Help, Where do I find the classification system for a project on trees and plants??

Question

Where do I find kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species for trees and wildflowers???

Answer 1

You can use this website http://plants.usda.gov/ provided you already know the scientific name or the common name THAT THEY USE.  This is the problem with using a common name, as they can differ in different parts of the country.

If you don't know the common name, and the plants you're looking up are native to your are, use this site and enter your zip code:  http://www.enature.com/home/  On the results page, change the category to wildflowers or trees as appropriate and you can get the scientific name (and maybe identify plants you don't know the names of).

You can also enter a common name plus the word "taxonomy" in a search engine to get the names you're looking for.