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The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about 

the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of 

the U.S. and its territories.

Plant of the Week

Bermuda grass

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. 

Click on the photo for a full plant profile.

Spotlights

PLANTS has new maps

Plants is trying out a new, more modern 

mapping system. Our new system allows users 

to scroll side to side and zoom in and out. At 

higher scale zoom levels users can see countylevel data.

2014 National Wetland Plant List

The wetland indicator status ratings from the 

2014 National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) are 

now on our species profile pages and are fully 

searchable. 

Redesigned profile pages: Tabs

PLANTS has redesigned its profile pages for 

species and genera, now presented in tabs 

instead of across one large page. Your feedback 

has helped us improve our new design, and we 

welcome your additional input.

Pocket Guide to Sagebrush

Funded partly by NRCS, a new guide to 

sagebrush is available. Written by Leila Shultz 

and produced by SageSTEP, this guide covers 

the characteristics, distribution, and habitats of 

18 sagebrush species.

Common Weeds in Puerto Rico and U.S. 

Virgin Islands

A bilingual guide to the common weeds of 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is now 

available from the USDA NRCS. It is useful not 

only in the Caribbean region but also in tropical 

to warm temperate areas throughout the 

Americas and beyond.

Cover Crops

Cover crops are a diverse group of plants that 

can be used on farmland for soil protection and 

health. We now offer a sortable list, linking to 

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profile pages, of over 70 species used for cover 

crops in North America.

PLANTS recommended as a GIS standard.

A recently published article has recommended 

using the PLANTS database as a standard to 

make GIS forestry databases more mutually 

compatible. Clark, T. 2011. Standardizing 

species codes using the NRCS PLANTS 

database. The Forestry Source 16: 14--16.

NRCS Pollinator References and documents

See NRCS pollinator-related literature and 

documentation, including Technical Note 

TN.190.B.78 - Using Farm Bill Programs for 

Pollinator Conservation.

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