What a nifty resource this is!
Jil
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fleppc@fleppc.org
To: Jil_Swearingen@nps.gov
11/20/2006 04:02 cc:
PM EST Subject: FW: New Free Interactive Key to Wetland Monocots of the US
Please respond to
"Crissy Sutter"


Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council List Server

FYI

Crissy Sutter

Pandion Systems, Inc
(352) 372-4747
www.pandionsystems.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Guala, Gerald - Baton
Rouge,
LA
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 5:51 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: New Free Interactive Key to Wetland Monocots of the US

There is a new Interactive Key to Wetland Monocots of the US (ca.2400
taxa) available from PLANTS (plants.usda.gov). See
(http://npdc.usda.gov/technical/plantid_wetland_mono.html) for details.
It is free for use and download and requires no installation or
registration.

The data set was developed cooperatively by the Missouri Botanical
Garden and the USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center and was compiled
from numerous and varied sources by Dr. David Bogler of the Missouri
Botanical Garden (ca. 1.7 million data points). The automated plant key
runs in a new version of SLIKS (www.stingersplace.com/SLIKS) which is
free and requires no installation. It lets you identify the monocots
known to occur in U.S. wetlands. The species list in this key is
derived from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetland
Inventory National List of Vascular Plant Species That Occur in
Wetlands: 1998 National List.

This draft plant character data set is for testing purposes only. For
further information, click on the "Instructions, Information,
Disclaimers and Policies" link after the application is loaded.

The version of SLIKS (2.0) used for this particular application was
specifically designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you need to
use another browser, there are other options available at the SLIKS
website (www.stingersplace.com/SLIKS).

Agreements for completion of datasets for all US grasses, all US
legumes, all US gymnosperms and all US Ericaceae have been made through
various CESUs in the CESU (www.cesu.org) network and the data sets
should be delivered over the next near. First drafts of the keys for the
grasses of Louisiana and Missouri are available now for testing and
evaluation by qualified botanists. Please contact me
(gerald.guala@la.usda.gov) for copies.

Cheers,
Stinger Guala, Ph.D.

Gerald F. Guala, Ph.D.
USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center
P.O. Box 74490
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70874-4490 USA
Tel: 225.775.6280
Fax: 225.775.8883
http://npdc.usda.gov
http://plants.usda.gov

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