**Select a Tree
http://selectree.calpoly.edu/

The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
Just how musical can vegetables be? Ask this group who's played vegetable music in Europe and Asia.
http://www.gemueseorchester.org
Forest Protection Portal
Works to end deforestation, preserve old-growth forests, conserve and sustain other forests, and more
 http://forests.org/

**School Gardens
The history of the school gardens in America and why school gardens are making a comeback.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/schoolgardens.html

**The Mystery of the Sweet Potato
What does this plant teach us about history?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1984421

**Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators
Background about pollination and pollinators
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/

*Essential oils
The art of making and using essential oils
http://wisdomoftheelders.org/program07.html

**Lunar Plant Growth Chamber
      Invites students to design chambers for growing plants on the moon.
      http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1953

**Global Biopiracy: Patents, Plants, And Indigenous Knowledge
http://topics.developmentgateway.org

K'ante ‘el – Precious Forest  
Location: Guatemala    Length: 11 min
http://www.archaeologychannel.org 

Edible Flowers
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8513.html

Native American Ethnobotany
A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants.
http://herb.umd.umich.edu/

*Yakama Nation Wildlife, Range, and Vegetation Resources Management
A detailed and well-rounded website about the tribe's programs.
http://www.ynwildlife.org/index.htm

**International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of Tropical Forests
A worldwide network of organizations representing indigenous and tribal peoples living in tropical forest regions.
http://www.international-alliance.org/index.htm

**Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
Over 2000 mushrooms of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia
http://www.pfc.forestry.ca/biodiversity/matchmaker/

**Pick the Pollinator
Test your knowledge of how insects, birds and other pollinators help flowering plants flourish.
http://www.pbs.org/nova/flower

NoNAIS.org
Protect Traditional Rights to Farm
http://nonais.org/

**Plants Used by the Wappo Indians
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/wappo/pages/plants.html

Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Preserving Biodiversity
Indigenous knowledge about cultivated and wild species.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/

vPlants
Browse through various data from 90,000 plant specimens and images for over 50,000.
http://www.vplants.org/

**Celebrating Wildflowers
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/

**Month by Month Planting Calendar
Presents lists for each month of flowering plants that may be planted in U.S. gardens
   http://www.demesne.info/Garden-Help/Planting-Calendar/
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*The American Cranberry
Explores how to plant, harvest, cook, and market this round red relative of the blueberry.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/agnic/cranberry/

**Ohio Valley Dyes
An account of some of the principal dyes employed by the North-American Indians
From the Ohio River Valley
http://memory.loc.gov/

**How Creator brought sagebrush to the desert people
A desert creation story
http://wisdomoftheelders.org/program05.html

Mexico: Chiapas Highlands: A Sense of Place
Audio file of how the arrival of GM crops is beginning to influence their lives
http://www.archive.org/

UCS Pharma Crop Database
Find out if pharma crops have been approved for planting in your state
http://go.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/pharm/index.php?s_keyword=XX

10 Steps To Better Eco-Diving In Kelp Forests
Guidelines for safe scuba diving in kelp forests
http://www.montereybay.noaa.gov/visitor/dive/divinginkelp.html

Botanic Gardens
Using Biodiversity to improve human well-being [pdf]
http://www.bgci.org

What is Crop Diversity  
Looks at crop diversity and its importance in agriculture and food security.
http://www.croptrust.org/main/whatis.php

Wieslander Vegetation Type Maps & Photographs   
A collection of over 3,000 digitized photographs of natural vegetation in California
http://lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/vtm/

The Organic Center   
Features articles and reports on subjects such as pesticides in foods, nutritional quality, antioxidants, and food safety.
http://www.organic-center.org

**Birch bark
Native American uses for birchbark
http://www.nativetech.org/brchbark/brchbark.htm

**USDA Crop Profiles
Information on production, cultural practice, and treatments of insect pests and diseases.
  http://www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles

**EcoKids: Tree Planting Tips 
Tree planting tips and related activities for children. C
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/tree_planting/

**How Wild is Your Garden?
How much do you know about the native plants that attract wildlife?
http://www.enature.com/challenge/gardenChallenge1.asp

*National Tree Trust 
NTT's mission is to act as a catalyst for local volunteer groups in growing, planting, and maintaining trees in rural communities, urban areas, and along our nation's highways. 
http://www.nationaltreetrust.org/

**Plants In Motion
Time-lapse photography shows science of plants.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2004/r0404-26.shtml

**Millennium Seed Bank Project [pdf]
Organizations establishing seed banks to protect the wide diversity of existing plant life
for future generations.
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/msbp/

** Honoring the Land: Creating the Natural Environment at NMAI
Smithsonian.TV explorers the creation and care of the Native Landscape at the National Museum of the American Indian
http://smithsonian.tv/videos/nmai/Curator_Talks/2005-11-04_Honoring_Land.htm

** Native American Ethnobotany
A database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of Native American peoples, derived from plants
http://herb.umd.umich.edu/

** Schools for Chiapas
Maya Seed Saving Photo Gallery
http://schoolsforchiapas.org/Pictures_and_Sounds/seeds/

** Exploratorium: Science of Gardening
Video clips, interactives, photos, and articles about seeds, plants and gardening.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening/index.html

