Botany

The Study of Plants

Visit the Ohio State website for descriptions of gymnosperms and angiosperms
to learn different characteristics of each group.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/gymno.htm

Plant Classification

Visit the Ohio State website for descriptions of gymnosperms and angiosperms
to learn different characteristics of each group.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/gymno.htm
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/angio2.htm

Visit the Texas A & M Botany site at
www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/301Manhart/index.htm and read the discussion of dicots and monocots.

Classification or Grouping of Plants by Their Life Cycles

Go to the Ohio State Botany class website www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/classif.htm
and read about plant classification with the Binomial system.

Seed Structure and Germination

For further information on seed characteristics go to the Ohio State site
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/devel1.htm

Roots

Refer to the Ohio State site and read the information on roots and shoots.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/anat1.htm

Stems

View the section on bud types at the University of Wisconsin botany site
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/130/Stem

Leaves

Check out the pictures from Wisconsin on leaf types and leaf parts
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/130/Leaf/

Flowers

The University of Illinois Plant Systematics course has an in depth look at flowers in all the plant families.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/digitalflowers/index.htm

How Seeds Form

Read the section on flower function and pollination from the Ohio site.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/angio3.htm

Fruits

Refer to the drawings from Texas on different fruit types.
www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/301Manhart/index.htm

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