About
the Data
NatureServe Explorer provides conservation status, taxonomy, distribution, and life history information for more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities and systems in the United States and Canada.
The
data available through NatureServe Explorer
represent a "snapshot" of the U.S. and Canadian data
managed in the NatureServe Central Databases. These
databases are dynamic, being continually enhanced
and refined through the input of hundreds of natural
heritage program scientists and other collaborators.
NatureServe Explorer is periodically updated
from these central databases to reflect information
from new field surveys, the latest taxonomic treatments
and other scientific publications, and new conservation
status assessments.
In
addition to the data available through NatureServe
Explorer, a variety of other online data types
and formats are available from NatureServe (see Get
Data). NatureServe and its natural heritage member
programs also maintain other data, including precise
localities for rare and endangered species and sensitive
ecological communities. For details about accessing
other NatureServe data products, please see Custom
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Data Coverage: Learn what plants, animals, and ecological communities and systems NatureServe Explorer includes, and what information is available about each.
Data
Types: Learn how NatureServe assesses conservation status of species and ecological communities, and how these status ranks relate to legal designations. Learn about NatureServe protocols for assessing population viability and learn about what images are available on NatureServe Explorer.
Sources: Learn what taxonomic sources NatureServe Explorer relies on for species names, and what methods are used for ecological community and systems classification. Learn what sources NatureServe Explorer relies on for documenting the distribution of plants, animals, and ecological communities and systems.
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