I. Botanical Organizations, Projects, and Institutions
American Forests
http://www.americanforests.org/
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
http://www.aspt.net/
The Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium
http://xtimber.uark.edu/
Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
http://www.bonap.org/
Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)
https://fwbg.org
Botanical Society of America
http://www.botany.org
Cornell University Botanical Garden
http://www.plantations.cornell.edu/
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries
http://www.cbhl.net
Flora of North America
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Genomics & Bioinformatics Service- Texas A&M University
http://www.txgen.tamu.edu/
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University
http://www.huh.harvard.edu/
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
http://www.iaptglobal.org/
Jepson and University of California at Berkeley Herbaria
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/
Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
https://fwbg.org/brit-press/jbrit/current/
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
http://www.wildflower.org/
Missouri Botanical Garden
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/
National Biological Information Infrastructure
Wayback Archive
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA)
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
New York Botanical Garden
http://www.nybg.org/
Ohio State Main Plant Page
http://plantfacts.osu.edu
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
http://tropicalstudies.org/research
Plants for the Future
http://plantetp.org/
Plant Resources Center – University of Texas-Austin
http://w3.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
http://www.kew.org/
Smithsonian Institution Botany Department
http://botany.si.edu
Texas A&M University Tracy Herbarium
http://tracyherbaruim.tamu.edu
Texas Agricultural Extension Service (County Offices)
http://county-tx.tamu.edu/
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/
Texas Forest Service
http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/
Tree of Life
http://www.tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
Texas Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org
University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/taxaform.html
University of Michigan Herbarium
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/herb/
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Botany
http://www.botany.wisc.edu/
II. Plant Images
Agricultural Research Service Image Gallery
https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/image-gallery/
Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive Plant Line Drawings
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/plant-line-drawings/
Botanical Images Catalog – The Smithsonian Institute
http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/botany/?ti=6
Carnivorous Plant
http://www.carnivorousplants.org/
Linnaean Herbarium Specimen Images
http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/welcome.html.en
Plant Images
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/
III. Tools Useful to Botanists
A. Databases Including Plant Names/Nomenclature
Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive Plant Database
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/
Arabidopsis – The Definitive Website
http://www.arabidopsis.org
Botanical Collectors Database
http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/
Flora Europaea Database
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/FE/fe.html
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/query/accessionsbysite.aspx
Index Herbariorum
http://sweetgum.nybg.org/
International Plant Name Index
http://www.ipni.org/
Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera
http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/ncu/genera/
New York Botanical Garden
http://www.nybg.org/bsci/online_pubs.html
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
http://phytochem.nal.usda.gov
Plant Chromosome Numbers Database
http://www.tropicos.org/Project/IPCN
PLANTS National Database (USDA)
http://plants.usda.gov
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Databases
shttps://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/data-and-digital
TROPICOS (Worldwide Nomenclature Database – Missouri Botanical Garden)
http://www.tropicos.org/
World Species Index
http://www.sp2000.org/
B. Plant Taxonomic Material/Rules
American Society of Plant Taxonomist Membership List
https://members.aspt.net/civicrm/profile?gid=25&reset=1
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php
World Wide Plant Family Identifier
http://www.colby.edu/info.tech/BI211/PlantFamilyID.html
C. Searching the Botanical Literature
AGRICOLA Database – National Agricultural Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/
Index to American Botanical Literature
http://www.nybg.org/bsci/iabl.html
Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature
http://kbd.kew.org/kbd/searchpage.do
IV. Useful Non-Botanical Tools
Austin College Abell Library – Virtual Library
http://abell.austincollege.edu/abell/elinfor/paidfor.html
Careers in Botany – Botanical Society of America
http://www.botany.org/bsa/careers/
Cartographic Links for Botanists
http://www1.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/ibc99/cartography/cartogr.html
CIA World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/
Geographic Names Browser
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
Government Webpages Database
http://www.usa.gov
MLA (Modern Language Association)
http://www.mla.org
V. Links/Directories/Web Servers
Botanical Databases at the Smithsonian Institution
http://library.si.edu/libraries/botany-and-horticulture-library
Botanical Society of America
http://www.botany.org/
Internet Directory for Botany
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/idb-alpha/botany.html
Search Engine for Plant Questions
http://plantfacts.osu.edu/web/
Scott’s Botanical Links
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/bot-linx/
Vegetation Maps from All Regions of the World
http://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/VegMaps
Virtual Library: Botany
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/www-vl/
VI. Texas Botany
Benny Simpson’s Native Texas Trees
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/tamuhort.html
Big Thicket National Preserve
http://www.nps.gov/bith/
Endemics Checklist for Texas
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/endemics/endemic1.htm
Illustrated Flora of East Texas Project
https://fwbg.org/brit-press/easttexasflora/
Native Plant Society of Texas
http://npsot.org/
Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas
https://fwbg.org/brit-press/nctexasflora/
Texas Big Tree Registry
http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/article.aspx?id=1336
Texas Department of Agriculture
http://www.agr.state.tx.us
VII. Gardening/Horticulture/Agriculture/ Practical Information
Agriculture Network Information Center
http://www.agnic.org
Common Names with their Scientific Names
http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/coma.htm
Encyclopedia of Plants
http://www.theplantencyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Forestry Resources
http://www.forestresources.org/
Herb Garden Guide
http://www.herbco.com/t-herb-gardening-guide.aspx
Plant Trivia Timeline
https://sites.google.com/site/ourvegetablekingdom/
Seed Resources
http://www.seedquest.com/
VIII. Conservation
Center for Biological Diversity Website
http://cbc.amnh.org/
Convention on Biological Diversity Website
http://www.cbd.int/
Endangered and Threatened Species
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/endang/
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
Global Environmental Facility Website
http://www.thegef.org/
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
http://www.inbio.ac.cr/en
National Register of Big Trees
http://www.americanforests.org/resources/bigtrees/
Native Prairies Association of Texas
http://www.texasprairie.org/
Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Materials Program
http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/
Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/
Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/
Texas Land Conservancy
http://texaslandconservancy.org/
Texas Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/t…
Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c580/c580.htm
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/
IX. Poisonous and Medicinal Plants
Medicinal and Economic Botany Links
http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/FindIT/ecmd.html
Poisonous Plant Links
http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/FindIT/popl.html
Poisonous Plants Information System – Canada
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/eng/species-bank/canadian-poisonous-plants-informa…
Plants Poisonous to Livestock – Cornell University
http://poisonousplants.ansci.cornell.edu/index.html
