Modules and Lists: Reference books and websites : Plants Databases
Aggie Horticulture Searchable Plant Databases
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/picturepages/tamuhort.html
Several databases including interior plants, Texas trees, and horticulture picturepages. Includes images as well as information on water use, plant size, heat tolerance, bloom period, etc. 9/06
CalPhotos: Plants http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/flora
Over 20,000 images of plants (mostly Californian). Browsable from common and scientific name. Searchable. Information given on the plant includes its various names, growing elevation, geographic occurrence and the photographer. 9/06
Horticopia Plant List http://www.hortpix.com/
Brief info and thumbnail image of a variety of plants. 9/06
Landscape Plants http://www.orst.edu/dept/ldplants/
"This site contains images and information on over 450 landscape plants (mostly woody) listed in alphabetical order by genus, from Abelia to Zelkova." Can search using a common name list. 9/06
Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
http://www.noble.org/imagegallery/
Plants in three groups: grasses, forbs, and trees/shrubs/vines. Images include basic information on each plant. Browsable by common name, family name or scientific name. Search engine. 9/06
Vascular Plant Image Gallery
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery.htm
Images, browsable by family. Searchable by common name. 9/06
WebGarden http://webgarden.osu.edu/
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