Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / November 2005

Roxanne et al. - In addition to a textbook, you might think about having
students read Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire.  It is an excellent
supplementary source in a General Botany course.  The cost is low -
$14.00.  And as the book says, it presents a "plant's-eye view of the

Roxanne et al. - In addition to a textbook, you might think about having
students read Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire.  It is an excellent
supplementary source in a General Botany course.  The cost is low -
$14.00.  And as the book says, it presents a "plant's-eye view of the

A mini "Frequently Asked Questions" for sci.bio.botany
This is an unmonitored ("feral") NG that is irregular in all other respects
as well, foremost in the frequency of postings. The topic is botany, in all
its aspects, but excluding topics covered in other newsgroups, such as

Saw on the BBC about a week ago a news flash that with increasing
Global Warming that plants stop growing and stop absorbing the CO2.
There was no mechanism or reason given as to why plants do that, but it
was expected that plants would absorb more CO2 as it increases, so it

I took this photo of what appeared to me at the time to be red berries,
but now I am not sure and am interested in finding out exactly what
they are.
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3837077-lg.jpg

Susan wrote:
i don't want to teach astrology or intelligent design, but i'm glad
to hear effective explanations of why not, since i'm called on to
explain this regularly to my nonmajor biology students. i haven't

Susan wrote:
i don't want to teach astrology or intelligent design, but i'm glad
to hear effective explanations of why not, since i'm called on to
explain this regularly to my nonmajor biology students. i haven't

Does anyone please know of a group to which I could post scanned and/or
digital images of plants for the purpose of help with identification?
I do NOT have a website.

I recently took this photograph and I am trying to identify it. The
closest I got was "Potentilla eriocarpa", but I don't this that is
correct.
The flower was growing in a small creek in Australia in Brisbane

I took this photo in Brisbane Forest of this wild-growing passion
flower. Would anyone be able to help me identify the exact type of
passionflower ?
http://fotoalbum.haagen.name/albums/mt%20cootha/normal_Library%20-%2010218.jpg

Hi to all.
I am researching the plant group Aconitum.
It's not research to write a book, I'm just facinated by them.
Any infomation on them or plant lists will be most welcome also any