Using NRCS's PLANTS Database in Conservation Planning
Webinar Details
When:
Sep 28, 2016 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:00 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Gerry Moore, Ph.D., Leader, National Plant Data Team, USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center, Greensboro, NC
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Range Management (SRM) - 1 hour SRM Credit
- The Wildlife Society - Certified Wildlife Biologist®/Professional Development Certificate Program - 1 hour TWS Category 1 Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Participate to learn the conservation applications of data available in the Agency’s PLANTS database and website.
Participate to learn how the data available in the National Plant Data Team’s PLANTS database and website (http://plants.usda.gov) can be used in conservation planning. PLANTS is the central repository of basic plant information for NRCS, and provides data for the approximately 25,000 native and naturalized plant species in the United States and its possessions. Plant data available include scientific and common names, distribution, photographs and illustrations, characteristics important for conservation and wildlife planning, legal status information (endangered and threatened, invasive, noxious, wetland), and scientific references. This webinar will review how PLANTS data can be used in conservation planning, including: pollinator plantings; alternative and cover crop selections, establishment and maintenance; rangeland management; managing for culturally significant plants; ecological site descriptions; invasive and noxious plant species control; and phytoremediation. Overviews will also be provided for PLANTS’ Crop Nutrient Tool and its Web services. This webinar will serve as a primer on how the data in the PLANTS database and website can be used in conservation planning.
This webinar is presented by the USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center.
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