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The Great Plant Escape [ Profile ] - Help Detective LePlant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life.

Botany.com [ Profile ] - An encyclopedia of plants where you can look a plant up by its common name or its botanical name. It also includes a dictionary of botanical words and information about pests, diseases, and weather.

Celebrating Wildflowers: Texas Hill Country Coloring Book [ Profile ] - Provides accurate drawings of 63 wildflowers. Flowers listed by both common name and scientific name. Each drawing includes coloring guide.

The Mysterious Venus Flytrap [ Profile ] - Comprehensive information about this plant that eats meat and also includes includes information on how to grow one.

Leaf it Alone [ Profile ] - Learn about poisonous plants and find out ways to avoid these plants.

Tree Identification [ Profile ] - Easy-to-use key to identify trees according to their characteristics.

Sammy Saguaro's Scrapbook [ Profile ] - Learn about the life stages, animal inhabitants, and habitat of this cactus.

Trees are Terrific [ Profile ] - Travel with Pierre as you learn all about how trees are important to us.

Photosynthesis, Energy, and Life [ Profile ] - An introduction to photosynthesis and other energy sources that move through nature.

Logan's Tree Webpage [ Profile ] - A graphic organizer showing the importance of trees. Written by a first grader.

Talk About Trees [ Profile ] - Non-profit program dedicated to educating children about the responsible management and use of California's most renewable resource. Includes resources for students and teachers, including lessons, games, and other resources.

Plant Anatomy and Glossary [ Profile ] - Leaf arrangement, shape, type, venation, stem types, roots, and other characteristics of plants.

Plants [ Profile ] - Contains information, activities, links, and interactive quizzes on the basic concepts of plants.

The Amazing Story of Kudzu [ Profile ] - History, varied uses for kudzu plants, links and references.

Twig Walkingstick - Plants [ Profile ] - Commonly asked questions about plants, such as "why does a carrot have hair?" and "why do peas grow in pods?"

Trees [ Profile ] - Full of interactive adventures to explain why trees have different shapes, how squirrels help oak trees to survive, how trees spread their seeds, and how trees protect their space.

Plants and Flowers [ Profile ] - Includes games, coloring pages, facts, and stationery.

Brockman Memorial Tree Tour [ Profile ] - Eighty different species are described and illustrated as you take a virtual walk around the University of Washington. Common and Latin names are given.

Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book [ Profile ] - Intended as a starting point for finding plant pathology sites on the net. It is divided into themed sections.

Plants and Our Environment [ Profile ] - Offers information on basic biology as well as explanations of different parts, pollination, germination, photosynthesis and spreading seeds. Also includes simple quizzes on each section and a glossary.

Dr. Arbor Talks Trees [ Profile ] - Learn how the roots, trunk, leaves, twigs, and buds are put together. Tells how to identify trees and what happens inside the tree.

Exploring the Secret Life of Trees [ Profile ] - Tells what different parts do and why they are important to the health of the tree.

Natural Products Initiative [ Profile ] - Tells what economic botany is, and explains the collections at the museum.

Real Trees 4 Kids [ Profile ] - Fun facts, photographs, and information about tree types, classification, life cycles, habitat, stems, rings, and harvesting operations.

Hindmarsh Correa (Correa Calycina) [ Profile ] - Includes a fact sheet on this tall, branching shrub, and what is being done to help it.

Plant Nutrient Team [ Profile ] - Learn about how plants grow as well as the importance of soil for plants and humans.

Eco-Tree [ Profile ] - Learn about the parts of a tree by clicking on the drawing. Page explains the purpose of the leaves, trunk and roots. Photosynthesis and types of seeds are also discussed.

Flower Structure and Variations [ Profile ] - Learn the names for the various parts of a flower. From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Plant Names [ Profile ] - Information on scientific plant names including why they are written in Latin, why they change and how to write scientific names in an English document.
 
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