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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. Athigher 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 la rge 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 ar eas 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 See a list of the plants in my state Learn about the wetland plants in my region Learn about all the endangered plants of the U.S. Learn about noxious and invasive plants Search for and view images of plants Read and print abstracts about important conservation plants Download data or posters Contribute plant distribution information to PLANTS Get ecological descriptions of sites from around the country View the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

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PLANTS recommended as a GIS standard. A recently published article has recommended using the PLANTS database as a standard to make GIS forestry data bases 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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