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

Pacific madrone Aesculus glabra Willd. Click on the photo for a full plant profile.

Spotlight

Distribution Documentation Added Documentation for plant distribution is now shown using mouseover text. Complete documentation for plant distribution is available at the new Data Source and Documentation link at the top of each PLANTS Profile.

PLANTS Major Overhaul Exciting transformation of PLANTS includes a new distribution map to accommodate additional North American vascular plant coverage including Canada and Greenland, improved Native Status information, extensive nomenclature review and revision, and new borough distribution data for Alaska.

New Gymnosperm Key and Grass Keys for All 50 States New interactive keys are now available for all U.S. gymnosperm species, and all grass (Poaceae) species in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Links to PLANTS Profiles multiply the usefulness of these innovative tools.

Submit Your Digital Images Contribute your photos to PLANTS! We are looking for accurately identified submissions of 100 or more images, preferably with supporting information including date and location.

Web Site Modernization We are modernizing PLANTS to fit the new USDA Web standard, which is part of a broader USDA initiative called Web Site Development and Maintenance.

Last Modified: 09/15/2008