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Identifying Plants
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a lot
of plant information and photos if you are searching to identify a
particular plant, although I'm not sure how you would go about finding it if
you don't know its name!
HortiPlex
contains plant images and data as well as links to information
sources, images and vendors.
The Plants Database at Dave's Garden nice big type, very nice
thumbnails and large photos. Not as extensive listings as above two but
there is an Identification Forum where you can post a photo of the plant you
are trying to identify.
Wildflower Database
at MyWildflowers.com a database of wildflowers, with photos.
Users can search for a flower by name, family, or other criteria. The site
also include a unique identification tool that allows you to enter a few
features of a flower you've seen (like color, height, leaf type, shape,
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The Botanical Garden Volume II - Annuals and
Perennials - Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix - 2002 Over 4,000 color photos
of leaves, bracts, blossoms, rhizomes, and root structures with scientific
names, description, locale and cultivation information. Text is scientific.
Common names not given for many of the plants.
more info:
The Botanical Garden: Perennials and... |
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Botanical Illustration in Watercolor -
Eleanor B. Wunderlich - 1996 more info:
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The Botany Coloring Book - Paul G.
Young, Jacquelyn Giuffre (Illustrator) - 1982 more info:
The Botany Coloring Book |
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Identifying and Harvesting
Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild Places) - Steve
Brill, Evelyn Dean - 1994 more info: USA:
Identifying and Harvesting Edible and...
Europe:
Identifying and Harvesting Edible and...
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How to Draw Plants : The Techniques of Botanical
Illustration - Keith R. West - 1996 more info:
How to Draw Plants : The Techniques of...
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Just Weeds : History, Myths,
and Uses - Pamela Jones - 1991 nice, large color illustrations, interesting and helpful text
Back Cover:
To Pamela Jones, the wild plants we call weeds–far from being the scourges
of the garden–are among nature's most generous, useful gifts, and in this
book, she conveys not only her knowledge of them but her affection as well.
Just Weeds covers 30 of the most common wild
plants of North America: their botanical and everyday names, recognizable
features, habitat, history, myths and practical applications–medicinal,
culinary and cosmetic.
"I hope to lure you in these pages on a journey of
discovery among some of nature's most extraordinary survivors and heroes. My
objective is simple: to turn your resentment and contempt for weeds into
curiosity." from the Introduction to Just Weeds
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of terms for used book descriptions
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Western Garden Book, 2001 Edition - Kathleen Norris
Brenzel - 2001 more info: USA: Western Garden Book, 2001 Edition
Europe:
Western Garden Book
Although this book is written specifically for the western US, the
information is helpful worldwide.
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