Welcome to the NRCS National Plant Data Center web site.

The National Plant Data Center (NPDC) acquires, develops, improves, and disseminates plant information to support NRCS and other efforts to improve the ecological health of the land.

What's New

	The following document requires Adobe Acrobat   Using Farm Bill Programs for Pollinator Conservation (PDF; 278KB) Technical Note TN.190.B.78 - Using Farm Bill Programs for Pollinator Conservation is now available. Learn about Farm Bill programs and associated conservation practices that can increase pollinator populations for healthier and more profitable agro-ecosystems.
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	PLANTS Identification Keys Available for Use and Testing Automated plant identification keys for selected U.S. plant groups are available for use and testing on-line or by downloading the application. These keys let you identify plants using multiple plant characters simultaneously.
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Ongoing Projects

	The PLANTS Database The PLANTS database includes information on the vascular and nonvascular plants of the United States and its territories. It includes checklists, species abstracts, distributional data, crop information, plants symbols, growth data, references and a variety of other plant information.
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Last Modified: 07/10/2009