Horticulture

Scope: This guide contains information on resources related to horticulture. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather a guide to some selected resources. For information on related topics, readers should consult the guides on Agriculture, Plant Biology, Maryland's Environment (archival resources), and Wetlands and Water Quality. Email the subject area specialist at sbaykouc (@umd.edu) or call (301) 405-9080 for more information.

Table of Contents

• Internet Sites
• Databases
• Print Resources
• University of Maryland Programs

• American Horticultural Society [http://www.ahs.org/]
  Publications of the AHS [http://www.ahs.org/publications/index.htm]

• American Community Gardening Association[http://communitygarden.org/]

• American Phtyopathological Society [APSNet], Plant pathology/disease information.[http://www.apsnet.org/]

• American Society for Horticultural Science[http://www.ashs.org/]

• Garden Web Glossary, "currently contains 4400 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture and is regularly updated."[http://glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/]

• Horticulture Research International

• Horticulture Society of Maryland, contains information on local lectures, trips, workshops, special events, news and more. [http://www.mdhorticulture.org/]

• Maryland Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Center [http://www.hgic.umd.edu/]

• NatureServe, "a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada." [http://www.natureserve.org/]

• NewCrop, "NewCROP (New Crops Resource Online Program) is an information-rich site related to crop plants. It is a project of the Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products and is associated with the New Crop Diversification project and the Jefferson Institute." http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/

• Plant Facts, from OSU. It contains photos of various plants and pests as well as fruits, vegetables and turf. [http://plantfacts.osu.edu/images.lasso]

• Plant Patents Information, from USPTO [http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/plant/]

• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service[http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp]

Horticulture Science Databases

• Agricola UM only

• CAB Abstracts UM only

• Plant Science AbstractsUM only

• Science Citation Index UM only

• NCBI Taxonomy Database

• Plant Management Network [PMN]

• USDA PLANTS National Database

Print Resources

To locate more books and other print resources in the UM Libraries, use the Catalog.

Flora : an illustrated history of the garden flower, Brent Elliott with a preface by Sir Simon Hornby. 2001
LOCATION: UMCP McKeldin Library Folio
CALL NUMBER: SB4045 .E44 2001

New! Specialty cut flowers : the production of annuals, perennials, bulbs, and woody plants for fresh and dried cut flowers
LOCATION: McKeldin Library Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SB405 .A68 2003

Dictionary of horticulture / the National Gardening Association ; produced by the Philip Lief Group, Inc. 1996
LOCATION: McKeldin Library Reference
CALL NUMBER: SB317.58 .D53 1994

Index of Garden Plants. Timber Press, 1994.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SB407 .G77 1994

Greenhouse Operation and Management. Prentice Hall, 2003.
LOCATION: McKeldin Library Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SB415 .N44 2003

University of Maryland Horticulture Programs and Courses