** Calafate or Michay
Mapuche Medicine
http://www.beingindigenous.org/index/tradicional_health/health.htm

**Native Gardening Resources
A list of learning resources from the Eiteljorg museum
http://www.eiteljorg.org/ejm/ep&e.asp

**The Vegetables We Eat
Discusses seeds, specialized root systems, shoot systems, edible leaves, flowers and more.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ewsherb/edpages/delicious/introduction.html

**California Wild Rice
A semi-aquatic grass that historically grew in lakes, tidal rivers and bays in water between 2 and 4 feet deep
http://www.cawildrice.com

**Herbicide-Resistant Horseweed in California
Now growing prolifically on irrigation canal banks, vacant lots, orchard and vineyard floors, roadsides and gardens
http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=690

** National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation
Over 1,000,000,000 seeds from 5,000 species to protect them from extinction.
http://www.nwf.org/
**Planet ARKive
Features games, quizzes and about endangered plant and animal species for children aged 7-11.
    http://www.planetarkive.org/

* Botany
     Offers resources related to the study of earth's more than400,000 documented species of plant life.
http://www.nbii.gov/disciplines/botany/index.html

* Music for Dogwoods
Musicians imagine the voice of the dogwood:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4600468

*The Invasive Species Initiative
Terrific list of resources about invasive plants and how to manage them
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/

*Native Plants & Medicine
Video Archive from the Tillie Hardwick Lecture Series
http://www.cimcc.org/lect.htm

*Celebrating Wildflowers Coloring Books
Featuring plants and wild flowers from the northwestern United States and the Texas hill country.  
http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/

*Invasive Plant Atlas of New England 
Contains images and descriptive information for the invasive and potentially invasive plants in New England
http://invasives.eeb.uconn.edu/ipane/

Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
The Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery has over 600 species of plants to help students required to learn plants as a part of their studies.
http://www.noble.org/imagegallery/

 Eternal Seed
http://www.mediarights.org/search/fil_detail.php?fil_id=00723

Macrofungi of Costa Rica
Fungi, anyone?
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/knowledge/vsl_files.htp?fileid=129878&flt=CAB

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Inspires people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the Sonoran Desert.
http://www.desertmuseum.org/programs/flw_blooming.html

California Wildflowers
From the Bureau of Land Managaement
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/recreation/wildflowers.html

*Traditional Herbal &Plant Knowledge, Identifications
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/plants.html

**Edible Fungi
   A list of mushrooms that are generally considered edible for most people.
  http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/edible.html

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Interactive document shows minimum temperature zones in the United States, Canada, and Mexico
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone

* Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Documents the flora in all counties within a 50-mile radius of New York City.
http://www.bbg.org/sci/nymf/index.html

* The Human Flower Project
Newssource, photo album, weblog and  discussion of flowers in human culture.
http://www.humanflowerproject.com/

**The Poinsettia Pages
History, lore, facts and figures, selection, and tips for caring  for poinsettia plants.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/

**Shade Grown Cacao
The role played by shade trees in cacao plantations of providing habitats for migratory birds.
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/

**Invasive, Exotic, Aquatic and Wetland Plants in the Western United  States
Descriptions,  images, and information about plants that cause problems in wetlands in the western U.S.
  http://www.wapms.org/plants/

*Lewis & Clark as Naturalists
Flora & fauna as described by the explorers during their journey across America in 1804-6. 
      http://web4.si.edu/lewisandclark/index

*Gathering activities of the fall season
As told by Judy Bluehorse Skelton
http://wisdomoftheelders.org/program03.html

*tobacco: past, present, and future
Tobacco grew naturally in what is now known as the Americas. It wasn't until 1492 that tobacco was introduced to Europe.
http://scienceu.fsu.edu/content/tobaccohistory/

*Native Seeds/SEARCH
Works to protect crop biodiversity and to celebrate cultural diversity.
http://www.nativeseeds.org/v2/default.php

CITES.org
Ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival
http://www.cites.org/

*Midewin National Tall grass Prairie
The first national tallgrass prairie features a Midewin prairie timeline, bibliography, and more
http://www.openlands.org/midewin/timeline.html

*Invasive Plant List Wallet Card
Find out if a particular plant is right for your part of the country
http://nature.org/magazine/summer2004/invasives/

The ANcient Forest Roadshow
Information about our ancient forests and the government's policies which destroy them
http://www.forestroadshow.org/

Bibliography of Dendrochronology
An archive of printed documents relevant to tree-ring research worldwide
http://www01.wsl.ch/dendrobiblio

First Arbor Day
On April 10, 1872, Nebraskans celebrated the first Arbor Day by planting more than a million trees
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/c

*United Plant Savers
Protects native medicinal plants and habitat of the United States and Canada,
http://www.plantsavers.org/

*Methuseluh Tree
The oldest living thing on earth-- a bristle cone pine in California's White Mountains that is nearly 5,000 years old.
http://pbs.org/nova/methuselah/

