Forage species, plant databases etc.
The
International Plant Names Index
W3Tropicos
Listing
of Plant Name Databases
Texas
natural resources web
University of New England Australia Pastures site
Vicia villosa - vetch
Kew's survey of economic plants for arid and semi-arid lands
(SEPASAL)
Foragebeef (Canada)
World grass flora
Gramineae
The
international plant names index
Purdue University Crop Index
[crops are listed alphabetically by genus
and common name, including a large number of forage and fodder tree species].
Purdue University Crop Search
[crop search using common or botanical
name]
Oregon
State University New Forage Information System
Oregon State University
Forage Information System - Index
[Information on forage species,
pastures,hay,silage,crops etc and world wide links (other wwws)].
Oregon State
University - Grasses
Oregon State
University - Legumes
Oregon State
University - Pictures of Grasses and Legumes
Oregon State University
-Forage Species wwws
Oregon
State University - terminology
[Terminology for grazing lands and grazing
animals]
Oregon State University -
glossary
[Glossary of forage-related terms]
ECOPORT
Crop-Net
Forage databases in UK
USDA
plant database
PROSEA -
Plant Resources of South-East Asia
[Homepage - Includes information about the
PROSEA databank, and handbooks such as Prosea handbook No.4: 'Forages'
http://www.bib.wau.nl/prosea/prosea4.html which deals with forage plants for South East
Asia].
A Guide to Better Pastures for the Tropics and
Subtropics
[Details of tropical and sub-tropical grass
and legume species from a book by L.R.Humphreys and I.J.Partridge. Species also subdivided according to rainfall
requirements]
Book on "Approved pasture varieties for NSW"(Australia) lists
various grasses and legumes
Winrock International
[includes information about forage tree
species, seed sources etc].
US
National Genetic Resources Programme
[National Plant Germplasm System]
USDA plants database enquiries
Mississippi State University
information on pastures and forages
California Rangelands - perennial
native grass species
California Rangelands - annual
native grass species
Common
Range plants of Texas
University of Kansas Forage Facts
Notebook
[information on grasses and legumes]
Forage-livestock systems at Cornell
New York State -
Forage crop recommendations
Ohio State and Virginia Tech Plant
Dictionary
Oklahoma
forages - photos
Oklahoma
forages - photos of clovers
Oklahoma
forages - photos of grasses
Funet - database
[Species lists; A - Z]
Texas A & M Vascular Plant Image
Gallery
Royal
Botanical Gardens, Kew homepage
Kew
database - International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
Kew - recent legume
literature
Kew databases - world grass flora
Kew databases - gramineae
Grass genera of the world
Australian National Botanic Gardens homepage
Oxford Forestry Institute, Tropical
forestry paper No. 37, LEUCAENA: A GENETIC RESOURCE HANDBOOK by Colin E.
Leucnet News Homepage -Contact: Alan Pottinger
IDRC - Cover Crops for Sustainable
Agriculture
IDRC Mucuna pruriens - photos
A workshop series on
Cover Crops and Managed Fallows for Improving and Sustaining the productivity of Tropical
Farming System
New Stylosanthes guianensis for Tropical Grasslands
Pasturas de America - Grasses and legumes
The Lotus Newsletter (I)
The Lotus Newsletter (II)
California Alfalfa and Forages
Forages species selection tool
North Dakota and Minnesota Range Plants
Photos of grasses and legumes
Canadian Ecosystem and Plants (species details photo and brief description)
Index of field crops...mostly forages
Index of crops by common name
Index of crops by latin name
Forage Species I
Forage
species II
Identifying pasture grasses
Plant
Names database
Alberta Forage Manual
CIAT
Forages Homepage
CIAT
Tropical Forage Database/Forrajes Tropicales Base de Datos
(To order a copy see : www.ciat.cgiar.org/forrajes/index.htm
and www.ciat.cgiar.org/catalogue/index.htm
Department of Agriculture - Western Australia
Publications
of the BGS Forage Legumes Group
Good
link for number of legumes
Grass
species list - Montana State University
Comparative
characteristics of forage species in Montana
Species database
Databases and information systems
Digital
plant photo library
Native
Wildflowers in the North Dakota Grasslands
Ontario Forage crops Committee
