| Acronym |
Meaning |
| AABGA |
See APGA. |
| ABC |
American Botanical Council |
| ACEC |
Area of Critical Environmental Concern |
| AD |
Assistant Director |
| AHPA |
American Herbal Products Association |
| APGA |
American Public Gardens Association (formerly American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta) |
| APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| APWG |
Alien Plant Working Group |
| ARS |
Agricultural Research Service |
| ASLA |
American Society of Landscape Architects |
| ASTA |
American Seed Trade Association |
| AZA |
American Zoo and Aquarium Association (formerly AAZPA) |
| AZH |
Association of Zoological Horticulture |
| BGCI |
Botanical Gardens Conservation International |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
| BSA |
Botanical Society of America |
| CA |
Conservation Agreement |
| CA |
Conservation Assessment |
| CA |
Cooperative Agreement |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBG |
Chicago Botanic Garden |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CI |
Conservation International |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna |
| CNPS |
California Native Plant Society |
| CONABIO |
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad |
| CPC |
Center for Plant Conservation |
| CRP |
Conservation Reserve Program |
| CS |
Conservation Strategy |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| DELTA |
DEscription Language for TAxonomy |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOI |
Department of the Interior |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DSA |
Division of Scientific Authority |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EO |
Element Occurrence |
| EO |
Executive Order |
| EOR |
Element Occurrence Report |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPPC |
Exotic Pest Plant Council |
| ESA |
Ecological Society of America |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FEIS |
Fire Effects Information System |
| FFI |
Fauna and Flora International |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FICMNEW |
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds |
| FL-EPPC |
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council |
| FLPMA |
Federal Land Policy and Management Act |
| FNA |
Flora of North America |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| FS |
See USFS. |
| FWS |
See USFWS. |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GCA |
Garden Club of America |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GISP |
Global Invasive Species Program |
| GM |
Group Manager |
| GPO |
Government Printing Office |
| GPPC |
Global Partnership for Plant Conservation |
| GRIN |
Germplasm Resources Information Network |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| GSPC |
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation |
| HCP |
Habitat Conservation Plan |
| HEAR |
Hawaii Ecosystems At Risk |
| I&M |
Inventory and Monitoring |
| IAE |
Institute for Applied Ecology |
| IAFWA |
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies |
| IB |
Information Bulletin |
| IM |
Instruction Memorandum |
| IPANE |
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England |
| IPAW |
Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin |
| IPCNYS |
Invasive Plant Council of New York State |
| IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
| ITIS |
Integrated Taxonomic Information System |
| IUCN |
The World Conservation Union (formerly International Union for the Conservation of Natureand Natural Resources) |
| IWLA |
Isaak Walton League of America |
| JFSP |
Joint Fire Science Program |
| LTER |
Long-Term Ecological Research Sites |
| MA-EPPC |
Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPWG |
Medicinal Plant Working Group |
| MR |
Management Recommendations |
| NAA |
Natural Areas Association |
| NAC |
USDA National Agroforestry Center |
| NACD |
National Association of Conservation Districts |
| NAPPC |
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign |
| NAPSG |
North American Plant Specialist Group |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences / National Audubon Society |
| NBII |
National Biological Information Infrastructure |
| NCGRP |
National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (formerly National Seed Storage Laboratory) |
| NCTC |
National Conservation Training Center |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NEWFS |
New England Wild Flower Society |
| NFMA |
National Forest Management Act |
| NFWF |
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NIFC |
National Interagency Fire Center |
| NISC |
National Invasive Species Council |
| NIWAW |
National Invasive Weed Awareness Week |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPCI |
Native Plant Conservation Initiative |
| NPMD |
Native Plant Materials Development |
| NPS |
National Park Service |
| NPSO |
Native Plant Society of Oregon |
| NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSN |
Native Seed Network |
| NSSL |
See NCGRP. |
| NSTC |
National Science & Technology Center |
| NTFP |
Non-Timber Forest Product |
| NWF |
National Wildlife Federation |
| OIG |
Office of Inspector General |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| ORV |
Off-Road Vehicles |
| OSA |
Office of Scientific Authority |
| OSMRE |
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
| PCA |
Plant Conservation Alliance |
| PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
| PDR |
Personal Data Recorder |
| PFP |
Partners for Plants |
| PLANTS |
NRCS National PLANTS Database |
| PMC |
Plant Materials Centers |
| RBG |
Royal Botanic Gardens |
| RWG |
Restoration Working Group |
| SCA |
Student Conservation Association |
| SCB |
Society for Conservation Biology |
| SE-EPPC |
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council |
| SER |
Society for Ecological Restoration International |
| SMG |
Species Management Guide |
| SOS |
Seeds of Success |
| SSC |
Species Survival Commission |
| SWCS |
Soil and Water Conservation Society |
| T&E |
See TAE. |
| TAE |
Threatened and Endangered |
| TESRA |
Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act |
| TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UPS |
United Plant Savers |
| USACE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USAID |
US Agency for International Development |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USDI |
See DOI. |
| USFS |
United States Forest Service |
| USFWS |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| VegSpec |
Vegetative Practice Design Aplication |
| WCI |
Wildlife Conservation International |
| WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| WWF |
World Wildlife Fund / World Wide Fund for Nature |
| ZSSD |
Zoological Society of San Diego |
