101. Michigan State University Plant Encyclopedia. Jesse Saylor's Plants Plant information database, including photographs, Latin name pronunciations. Searchable by botanical and common names, and plant characteristics. http://www.msuplants.com

Welcome to Jesse Saylor's Horticulture homepage ! Click here to search our Plant Encyclopedia. The Plant Encyclopedia also includes advanced plant search and selection features including selection by hardiness, flower, fruit colors, and many usage categories. Plant Search Methods include: Search using any part of Scientific or Common Name Family Name selection list Search by plant characteristic Enhanced SaylorPlants.com now available on CD ! Runs on Windows PC's Windows Vista / XP 82,000 Plant Images Plant Database Search Slide Show Plant identification quiz Click here Under Revision... Cookies must be enabled to use this site. This site uses pop-up windows. Webhosting by NetworkVista.com

102. Landscape Plants For South Florida Manual of subtropical landscaping plants prepared by Palm Beach State College. Searchable database of Florida native and exotic plant species, with information on uses, horticultural characteristics, and photographs. http://www.plantbook.org

/*********************************************** * Featured Content Slider- (c) Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com) * This notice MUST stay intact for legal use * Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more ***********************************************/ Welcome to the Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants prepared by the Horticulture students and staff at Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. This Online Manual is an ever-evolving project under the directorship of Department Chair George Rogers, Ph.D. Start a rewarding career in the "green" industry Palm Beach State College offers A.S. or A.A. Degrees, Professional Certifications or you can simply take classes for fun! Classes include Landscape Design, Construction or Management, Irrigation, Pest Management, Propagation, Native Plants, Plant Taxonomy or Physiology and many more. Industry Professional Review Another great feature of this book is that every plant has a quick reference text box which gives the reader, at a glance, the particulars of the plant...

103. Bog Contains information on characteristics of the plant and wildlife in a bog. Describes the history and mining of bogs. http://octopus.gma.org/katahdin/bog.html

Bog Weird Wetland Cool, still air, water the color of dried blood, and ground that trembles beneath your feet make the bog seem an eerie place. Sphagnum moss grows out from the edge of the bog in tangled mats strong enough to support trees, shrubs, and even people...barely. Jump up and down on a quaking bog and trees 25 feet away bounce along with you. Jump too hard and your leg may plunge through into the brown water below. The spongy sphagnum moss soaks up warmth, oxygen, and rain water and keeps them from reaching the bog below. Sphagnum is so absorbent it was used as diapirs by the Indians and for bandages in battlefield hospitals in World War I. When shagnum dies and decays, it makes the water in the bog as acid as orange juice. A bog can support snapping turtles, frogs, insects, and birds such as wood warblers and swamp sparrows, but few fish can live where oxygen is in such short supply. Snowshoe hares, beavers, muskrats, and bog lemmings are some of the mammals that come to nibble on the wetland plants. A strange mix of plants thrive in the bog. Cranberries and blueberries from the arctic tundra grow next to orchids and insect-eating plants from the tropical rain forest. Carniverous plants get nitrogen from insects that they can't get from the nutrient-poor bog. The sticky red hairs of the small sundew hold, then fold over an insect's body and slowly digest it. Insects slide down the slippery hairs of the pitcher plant into a cup filled with rain water and digestive juices.

104. Bog Garden, Bog Plants Provides information on creating a bog garden such as site selection, preparing, planting and care. http://www.pitcherplant.com/bog_making.html

A bog garden can be a beautiful and exciting way to display your plants and landscape your home. Many variations exist in design and construction; this guide explains a simple method used by Botanique Nursery. Site Selection Preparing the Bog (see image below) 1. Dig the outlined bog to a depth of 12-14 inches, removing soil to form a basin. The bottom should be mostly flat, level or slightly pitched. The sides should go mostly straight down. 2. If moles or tunneling rodents are a problem in your area, line the basin with galvanized hardware cloth, screening, or heavy, woven weed cloth/barrier. Use rot/rust resistant materials. 3. Line the bottom and sides of the basin with 4-6 mil plastic sheeting (on top of any mole/ rodent protection.) Leave plenty of excess plastic along the edges; it can be trimmed away after the bog is filled and settled. Cut several ten-inch slits in the liner base, every foot or so. This will allow the bog to drain, while the liner holds most of the moisture in the bog. 4. Add 2-3 inches of moist sand to the bottom. Coarse sands are good to use. Do not use beach sand!

105. Edible Pond And Bog Garden, The Provides a list of plants that can be grown in ponds or boggy ground. http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/edibpond.php

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