Biology 202 - Botany
Chapter 4 - Roots, Stems & Leaves - Links to web pages mentioned in class, and more!
Plant roots
Botany Glossary (with diagrams and photographs)
Botanical Society of America Image Gallery (Excellent collection of plants, organs, tissues and cells)
Wayne's Word (click on 'vegetative terminology' for information on roots)
Plant roots (part of Kimball's Biology pages)
Plant roots (from a plant physiology course at ECSU)
Plant anatomy images (this professor makes my site look even worse! Select the chapter link of your choice to view many excellent slide and plant images - has nice images of specialized roots...follow the root chapter link)
Plant root images (from a plant biology course at OSU-Lima)
Pneumatophore images (from black mangrove trees)
Strangler Figs and Banyans (many Ficus species have very unusual aerial roots!)
Cassava information (nice site outlining the importance of this food staple)
Mandrake root information (from KillerPlants.com, medicinal properties discussed, as well as Biblical account in Genesis)
Plant nematode research (Nematodes cause significant crop loss around the world)
Plant stems
Botany Glossary (with diagrams and photographs)
Botanical Society of America Image Gallery (Excellent collection of plants, organs, tissues and cells)
Plant stems (part of Kimball's Biology pages)
Stem function and anatomy (several labeled diagrams and other information)
Stem basics and Secondary growth in stems (from a plant physiology course at ECSU)
Plant anatomy images (this professor makes my site look even worse! Select the chapter link of your choice to view many excellent slide and plant images - has nice images of specialized roots...follow the root chapter link)
Plant stem images (from a plant biology course at OSU-Lima)
Chapter 8 - Plant leaves - Links to web pages mentioned in class, and more!
Leaf development research (from the University of Bern...as shown in class)
Expansin Central (site of expansin research lab at PSU...as mentioned in class)
Botany Glossary (with diagrams and photographs)
Botanical Society of America Image Gallery (Excellent collection of plants, organs, tissues and cells)
Leaf functions and anatomy (several labeled drawings of leaves, other functional/anatomical information)
Plant leaf images (part of a plant anatomy class at URI)
Plant leaf images (from a botany course at UALR - Has nice illustrations and anatomical images)
Plant anatomy images (this professor makes my site look even worse! Select the chapter link of your choice to view many excellent slide and plant images - has nice images of specialized roots...follow the root chapter link)
Plant leaf images (from a plant biology course at OSU-Lima)
Ecology of Pitcher Plants (research and images of carnivorous plants)
Leaves.com (if you happen to like tea!)
Using a dichotomous key (an educational tutorial provided by the National Forest Service)
Woody trees of North America (identification, leaf keys, trees searchable by state, much more)
Last updated: 01/24/2006