Plants

Articles about plant species, botany and vegetation.

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Green manure

Green Manure: Soil-Building Cover Crops and Their Uses

Green roof

Green roof (living roof)

Grevillea

Groundskeeper

Guanacaste

Guanacaste (Enterolobium cyclocarpum): description, range, uses

Guarana

Guava

Guava (Psidium) — tropical fruit, plant characteristics, and uses

Gum arabic

Gymnocalycium

Gymnocalycium: the globular South American cacti

Gymnosperm

Gynoecium

Gynoecium

Gynoecium: the female reproductive organ of flowering plants

The gynoecium is the collective term for the female reproductive structures of a flower, composed of one or more carpels that bear stigma, style and ovary, and that give rise to se

Habanero chili

Habanero chili (Capsicum chinense)

Haptophyte

Haptophyte (Prymnesiophyta): single-celled algae with a haptonema

Hardiness zone

Hardiness zone (plant hardiness and growing zones)

Hardwood

Harvest

Harvest: collecting crops and other cultivated resources

Hawthorn

Hay

Hay: dried forage for animal feed, storage, and common uses

Hazel

Hazel (Corylus): description, species, uses and ecology

Hedge

Hedge (hedgerow): definition, structure, history and ecological role

Heliantheae

Heliantheae — the sunflower tribe (Asteraceae)

Helichrysum

Helichrysum: the everlasting flowers of the daisy family

Heliconia

Heliconia — tropical flowering plants (lobster-claws, false bird-of-paradise)

Hellebore

Hellebore: winter-flowering perennials of the genus Helleborus

Hemp

Hemp: cultivation, uses, history, and distinguishing features

Henna

Henry Charles Andrews

Henry C. Andrews — English botanical artist, publisher and botanist (fl. 1794–1830)

Herb

Herbaceous plant

Herbal

Herbarium

Herbarium (botanical collection of preserved plant specimens)

Herbicide

Herbicide: types, mechanisms, history, uses and environmental effects

Hermann Muller

Hermann Müller and Hermann Muller: notable people sharing the name

Hesperis matronalis

Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket): description, habitat, and identification

Hesperocallis

Hesperocallis — the desert lily: description, habitat and taxonomy

Heteropogon contortus

Heteropogon contortus — black speargrass (tanglehead)

Hibiscus

Hibiscus (rosemallow): overview, description, uses and cultural significance

Hibiscus syriacus

Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of Sharon): description, history, cultivation

Hibiscus trionum

Hibiscus trionum — bladder hibiscus, flower-of-an-hour

Hickory

Hoja santa

Hoja santa (Piper auritum) — the sacred leaf of Mexican cuisine

Holly

Holly (Ilex): description, ecology, uses and cultural significance

Honeyberry

Honeycrisp

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle (Lonicera): description, distribution, uses and management

Hop

Hop (Humulus lupulus): the plant, its use in brewing and other meanings

Hops

Hops (Humulus lupulus): Characteristics, Cultivation, Uses, and History

Horneophyton