Useful Links by ACES Department


Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
 Horticulture / Gardening

  • Fact Sheets for 680 Trees
    Fact sheets with lots of info on each tree. Searchable by family, common name, and scientific name. (U of Florida)

  • Guide to Poisonous Plants
    Database that gives lots of information on poisonous plants, including pictures, animals affected, and locations where they can be found. Searchable by plant names or by symptom. (Colorado State)

  • Home, Yard, and Garden Pest
    A newsletter to provide timely information on insect, weed, and plant disease pests for landscapers, arborists, lawn care professionals, golf course personnel, and garden center operators. Searchable.

  • Hort Corner
    A wonderfully rich resource that provides links to extension sites having to do with horticulture. Each link is a valuable resource in itself.

  • Horticulture Web
    Provides a dynamic community where you can stay informed, conduct business or research, stay abreast of government programs, participate in community activities or communicate with fellow horticulturists.

  • Plant Breeding as a Hobby
    The purpose of this full-text HTML circular is to explain the principles of plant reproduction and to describe some of the simple techniques that can be used to produce new varieties or strains of plants.

  • PlantFacts
    An international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center. Database of extension materials relevant to plants. Easy to understand quality information. (Ohio State University)

  • The Green Line
    News on gardening, health, and nutrition from U of I extension.

  • Weed Identification
    Thorough, easy to use site that allows you to enter characteristics of a weed and retrieve its identification, or select a weed by name and retrieve its characteristics. (U of I, ACES)