books from the
MBG Library - Digital Literature - The web site is presented by the Missouri
Botanical Garden Library and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
and features 131 volumes from the Rare Book collection - 51,636
pages and 12,670 botanical illustrations |
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Cornell
Plantations - Cornell University - excellent
Horticulture information |
Forest Service USA
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Flora
of China - China's plant life represents nearly one-eights
of the world's total plant species - about 31,000. Included are
7,500 species of trees and shrubs. Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood)
was discovered in Central China in 1948. The threatened Chinese
conifer Cathaya argyrophylla is being introduced to the USA.
China's plant life is truly extraordinary! A searchable
Database! |
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Primary Flora -
Havard Education - Information on the names, taxonomic
relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological
characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in
Andes of Ecuador, China, Chile, Nepal, North America and
Pakistan |
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English
Nature - to conserve and enhance the natural environment -
Nature on the Map! |
Forestry Comission - Great
Britain |
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Hardiness
and Heat Zones
USDA Hardiness Zone Map |
Herbarium
of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands (CAYM) |
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HGTV -
Home and Gardening - "Gardening, Landscaping & Hardscaping advice,
projects, videos, ideas and plant-care tips and tricks from HGTV" |
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Internet Directory
for Botany is an index to botanical information available on the
Internet. |
Institute
of Forest Genetics (Dendrome)
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International
Code of Botanical Nomenclature
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International
Plant Names Index |
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Journal
Archive 'BG Journal' (Botanic Garden) |
Major
Botany Links & Resources |
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NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System
- composed of the plant protection organizations for North America
provides pest alerts and news of emerging plant pests of significance to
USA, Canada and Mexico. Free subscriptions are available. |
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NSF
Net Center for Plant Genomics - a massive collection of
plant data--most complete among plants, of course, being
Arabidopsis thaliana. Currently, a total of 87 sites are
searched for genetic data. |
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North
American Plant Protection Organization's (NAPPO)
Phytosanitary Alert System: Provides pest alerts and news of
emerging plant pests of significance to North America |
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Pesticide.net
- News and info. on biotech, conventional and biological pesticides |
The
Plant Image Gallery - 7000 pictures of plants native to
several parts of the world |
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Plant
Finder - Missouri
Botanical Garden |
Plant Patent Database
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PlantZAfrica -
Information and photographic images of plants native to southern Africa.
A companion site to the National Botanical Institute main site. |
Rothamsted Research - The
largest agricultural research center in the UK. Its scientific
research ranges from studies of genetics, biochemistry, cell biology
and soil processes. |
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Royal
Horticultural Society Plant Finder |
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Scott's Botanical
Links - Dr. Scott Russell, Dep. of Botany and Microbiology
of the University of Oklahoma |
South African National Biodiversity Institute
- Home to Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden |
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SysTax - a Database System for Systematics and Taxonomy
- Concept-based
Botanical and Zoological Systematics, Botanic Gardens,
Herbaria, and Zoological Collections,
Literature and Multimedia
Data (pictures, sound files, video) Adresses |
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TREE AID is the UK's only
forestry-focused development charity |
Trees for the Future |
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Ultimate
Tree-Ring Web Pages - Dr. H. Grissino-Mayer, Dept of Geography,
University of Tennessee - the ultimate source for info on the
science of Dendrochronology |
Tree Register of the British Isles - An unique database of
over 125,000 of the most notable and ancient trees in Britain
and Ireland. |
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USAD
Plants Gallery - Natural Resources Conservation Service -
The Plants Gallery emphasizes photos and line drawings of U.S.
