Data Set Citation
NCEAS 12070: Cleland: Ushering in a new era of functional ecology: Dynamics in a changing environment, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, and Skinner M of USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center.2008.USDA PLANTS Database.
nceas.944.1 (http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat/nceas.944.1/nceas).
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Organization:NCEAS 12070: Cleland: Ushering in a new era of functional ecology: Dynamics in a changing environment
Organization:National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Individual: Mark Skinner
Organization:USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center
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Email Address:
mark.skinner@la.usda.gov
Metadata Provider(s):
Individual: Elsa Cleland
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Individual: Mark Skinner
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Abstract:
 
A database of plants in the U.S. and North America. Searchable for scientific name, common name, distribution to the county level, invasive/native status and some traits. citation: USDA, NRCS. 2008. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 30 September 2008). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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  • Plant (taxonomic)
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Geographic Coverage:
Geographic Description:North America, Hawaii
Bounding Coordinates:
West:  -166.0000   degrees
East:  -68.0000   degrees
North:  72.0000   degrees
South:  -24.0000   degrees
Temporal Coverage:
Begin:
2008
End:
2008
Taxonomic Coverage:
General Coverage:John Kartesz, Biota of North America Program, provided the foundational U.S. vascular plant checklist, state and county distribution, and the original duration, growth habit, and native status data used in PLANTS. NRCS is pleased to have significantly funded BONAP and supported the development of this critical land management information from 1990 until 2006. Luc Brouillet (Université de Montréal) and Canadian colleagues generously donated Canadian vascular plant names with distribution and attributes in 2006. Vascular data—especially native status and scientific name authorities and orthography—have since been partially revised by Mark Skinner, and will continue to be revised internally and by external specialists for the foreseeable future. Robert Egan (U. Nebraska at Omaha) and Theodore Esslinger (North Dakota State University) provided the North American lichen checklist, which is periodically published in The Bryologist. Lewis Anderson and Molly McMullen of Duke University provided the original North American moss checklist, and it was updated by Marshall Crosby of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Ray Stotler and Barbara Crandall-Stotler of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale provided the North American liverwort and hornwort checklists. Mark Skinner, Stinger Guala, and Alexander Pyle check and compile these checklist data. Checklist higher taxonomy was developed by Mark Skinner and Deiter Wilken.
Rank NameRank ValueCommon Names
Taxon:
kingdomplant
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Individual: Mark Skinner
Organization:USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center
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