==== simulating plants ====
visually, aesthetically, functionally or partially...

aka. 'Plant Modelling'
  * proceedings of FSPM07, the Functional-Structural Plant Models conference >> http://algorithmicbotany.org/FSPM07/proceedings.html

====reading / // rNd ====
  * "The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants" >> http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/#webdocs
  * "Graphical modeling using L-systems" >> http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/abop/abop-ch1.pdf 
  * "Modeling Trees with a Space Colonization Algorithm" >> http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/colonization.egwnp2007.large.pdf
  * "Incorporation of 3D plant structures in genetic and physiological models" >> http://en.scientificcommons.org/1154182

====other====
  * [[simulating photosynthesis]]
  * related techniques may be found in [[artificial life]], [[plant rendering]] & [[plant sensing]]
  * biomorphism: http://pinktentacle.com/2009/08/inorganic-flora/