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Plants database.
- Format:
- Book
- Database & Article Index
- Government document
- Website/Database
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plants--United States--Nomenclature--Databases.
- Plants.
- Plants--United States--Classification--Databases.
- Plants--United States--Databases.
- Phytogeography--United States--Databases.
- Phytogeography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Databases.
- Classification.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Began in 1990s.
- Other Title:
- Plants national database
- Continues:
- National list of scientific plant names
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge, LA : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- The Plants database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, plant links, references, crop information, and automated tools.
- "This database provides a wealth of information about plants growing in the United States. All types of plants are covered, from noxious weeds to ornamental flowers and food crops. It is aimed at state agricultural agencies, plant researchers, students, and the general public. Users can search the database by common name, scientific name, or symbol, and uncover results that include one of 16,000 high resolution images, species abstracts, growth distribution data and maps, crop information, plants symbols, plant growth data, a plant guide in PDF and word formats (if available), as well as a list of print resources for further information."-- Reviewed March 20, 2004 "Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004," RUSA Quarterly, Fall 2004. Comp. by the MARS Best Free Websites Committee, RUSA, ALA.
- Notes:
- Title from home page (viewed Oct. 6, 2004; last updated Oct. 4, 2004).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Developed by the National Plant Data Center.
- OCLC:
- 38007716
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