plants but also contains many cultivated or foreign taxa. |
USDA National
Agricultural Library - USA Department of Agriculture |
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The
Virtual Foliage Home Page - Department of Botany,
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Virtual
Herbarium Search Page - Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden |
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Virtual
Herbarium - Intern. Plant Science Center |
World Dictionary of Trees |
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| BROMELIADS |
 Casus Pro Diagnosi -
Bromeliad
Identification Page at the Utrecht University Botanic
Gardens. This site provides information about the less
known or problematic Bromeliad species and is a forum
for Bromeliad identification. |
Bromeliad site of the Utrecht
University Botanic Gardens
Brom-L picture Gallery
- Bromeliad Enthusiast picture gallery - More FloraPix
Galleries for plant enthusiasts from the Utrecht University
Botanic Gardens |
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Pineapples
and other Bromeliads - Information Sheets from Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew
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Save
Florida's Native Bromeliads - An educational site that
provides information on Florida's native bromeliads |
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Mulford B. Foster Bromeliad
Identification Center |
List
of Genera, Kew |
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Bromeliad Biota - sponsored by The
University of Florida
Save
Florida's Native Bromeliads - An educational site that
provides information on Florida's native bromeliads
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Rainbow
Gardens Bookshop |
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Spanish
Moss - Its Nature, History and Uses |
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| CACTI - SUCCULENTS |
 Cactus and Succulent
Mall - Internet Resource for all growers of cacti and succulent plants.
The site contains an extensive collection of links to organizations and
information, including societies, clubs, nurseries, and literature.
The site is regularly updated with information. |
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Cactus
Collections - thousands of pictures - search with Google image index
system |
Cactus Photo Gallery
- a Premier photo collection |
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Living
Rocks of Mexico - The best and most comprehensive resource on the genus Ariocarpus,
including many Online Publications and Literature References |
The
Leafy Succulent Collection by Peter Lapshin - Moscow
Institute of Plant Physiology.
The collection is located at the Timiryazev Institute of
Plant Physiology, Moscow. Succulent Photo gallery |
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Succulents.net - A web site dealing with succulents from Africa and
Madagascar. The web site aims to promote knowledge of these
fascinating regions which hosts most of the non-cacti
succulents of the world. |
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The Paradise
is a portal dedicated to the Cacti of Brazil: The
objective is to identify the remaining cacti in Biomass
Cerrado and Caatinga and the study of endemic Bromeliads in the
area, mainly on the genera Bromelia,
Encholirium, Dyckia and Orthophytum. |
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| CONIFERS |
 American
Conifer Society Database - The Conifer Database
currently contains more than 4363 records and the Photo Library
contains over 1733 photos -
Photo: Pinus aristata Broom, Bill Barger
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Ancient Bristlecone Pine -
"Earth's oldest living inhabitant - Discover how these trees
were found and where they live" |
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Australian Conifers
- The Conifer Track (Australian National Botanic Gardens) An
introduction to Australian conifers, including maps showing
conifers in the gardens |
British Conifer
Society Photo Gallery - spectacular conifer photos - Britain's
climate is ideal for growing conifers! |
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Climate-Vegetation
Atlas - North American Conifers
Conifer
Tissue Culture - Canadian Forest Service |
Conifer
Taxa - a
complete list accepted for Registration - Royal Horticultural
Society |
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Conifer Books - 66 books
(22 new) are listed by geographical region, by family or
genus, propagation books and journals - Arboretum de
Villardebelle |
Dendrome
- A Forest Tree Genome Database - a central electronic resource
for the study of forest tree genomes. Researchers are asked to
participate! |
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Czech Conifer
Gardens - Photos from various conifer collections taken by
Bob Fincham's (Coenosium Gardens) during his extensive travels. |
The
Gymnosperm Bookstore - great conifer books - all
publications are listed alphabetically, by author |
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 Educational Journey
- Cultural Information provided by members from the Conifer
Obsession Groups
Conifer
Pest and Diseases - Insect Pests, Plant Diseases and
Viruses, IBM, Bio Control, Pesticide Info. |
Obsession
Photo Gallery - Links to the best Conifers Photos from around the world
Mesterhazy Pinetum
- Photo Gallery - Dr. Zsolt Mesterhazy's Conifer Treasury of the
World |
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The Gymnosperm
Database - the Web's premier scientifically accurate source
of information on conifers and their allies.
A comprehensive site about the world's conifer
species! |
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Gotelli
Arboretum - The Dwarf and Slow-Growing Conifer Collection boasts
7 stunning acres of horticultural beauty at the U.S. National
Arboretum. Take a Virtual Tour through the fascinating world of
conifers and discover the amazing diversity in this plant group.
