LibGuides: Horticulture: Welcome

Key Reference Works

Steyermark's Flora of Missouri by Julian A. Steyermark; George Alfred Yatskievych; Missouri (Contribution by); Missouri Botanical Garden Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: Ref 581.977 S853s2
ISBN: 1930723490
Publication Date: 2006-06-01

This is the second edition, edited by Steyermark's colleague after his death. Every plant in the state, with common names and variants. Each entry has a map of counties of occurrence.
New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture by Everett, Thomas
An amazing accomplishment by a single author - there should be a book about the book! True to his English training, look for common names in the index, the set is alpha by Latin nomenclature

Recommended Sources

Agricola
The database for the National Agricultural Library, one of the largest collections of plant-oriented data in the world.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
University of Georgia
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and ethnobotanical databases
Agricultural Research Service.
The Gardens & Grounds
Monticello, The Home of Thomas Jefferson. Includes Center for Historic Plants and Historic Landscape Institute.
Greenhouse Management Guidesheets
Prepared by Purdue University.
Horticulture
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Home Extension horticulture site. Although targeted for the home gardener, it is also useful for the professional.
Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual Perspective
An outstanding comprehensive site from Ohio State University which includes the popular gardening website, WebGarden
Horticulture Department at Cornell University
Offers information on many topics, including greenhouses, urban horticulture and web links for students and commercial growers.
Michigan State University Turfgrass Information Center
Missouri Botanical Garden
New York Botanical Garden
Plant Propagation
materials developed by Texas A&M University.
Plants Database
An invaluable resource from the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, this website offers profiles of specific plants, images, alternative crops, wetland, culturally significant, threatened, endangered, invasie and noxious plants. Numerous links to other sources.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Texas Greenhouse Management Handbook
U.S. National Arboretum
University of Maryland Plant Diagnostics