*Native Seeds
Promotes the use of ancient crops and their wild relatives by gathering, safeguarding, and distributing their seeds.
http://www.nativeseeds.org/

*The Fungus Among Us
A virtual museum explores the unseen mycelia of thousands of species of fungi
  http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Mushroom/English/

* Summer Season Plants
Judy Bluehorse Skelton tells how she follows the plants through the seasons,
http://wisdomoftheelders.org/program06.html

* Appropriate Use of Sacred Tobacco
Downloadable posters
http://www.ncidc.org/tupe/downloads.htm

The Culture of Tobacco in 17th- and 18th-Century Europe
Significant collections relating to the history of tobacco
 http://www.nypl.org/

Health and Healing:
Indigenous ways of developing a relationship with the plant world and native herbalists' lifetime commitment to herbal medicine.
http://wisdomoftheelders.org/program01.html

Taheebvu Chadi
Judy Trejo, Northern Paiute and Pitt River Indian healer, hares her relationship with her great grandmother who was a healer.
http://wisdomoftheelders.org/program01.html

*  Alien Plants on Hawaii's Native Biota
From the University of Hawaii:
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/cw_smith/impact.htm

* Corn...The Beginning
Indians in central Mexico developed corn from a wild grass over 7,000 years ago!
http://www.kycorn.org/corneducation/cornclass/3beginning.pdf

* Tobacco timeline
Experts believe the tobacco plant, as we know it today, begins growing in the Americas around 6000 BC.
http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/tobacco_history.html

Dry Edible Beans
Christopher Columbus found beans in Cuba and took them back to Europe, where they were a special treat. 
http://www.fb.com/nefb/ag-ed/dry_beans.html

Cultivating Canadian Gardens
Begins with the earliest recorded information on the plantings of the Hurons who had been tending their crops long before Europeans arrived in North America 
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/garden/

Hot Potatoes
The "number one crop disease in the world today, "late blight," and how it's affecting the Peruvian Andes-the place where edible potatoes were first cultivated
http://www.kcts.org/productions/hotpotatoes/

The Foliage Network
http://www.foliagenetwork.com/

Historic Tree Nursery
A website to buy offspring from Historic trees, including American Elm (Chief Logan) , Pecan (Indian Marker), and Redbud(Trail of Tears)
http://www.historictrees.org/?AID=6309133&PID=291387

Native American Cordage
How American Indians prepared plant and animal fibers for making ropes and cords. An animated demonstration of thigh-spinning is included.
http://www.nativetech.org/cordage/ 

Curtis Botanical Magazine
Students of all ages can access research antique (1787-1807) illustrations of native plant species from around the world.  
http://www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/

Vanilla
Vanilla is a flavoring extract made from the bean of an orchid plant, also called vanilla, that are indigenous to Mesoamerica.
http://www.kporterfield.com/aicttw/excerpts/vanilla.html

Multipurpose Mesquite
A popular plant with desert-dwelling Native Americans, the mesquite tree produces edible beans as well as roots, bark and wood good for multiple uses.    Video format :-)    
http://pbs-afg.virage.com

Michigan 4-H Garden Tour 
This ambitious project by Michigan State University and Michigan 4-H Children's Garden features a North American Indian garden.
http://4hgarden.msu.edu/kidstour/tour.html

Ancient Agave Cultivation
Evidence suggests that agave plants were cultivated in Arizona by pre-Columbian peoples for the use of their fibers. Video format :-) 
http://pbs-afg.virage.com/v

The Plants of the Discovery 
The second great food revolution occurred when Christopher Columbus and his successors, brought from America to Europe. 
http://museum.agropolis.fr/

On the Trail of the Sagueso Cactus
The fact that sagueso cactuses were discovered growing far from their native climate proves that the Seri people had brought them there for food. Video format :-) 
http://pbs-afg.virage.com/

Native American Healing in the 21st Century
This video traces ancient healing methods of American Indians, discusses the invaluable contributions they made to our early frontier medical heritage, and shows how many of these same healing plants...
http://www.mediarights.org/search/fil_detail.php?fil_id=01649

Plants For A Future - Database Search
http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/D_search.html

The Eastern Native Seed Conservancy, endeavors to preserve rare genetic stock and in so doing is able to offer the public a sampling of true rarity 
Eastern Native Seed Conservancy
http://www.enscseeds.org/

Pack up your gear, venture into this online forest, and explore ideas about nature!
Fantastic Forest 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forest/
Which of America's many trees would you choose for our national symbol?
Vote here!    
The National Arbor Day Foundation - We Help People Plant and Care for Trees 
http://www.arborday.org/

 A Capsule History of Tobacco 
After  European invasion of the Americas, tobacco became an international craze.
http://www.tobacco.org/History/Tobacco_History.html

Quia! Java Games - Plant Parts 
Flashcards! Activities! Very cool and very fun games!
http://www.quia.com/custom/99main.html

 Start a new garden or update your current gardening areas!
GardenGuides - Come Garden With Us 
http://www.gardenguides.com/

In a Garden
Click on a button and watch your garden grow!
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/ 

Pumpkin  Nook
 Everything you could possibly EVER want to know about pumpkins
http://members.aol.com/ezpumpkin/