It is now one of the most comprehensive collections of dwarf
conifers in the world. |
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Neartica
- Native
Conifers of North America - A standard reference for foresters,
a complete field guide to all of the
conifer species native to North America - A key to the genera
and species! Access the genera and species form a
checklist! |
The
Mountains of California - The Forests - by John
Muir (1894) - A description of the grant conifers of the Sierra
Nevada, including full text of the book and illustrations
(Sierra Club) |
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Silvics
of North Amercia - Vol. 1: Conifers - An US Department of
Agriculture Forest Service publication, covering everything you
want to know about conifer species. |
Ultimate
Tree-Ring Web Pages - The ultimate source for
information on the science of Dendrochronology
Ronald Lanners's Tree World |
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| ORCHIDS |
 The
Orchid Mall - Complete Online Orchid Resources - a listing of links to various informational and commercial sources about orchids.
Extensive links to vendors, orchid culture sites, orchid societies and
an Orchid
Photography Site. |
Internet
Orchid Photo Encyclopedia - A major resource site for orchids with more than 6256 species! in 622 genera!
Orchid site compiler: Jay Pfahl - This site is dedicated to orchid
lovers everywhere! |
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Orchid Digest
- A quarterly magazine pertaining
to the culture, growing and hybridization of orchids. |
Orchid
Guide Digest(OGD) - An online publication for Akerne Orchids, Belgium's leading
botanical Orchid nursery |
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London
Orchid Society (Canada) Picture Reference Database
Looking for a photo of a particular orchid? This picture reference
keyword-searchable database contains a list of over 60,000 orchid
photographs and where to find them. |
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The
International Orchid Register - A searchable hybrid orchid database.
You can search
by genus and/or grex to determine the parents of your orchids. Database
is maintained by The Royal Horticultural Society |
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Orchidwire - A searchable database
of links to more than 600 orchid resources in 39 countries |
Orchid
Books - Garden
Books - Alphabetical
Listing by Title - from the AOS |
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The Digital Orchid
Library - A great orchid literature site |
The
Laeliinae Specialist Page - Dr. Cassio van der Berg |
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W3
Tropicos - Taxonomic info by the Missouri Botanical Garden
- the list supplies all orchid names and almost every name
for all plants. |
How to import Plants |
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Orchids of
Brazil
Papua
New Guinea Orchid News
Orchids
of North America, incl. Greenland and Mexico |
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| PLANT CONSERVATION |
African
Conservation Foundation
represents a large network of conservation organisations
throughout Africa. |
American Orchid Soc. Conservation
Australian
Network for Plant Conservation |
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 Botanic
Gardens Conservation International - BGCI
links over 800 botanic gardens and botanical institutions in
more than 120 countries in the world’s largest network for
plant conservation, environmental education and sustainable
development. Based at Kew. |
Canadian
Botanical Conservation Network - Objective: to preserve
the biological diversity of Canada's rare and endangered native
plant species, wild habitats and ecosystems through education
and conservation programs. |
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Cactus
Conservation Institute (Texas) |
Center
for Plant Conservation - Site hosted
by the
Missouri
Botanical Garden |
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 The
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
Directory
of Forest and Conservation Nurseries
FFI - Fauna & Flora
International
Global
Trees Campaign - Over 8000 tree specie are threatened with
extinction |
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International
World Wildlife Fund - WWF, the global conservation
organization - a World Wide Fund for nature. WWF is one of the
world's largest conservation organizations, with a global network in
over 100 countries. |
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IUCN - The World Conservation
Union |
The Nature
Conservancy |
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Nature
Conservancy of Canada |
Rio
Atlantic Forest Trust |
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Orchid
Conservation - Rare
& Endangered Orchids of NSW
More
Conservation Links
Plant Talk |
Sierra
Club - Information on Conservation from the nation's premier
Conservation Organization - more than 750,000 members |
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UN Environment
Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
WCMC
- United Nations Environment Programme
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
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The
World Conservation Union |
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