Find information on the following:
Taxonomy: Common and scientific
names; plant family characteristics
Environment: Native habitat
of species; description of primary users
Physiological adaptations:
predation avoidance; reproductive strategies; photosynthetic pathway; other
adaptations; comparison to other plants
Cultural: how used by humans
Apple - http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MALUS
Bell pepper - http://medplant.nmsu.edu/capsicum.htm
Brassica
- http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/profiles/c09cole.html
Broad bean - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_MV017
Broccolli
- http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/profiles/c09cole.html
Bromeliad
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/monocots/bromeliflorae.html
Brussels sprouts
- http://www.brussels-sprouts.com/BSINFO.htm
California
poppy - http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/poppy/index.html
Cannibis
sativa - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Cannabis_sativa.html
Carrot
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/carrot/carrot.htm
Catnip - http://www.botany.com/nepeta.html
Cauliflower
- http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/profiles/c09cole.html
Celery
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/celery/celery.htm
Coast redwood
(Sequoia sempervirens) - http://www.sempervirens.org/sequoiasemp.htm
Coriander/Cilantro
- http://www.botany.com/coriandrum.html
Gerbera
daisy - http://www.plantfacts.com/Family/Asteraceae/Gerbera.jamesonii.shtml
Ginkgo
biloba - http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/gi/gi/index.htm
Heather - http://www.botany.com/calluna.html
Iris -
http://www.pacificcoastiris.org/framesoc.html
Lettuce
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/lettuc/lettuc.htm
Lily - http://www.botany.com/lilium.html
Mango - http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/mango.html
Morning glory - http://www.botany.com/ipomoea.html
Nasturtium - http://www.botany.com/tropaeolum.html
Onion
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/onions/onions.htm
Orchid - http://www.botany.com/orchidaceae.html
Plumeria
- http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/hortline/messages/3806.shtml
Poison oak, Pacific - http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TODI
Potato
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/potat/potat.htm
Pumpkin
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/Pumpkin.html
Pea
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/peas/pe00001.htm
Radish
- http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/NWREC/radish.html
Soy
bean - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/crops/Soybean.html
Spinach - http://www.botany.com/spinacia.html
Spelt
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/spelt.html
Stinging
nettle - http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/~pi/enpp/botany/botcirc/Botcirc34.pdf
Strawberry
- http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic/Strawberry/
Sugar cane
- http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/leaflets/sugar.htm
Sugar
snap pea - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/peas/pe00001.htm
Tobacco
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/Tobacco.html
Tulip
- http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/botan/tulip.html
Turnip
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/turnip.html
Watermelon
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/waterm/waterm.htm