To the untrained eye, the restored prairie lands of Illinois look exactly how you would imagine they looked hundreds of years ago. But many plant species are still missing, and recent efforts — ...

From diverse shapes and sizes to complex dispersals and defenses, seed traits hold the secrets to how plants adapt, reproduce, and survive. Yet, when it comes to global plant trait data, there is a ...

As Texans prepare to celebrate Earth Day, conservation experts are urging home gardeners to look beyond traditional ...

I want to plant some native beds, not sure how to start. How can I know what will work in various spots in my yard? The Grow Native! Native Plant Database, http ...

To make authoritative information about all known plant species widely available and further efforts to protect Earth's biodiversity, Google Inc. and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have separately ...

More than 9000 species of plants have had sections of their genomes sequenced as part of the Plant and Fungal Trees of Life (PAFTOL) project led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the UK. This is ...

The NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox sifts through hundreds of characteristics for thousands of plants to recommend ...

The N.C. State Cooperative Extension Service recently updated its online Poisonous Plants database to include a whopping 624 different entries — occupying every category of plants, from trees and ...