Links

This page contains links to sites that are either related to Forest Biology, Dendrology, or just plain interesting. Enjoy!

Forest Biology - The Forest Biology homepage at Virginia Tech is where to find the Electronic Textbook, as well as other class information.

Remarkable Trees of Virginia Project

Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora - Reports the Virginia county distribution of your favorite flora.

Tree Sites from other Schools:

• Arizona State University Arboretum
• Landscape Horticulture at Auburn University
• Auburn - Trees of Alabama and the Southeast web site
• CalPhotos: California Plants & Habitats
• University of Catania - Botanical Department
• Iowa State University Department of Botany
• Iowa State University's Interactive Key
• Michigan State University - Home Trees & Shrubs
• Montana Plant Life - Well done and fairly complete.
• North Carolina State University - Plant fact sheets
• Catalog of the Woody Plants of Oklahoma: Descriptions and Range Maps
• Oregon State University's Trees of the Pacific Northwest
• Oregon State University - Horticulture
• Southern Illinois University Campus Tree Trainer
• Steven F Austin Dendrology
• Texas A&M University's Vascular Plant Image Gallery
• Texas A&M University - Native Plants of South Texas
• University of California, Berkeley - Jepson Herbarium
• University of Connecticut Plant Database - a good source of ornamental information
• University of Florida Landscape Plant Fact Sheets
• University of North Carolina - Flora of the Southeast
• University of Tennessee Herbarium
• University of Washington's Campus Tree Tour
• UW - Madison Department of Botany - Image collections
• UW - Oshkosh - Campus Trees
• University of Hawaii - Botany Department Hawaiian Native Plants

Government Sites:

• Forest Service Fire Effects Information - Silvics for a wide variety of species
• National Interagency Fire Center - Forest fire information
• National Resources Conservation Service (Soil Surveys)
• NC Forestry Common Forest Trees of North Carolina
• Ohio DNR Common Ohio Trees
• Silvics of North America
• USDA Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America
• USDA Plants Projects Page
• USDA Woody Plant Seed Manual
• USGS National Wetlands Research Center
• USGS Little's Range Maps
• United States Forest Service
• Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Virginia Department of Forestry
  • Common Native Trees of Virginia
  • Common Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of Virginia

Interesting Stuff:

• Michael L. Charters has assembled the most thorough compilation of the meanings of botanical binomials that I have encountered. Learn Greek, Latin, and history (yes - history - as some of the mini biographies are quite well researched) when you scroll through the botanical names of California and Virginia plants:
• - California Plant Names, Word Meanings and Name Derivations
• - Virginia Plant Names, Word Meanings and Name Derivations
• About.com forestry section - A wealth of forestry information!
• American Chestnut Oral History Project
• The Best Gardening Databases on the Net
• Dutch trees and treeguide (English)
• Flora, Fauna, Earth, and Sky... The Natural History of the Northwoods
• Hort.net - Lots of pictures of ornamental species
• Native and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia
• Northwest Conifers
• Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests
• Sheffield's Seed Co., Inc has put together growing information on a very large list of species, includes germination and site requirements.
• Southwest Desert Flora
• Southwest Environmental Information Network
• State Trees and Flowers
• Techno Tree Biology Dictionary By Keslick and Son Modern Arboriculture, Associates - features a dictionary and content by Dr. Shigo.
• Tree Topics - Plant Facts and Photos
• Virginia Tech Libraries

Professional Organizations:

• American Chestnut Foundation
• American Forests
• American Society of Consulting Arborists
• Association of Consulting Foresters of America Inc.
• International Society of Arboriculture
• Society of American Foresters
• The National Christmas Tree Association