Are you interested in learning everything you possibly can about plants? Does this interest lead you to wanting to know how to heal with plants as well? Below you will find a lot of awesome links, from free online courses to plant databases, which will help guide you in the right direction!
Herbalism in the Digital Age: Free Online Resources
http://www.herbgeek.com/2013/01/26/herbalism-in-the-digital-age-free-online-resources/
Learning Plant Families
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biodiversity/floweringplants/Intro.htm
Study Guide to the Science of Botany
A Free Online Textbook
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Botany
Free Online Open Course Botany Classes
http://www.mooc-list.com/course/botany-saylororg
Columbine’s School of Botanical Studies Herbalism Pages
http://www.botanicalstudies.net/herbalism/
Herbs at a Glance is a series of brief fact sheets that provides basic information about specific herbs or botanicals—common names, what the science says, potential side effects and cautions, and resources for more information. Each fact sheet can be downloaded as a single PDF, or you can download all entries as an eBook.
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm
A monograph is a written description of particular elements on an identified topic. Single ingredient monographs apply to formulations containing only one medicinal ingredient.
http://webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca/nhpid-bdipsn/monosReq.do?lang=eng&monotype=single
Index to American Botanical Literature
http://sweetgum.nybg.org/iabl/
The NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) provides citations to agricultural literature.
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
Herbs Vs. Spices
http://www.spicesherpa.com/2010/03/11/herbs-vs-spices/
plant Family, Genus, Species directory
http://www.plantlives.com/genus_dir_a.html
all plant genera
http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/-/-/
plant genus database
http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/genus/a-z
plant growing database
www.myfolia.com
medicinal plant database
www.pfaf.org
tropical plant database
http://www.rain-tree.com/plistbot.htm
tree database
http://www.arborday.org/treeguide/browsetrees.cfm