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Information on useful plants (food, medicine, material for textiles, etc.) and harmful plants (plant pathology, poisonous plants, weeds). Not many horticultural links (there are some in a separate file
Gardening. Only a only few links on forestry and agriculture (there are comprehensive lists on these topics - some of them are listed under "
link collections, resource guides".
Internet Directory for Botany: Ethnobotany at the University of Regina,
Canada. This is a mirror of the page in
Helsinki,
Finland. Information on useful plants (food, medicine, material for
textiles, etc.) and harmful plants (plant pathology, poisonous plants,
weeds).
- Australian
National Botanic Gardens. This page is an interpretive walk focusing
on plants used by the Australian Aborigines.
- American Indian
Ethnobotany Database at the University of Michigan. Foods, drugs,
dyes and fibres of Native North American Peoples.
- The Ethnobotany Cafe,
presented by Country Life. "For Ethnobotany Enthusiasts from Around the
World."
- EthnoMedicinals Home Page.
A page dedicated to the transfer of information on the use of herbs and
other natural products in biochemistry, pharmacolory, and traditional
medicine. Maintained by Anthony R. Torkelson, Ph. D.
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Indigenous Plants and Native American Uses in the Northeast.
Maintained by Tara Prindle.
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Cattails and Grasses Used by Native Americans for Textiles. Connecticut
State Museum of Natural History, USA.
- Laurie Lacey's Wild World
of Plants. Laurie Lacey's Wild World of Plants, trees, herbs,
alternative medicines, nature therapy, folk medicine, and similar
subjects.
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Late Woodland Zea Mays at the Vintroux Site, Putnam County, West
Virginia, USA. An article by Charles M. Niquette and Gary D. Crites.
- Traditional
Herbal & Plant Knowledge, Identifications. Herbs for Teas,
Flavorings, Foods used mostly by Anishinaabeg people. Maintained by
Paula Giese.
- Foods of the Nez
Perce. From the tribal home page.
- Chez Marco's Botany
and Fieldwork Pages.
- Berry Plants
for Women's Nutrition & Medicine. Traditional women's uses of
berries for nutrition and medicines. Maintained by Katsi Cook, Akwesasne
Mohawk.
- Phytochemical and
Ethnobotanical Databases from the Agricultural Research Service,
USDA. Part of the ongoing redesign project for Phytochemeco Database at
the National Germplasm Resources Laboratory (USDA).
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Plantas Utiles del Estado de Jalisco. Es de gran importancia tener
una panoramica general de las plantas que actualmente se conocen en el
Estado de Jalisco, dado que por su clima, ubicacion geográfica y demas
factores ambientales, lo convierten en el principal Estado con mayor
diversidad florística de la Republica Mexicana. [ English please
someone? - author ]
- Plants of the Machiguenga,
An Ethnobotanical Study of Eastern Peru.
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Prehistoric Food Production in the Midcontinental United States and
Plant Use in New England. Bibliographies by David R. George,
Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, USA.
- The 24
"Canoe Plants" of Ancient Hawai`i by Lynton Dove White of Hana,
Maui, Hawaii, USA.
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Laboratory of Ethnobotany, University of Michigan. The Ethnobotany
laboratory houses extensive collections of domesticated plants from
around the world as well as specimens recovered from archaeological
sites. The laboratory produces analysis reports for submitted
specimens.
- The Internet
Directory for Botany, Economic Botany and Ethnobotany.