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Botany

  • eNature.com: This searchable nature portal offers online searchable field guides to over 4,800 plant and animal species derived from 35 different Audubon Society Field Guides, Regional Guides, and Nature Guides.
  • Flora of North America: a project undertaken by North American botanists to provide authoritative, up-to-date information on the names, relationships, characteristics, and distributions of the approximately 21,000 species of plants that grow outside of cultivation in North America north of Mexico.
  • Flowering Plant Gateway: Provides various paths for exploration or comparison of four systems of flowering plant classification.
  • Forestworld: A searchable database that links to information and Web sites dealing with forestry and wood products.
  • The Internet Directory for Botany: An index of botanical information available on the Web consisting of alphabetical and categorical directories.
  • National Wildflower Research Center
  • Plants National Database: Produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this database includes general information about the plant kingdom, including common and scientific names, growth habits and economic importance.
  • Scott's Botanical Links: Maintained at the University of Oklahoma, this searchable site provides access to annotated and rated botanical resources on the Internet
  • TreeLink: A searchable site whose purpose is to promote reforestation and the care o trees in both urban and rural environments.
  • U.S. Forest Service: providing numerous forestry-related reports and publications.
  • WebGarden Resources - Ohio State University factsheet database: A horticultural/agronomy search engine linked to 46 databases, this site allows you to specify specific regions for horticultural and agronomic information.
  • WebGarden Resources - Ohio State University plant dictionary: A searchable database of 2,583 high quality images depicting ornamental plants and accompanying pests and diseases.
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