Plants

Articles about plant species, botany and vegetation.

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Snowdrop

Snowdrop (Galanthus): description, cultivation, and cultural significance

Sod

Sod (turf): composition, cultivation, uses, and history

Solanales

Solanales: the nightshade and morning-glory order of flowering plants

Sophora

Sophora — genus of pea-family trees and shrubs

Sophora davidii

Sophora davidii — deciduous Chinese shrub with blue-and-white pea flowers

Sophora koreensis

Sophora macnabiana

Sophoreae

Sophoreae: a tribe of the legume family (Fabaceae)

Sorghum

Sorghum: a climate‑resilient grain and forage grass

Sorrel

Sorrel (Rumex acetosa): culinary herb and garden perennial

Soursop

Soursop (Annona muricata): description, uses, cultivation, and safety

Soybean

Soybean

Spelt

Sphagnum

Sphagnum (peat moss): biology, ecology, and human uses

Spinach

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

Spiraeoideae

Spruce

Spruce (Picea): characteristics, ecology, and uses

Square foot gardening

Square Foot Gardening: A Compact Method for Productive Vegetable Beds

Squash (plant)

Squash (plant): types, origin, uses, and botanical classification

Stamen

Star apple

Star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito)

Stigma (botany)

Stigma (botany): structure, function and variation in flowering plants

Stinging nettle

Urtica dioica (stinging nettle): identification, ecology, uses and safety

Stolon

Stolon (botany): horizontal stems and vegetative propagation

Stomata

Stomata: Structure, Function, and Role in Plant Physiology

Stone fruit

Stone fruit

Drupe (stone fruit): botanical structure, common varieties, and culinary uses

Drupe (stone fruit) explained: botanical structure of exocarp, mesocarp and endocarp, common varieties from peaches and cherries to mangoes and coconuts, plus culinary uses from fr

Straw

Straw: composition, history, uses, and distinctions

Strawberry

Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa): description, history, and uses

Styphnolobium japonicum

Styphnolobium japonicum — Japanese pagoda tree

Subalpine zone

Subshrub

Succulent plant

Succulent plant: adaptations, diversity, and uses

Sugar beet

Sugar beet (cultivated Beta vulgaris): overview, cultivation and uses

Sugarcane

Sumac

Sumac: overview, characteristics, uses, and identification

Sunflower

Suriname cherry

Swainsona formosa

Sweet potato

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Sweet William

Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus): a fragrant garden pink

Syringa vulgaris

Syzygium

Tabasco pepper

Tabebuia

Tabebuia — trumpet trees of the Americas

Tagetes

Tagetes (marigolds): description, species, uses and cultivation

Talipot palm

Tamarillo

Tamarillo (tree tomato): description, origins, cultivation and uses

Tamarind

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)