Resources

Information Sheets

Adaptations to environment

• Epiphytes - adaptations to an aerial habitat A 1

• Desert plants - adaptations to hot dry conditions A 2

• Alpine and tundra plants A 3

• Hydrophytes - adaptations to aquatic environments A 4

• Carnivorous plants A 5

Basic botany

• Studying plant diversity - plant classification B 1 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

• Plant names B 2 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

• Plant structure - leaves, stems and roots B 3 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

• Flower structure and variations B 4 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

Cellulose and plant fibres

• Cellulose in the plant C 1

• Rope-making C 2

• Rope-making fibres - manila hemp and sisal C 3

• Coir C 4

• Basket-making materials - rattans and willows C 6

• Paper C 7

• Paper manufacture C 8

• Paper mulberry C 9

• Cotton C 10

• Linen C 11

• Coarse fibres C 12

• Ramie C 13

• Fibres, plastics and chemicals from wood pulp C 15

• Viscose and allied products C 16

• Cellulose acetate C 17

• Cellulose chemicals C 18

• Cellulose and micro-organisms - food and fuel for the future C 19

Economic plants

• Avocado E 1

• Banana E 2

• Kiwifruit E 3

• Passion flowers and passion fruit E 4

• Ginger E 5

• Pawpaw E 6

• Loquats E 7

• Coconut palms E 8

• Lychees and their relatives E 9

• Gourds E 10

• Staple foods I - root and tuber crops E 11

• Staple foods III - rice E 12

• Pineapples and other bromeliads E 13

• Staple foods II - fruits E 14

• Mango E 15

• Rattans E 16

• Staple foods - amaranths, quinoa and buckwheat E 17

• Pumpkins E 18 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 484 KB)

Ornamental plants

• Bird-of-paradise flower O 1

• Cultivated impatiens O 3

• Proteas O 5

• Ginkgo O 6

• Yuccas O 7

• Sensitive plant O 8

• Giant waterlily O9

• Titan arum O10 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 312KB)

Rainforests

• Rainforest - a description R1 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 217 KB)

• Rainforests - the economic potential R2 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 210 KB)

• Destruction of the rainforests R3 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 193 KB)

Poisonous plants

• Caper spurge T 1

• Dragon arum T 2

• Horsetails T 3

• Invasive species T 4 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 195 KB)

Kew

• Micropropagation KI (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 200KB)

• Arboretum K2 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 248KB)

• Princess of Wales Conservatory K4 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 252KB)

• Pagoda K5 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 272KB)

• Temperate House - history and restoration K6 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 240KB)

• Seasonal features K7 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 284KB)

• Marianne North and the Marianne North Gallery K9 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 165KB)

• CITES and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew K10 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 352KB)

• Gardening without peat K11 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 212KB)

• The role of the living orchid collection K12

• Orchid taxonomy at Kew K13

• Micropropagation of Orchids at Kew K14

• Sainsbury Orchid Conservation Project K15

• History of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew K16 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 232KB)

• Birds at Kew K17 (Adobe Acrobat format 206KB)

• Butterflies at Kew K18 (Adobe Acrobat format 206KB)

• Palm House Kl9 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 428KB)

• Pest control K20

• Order beds K21(Adobe Acrobat PDF format 251KB)

• Kew Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 275 KB)

• Dragonflies at Kew K23 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 189 KB)

• Queen's Cottage grounds K24 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 1.56MB)

• The Broad Walk at Kew: 2000 and beyond K25

• The Role of Kew K26 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 312KB)

• Convention on Biological Diversity K27 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 256KB)

• Chokushi Mon and the Japanese Landscape K28 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 364KB)

• The Queen's Garden K29 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 336KB)

• The Sackler Crossing K30 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 361KB)

• Plant cryopreservation K31 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 252KB)

• Bryophytes at Kew K32 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 252KB)

• The Davies Alpine House K33 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 312KB)

Wakehurst Place

• Guide leaflet W 1

• Wakehurst bog oak W 2

• Seasonal features W 3 (Adobe Acrobat format 548KB)

• History of Wakehurst Place W 4 (Adobe Acrobat pdf format 241KB)

• National collections at Wakehurst Place W 5 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 184KB)

• Charcoal production and coppice management at Wakehurst Place W 6

• Birds of Wakehurst Place Gardens and the Loder Valley Reserve W 7 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 307KB)

• Conservation at Wakehurst Place W8 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 223KB)

• Traditional woodland skills W9

• Bats at Wakehurst Place W10 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 180KB)

• Visitor information at Wakehurst Place W11 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 214KB)

• The Winter Garden Wakehurst Place W12 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 408KB)

• Millennium Seed Bank MSB001