ICE-8 plant classification Tree
This interactive visualization displays a plant classification hierarchy as an animated tree diagram, starting from a PLANT root and branching into categories like NON-SEEDS, SEEDS, and SHRUBS, with leaf nodes such as FERNS, MOSSES, ALGAE, and CONIFERS. Built with D3 v3, it uses a force-directed tree layout (`d3.layout.tree`) to position nodes, with SVG rendering for custom rectangular nodes, links, arrow markers, and tooltips. The code implements zooming and dragging through `d3.behavior.zoom`, animates node updates with transitions, and loads hierarchical data from a JSON file via `d3.json`. Color-coded node types and interactive click-to-expand behavior enhance the exploration of the taxonomic structure.