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Plants (organisms)
Organisms which belong to the plant kingdom. Commonly multicellular, they produce food through photosynthesis.
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Nonvascular plants (7 items)
Vascular plants (8 items)
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Biological resource status and trends: Contaminants in plants [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on contaminants in plants
Biological resource status and trends: Nonvascular plants [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on nonvascular plants such as mosses and algae
Biological resource status and trends: Plants [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on Plants
Nonindigenous Plants and Animals Program [New Window]
Brief descriptions of programs of research on aquatic nonindigenous plants and animals at the Florida Integrated Science Center with links to descriptions, videos, posters, and reports on various exotic plant and animals species.
Biological resource status and trends: Forbs [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on forbs, herbaceous flowering plants that are not grasses, such as clover, sunflower, and milkweed
Biological resource status and trends: Grasses [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on grasses
Biological resource status and trends: Shrubs [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on shrubs
Biological resource status and trends: Trees [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on trees
Biological soil crusts [New Window]
Explains biological soil crusts, organism-produced soil formations commonly found in semiarid and arid environments, with special reference to their biological composition, physical characteristics, and ecological significance.
PDF Biological soil crusts: webs of life in the desert [New Window]
Fact sheet on the need to protect biological soil crusts in the desert. These crusts are most of the soil surface in deserts not covered by green plants and are inhabited by cyanobacterium (blue-green algae) and other organisms useful to the ecosystem.
PDF Bryophytes and lichens, small but indispensable forest dwellers [New Window]
Description of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) and lichens (dual organisms of a fungus and an alga or a cyanobacterium) that are part of forest ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest with information on habitat and conservation.
Cryptobiotic soils: holding the place in place [New Window]
Describes biological soil crusts, with special reference to their role in resisting soil erosion, improving soil fertility, and increasing water infiltration in the deserts of the Colorado Plateau region.
History and natural history of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center [New Window]
Links to pages on the history and natural history of Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
NPElement: A database of lichen elemental concentrations in the U.S. national parks [New Window]
Database providing concentration of heavy metals, nutrients, and trace elements in 75 species of lichens sampled in 43 national park units in 24 states.
NPLichen: A database of lichens in the U.S. national parks [New Window]
Web interface for a database of documented occurrences of lichens in units of the U. S. National Park System. The records were obtained from the scientific literature, from National Park Service reports, and from selected herbaria.
Patuxent plant list and herbarium collection [New Window]
List of plant specimens and photo gallery of plants in the collection of the herbarium at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, a reference collection of plants occurring in the area lying between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington D.C.
Pollinators [New Window]
News and references about domesticated and wild bees, butterflies, moths, birds, bats and other animals that play a crucial role in the pollination of flowering plants.
Sago pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus L.): a literature review [New Window]
Literature review of sago pondweed, a submersed angiosperm that attracts waterfowl, but is also a nuisance plant that clogs irrigation systems. Includes classification, distribution, habitat, physiology, management, and economics.
Salvinia molesta, Salvinia weevil, Salvinia minima [New Window]
Life history and identification of Salvinia species, a floating, rootless tree fern and a noxious aquatic weed. Site includes posters, instructions on submitting sightings, how to subscribe to a listserv on the weed, and a bibliography.
Summary report of nonindigenous aquatic species in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 [New Window]
Report prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with descriptions of exotic aquatic species introduced in the southeast United States with information on populations, geographic distribution, and origins.
USGS-National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Program [New Window]
The USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program is a cooperative effort with the National Park Service (NPS) to classify, describe, and map vegetation communities in over 270 U.S. national park units with links to overview, standards, products, and applications.
Vegetation sampling and classification of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Cades Cove and Mount Le Conte quadrangles): final report [New Window]
Report of a pilot study to classify vegetation communities in parts of the Smoky Mountains National Park by sampling vegetation in selected areas with information on field methods and data analysis and lists of communities identified.


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