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SHORT INDEX

  1. Organizations
  2. Botanical Gardens
  3. Endangered Plants
  4. Forests and Forestry
  5. Trees and Wood

ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONAL

bulletEuropean Grassland Federation

BOTANICAL GARDENS

ASSOCIATIONS

bulletBGCI - Botanic Gardens Conservation International Richmond, Surrey, England

AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
bulletAustralian National Botanic Gardens Canberra

EUROPE

IRELAND

bulletPhoenix Park Dublin

SWITZERLAND

bulletConservatoire et Jardin Botanique (Conservatory and Botanical Garden) Genève (Geneva) [In French]

UNITED KINGDOM

bulletRoyal Botanic Gardens Kew (near London)

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

DIRECTORIES
bulletCanadian Public and Botanical Gardens and Arboreta on the World Wide Web Source: Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton/Burlington, ON
ALBERTA
bulletUniversity of Alberta - Devonian Botanic Garden Edmonton
BRITISH COLUMBIA
bulletThe Butchart Gardens Victoria
bulletHatley Park - The Public Gardens of Royal Roads University Colwood (near Victoria)
bulletUniversity of British Columbia Botanical Garden Vancouver
bulletVanDusen Botanical Garden Vancouver
ONTARIO
bulletRoyal Botanical Gardens Hamilton/Burlington
QUÉBEC
bulletJardin Botanique de Montréal (Montreal Botanical Garden)  Montréal [In French]

UNITED STATES

CALIFORNIA
bulletHuntington Botanical Gardens San Marino
MICHIGAN
bulletNichols Arboretum Ann Arbor
bulletUniversity of Michigan Herbarium Ann Arbor
NEBRASKA
bulletMaxwell Arboretum Lincoln (University of Nebraska)

ENDANGERED PLANTS

GENERAL

bullet1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre Cambridge, England

FORESTS AND FORESTRY

ASSOCIATIONS

EUROPE

UNITED KINGDOM
bulletRoyal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Tring, Hertfordshire, England

CONSERVATION

bulletForest Information Service Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), Cambridge, England
WCMC's data holdings (constantly updated) on forests, their diversity and conservation status worldwide come from a variety of national and international sources. WCMC is constantly updating and expanding the content of its forest databases. About 80 countries (or regions, in the case of continent-size countries) are already included. Information for each country (or region) includes a description of its forests, statistics, information on biodiversity and a colour map with much detail.
bulletTRN Reports Source: Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto (SLL) / Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, Helsinki, Finland
Internet resources on boreal (northern) forests.

TREES AND WOOD

CHARACTERISTICS OF WOOD

bulletWood List: Hardwoods Source: Amateur Woodworker
Basic characteristics of hard woods commonly used by woodworkers.

TREES

GENERAL AND IDENTIFICATION

bulletBritish Trees
bulletWhat Tree Is That? - A Guide to the More Common Trees Found in the Eastern and Central U.S. Source: TreeLink
bulletTrees & Shrubs of Ontario Author: Dave Hendry, Sir Sandford Fleming College, Lindsay, ON, Canada
bulletWoody Plants - Botany 4012 Image Collection Source: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
A collection of high-quality photographs of leafs, branches and other parts of trees and other woody plants.

GYMNOSPERMS

GENERAL
bulletGymnosperm Database Author: Christopher J. Earle, Seattle, WA, USA
A very good source of information on gymnosperms, i.e. phylum Pinophyta.
CONIFERS
bulletChecklist of Conifers in the British Isles Author: Cameron S. Crook, Preston, Lancashire, England

DENDROCHRONOLOGY (TREE-RING ANALYSIS)

bulletThe Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages Author: Henri D. Grissino-Meyer, Valdosta, GA, USA

 

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