A plant record represents a plant that may be reccommended by NRCS California.
Searching for Records
Open
Search.
Choose some criteria, such as
Scientific Name =
"Carex" (to find all Carex species), or
Plant Type =
"Grass or Grass-like".
Press .
The Results panel
will open, showing all of the plants that match your criteria.
Press the purple point
next to a record, and the
Detail panel will
open for that record.
Viewing a Record
To find all practices in which this plant is used,
press the Plant Practice Editor
link in the lower right. This will open the Plant Practice Editor with the
ID of this plant as the search criterion.
(Coming soon: a link that will show all mixes in which this plant is used.)
Editing a Record
If you want to correct some information on the plant record
(for instance, changing the value of
Drill
or Broadcast),
press .
Make the changes, and then press .
Adding a New Record
Press to add a new plant record.
Press to clear all of the field values.
Enter as many of the field values as you can,
and then press .
Mixes
Each mix is represented by a record in the plant table.
Records for mixes appear differently than records for plants:
Scientific Name has no value.
The name of the mix appears in the
Common name field.
The value of
ID, such as
"63",
is a mix identifier, or a concise way of referring to the mix.
If all of the plants in a mix are annual, then the value of
Growth Cycle should be
"Annual".
If the plants in a mix include both annuals and perennials, then the value of
Growth Cycle should be
"Annual / Perennial".
If all of the plants in a mix are native, then the value of
Resident Status should be
"native".
If the plants in a mix include both natives and non-natives, then the value of
Resident Status should be
"both".
In the Detail panel,
press Mix Components
to see the plants included in the mix,
Press Mix Component Editor
to edit which plants are included in the mix, at which percentage.
PLANT-PRACTICE SEARCH
A plant-practice record assigns a particular plant to a
particular practice, purpose (subpractice), and MLRA.
It also indicates whether the plant needs to be irrigated or not.
Searching for Records
Open
Search.
Choose a practice number from the
Practice drop down,
along with any other criteria. Press .
The Results panel
will open, showing all of the plants that match your criteria.
To find all of the practices in which a particular plant is used,
enter the name of the plant
(eg. Carex barbarae)
in the
Scientific Name field,
and press .
Press the purple point
next to a record, and the
Detail panel will
open for that record.
The name of the practice and other constraints on the use of the plant
are in the top section of this panel. The name of the plant and information
about the plant are in the bottom section of this panel.
To see or edit all information about the plant, click on
Plant Editor.
If the "plant" is actually a mix, and you want to
edit the components of the mix, click on
Mix Component Editor.
Viewing a Record
The detail panel shows when this record was last modified, and
who modified it.
Editing a Record
If you want to correct some information on the plant-practice record,
press .
Make the changes, and then press .
To change the plant, press , and all of the
plant related fields will be cleared.
Enter some search criteria in the plant related fields, such as
Scientific Name =
"Carex", and press
.
When you see the plant you want, click on the ID, and that
plant will become the plant for this plant-practice record.
Then press .
Adding a New Record
Press to add a new plant-practice record.
Press to clear all of the field values.
Enter as many of the field values as you can.
To choose a plant,
enter some search criteria in the plant related fields, such as
Scientific Name =
"Carex", and press
.
When you see the plant you want, click on the ID, and that
plant will become the plant for this plant-practice record.
Then press .
Deleting a Record
When you delete a plant-practice record, you are not deleting the
plant; you are simply deleting the assignment of that plant
to that practice (purpose, MLRA, etc.).
MIX COMPONENT SEARCH
A mix component record assigns a particular plant to a mix.
Searching for Records
Open
Search.
Enter a mix identifier such as "155"
in the Mix ID field,
along with any other criteria. Press .
The Results panel
will open, showing all of the plants that match your criteria.
Press the purple point
next to a record, and the
Detail panel will
open for that record.
The mix identifier and the percent
are in the top section of this panel. The name of the plant and information
about the plant are in the bottom section of this panel.
To see or edit all information about the plant, click on
Plant Editor.
Editing a Record
The attribute you would be most likely to change on one of these records is
Percent.
To change a record, press .
Make the changes, and then press .
To change the plant, press , and all of the
plant related fields will be cleared.
Enter some search criteria in the plant related fields, such as
Scientific Name =
"Carex", and press
.
When you see the plant you want, click on the ID, and that
plant will become the plant for this mix component record.
Then press .
Adding a New Record
Press to add a new mix component record.
Press to clear all of the field values.
Choose a plant, and specify a percentage.
To choose a plant,
enter some search criteria in the plant related fields, such as
Scientific Name =
"Carex", and press
.
When you see the plant you want, click on the ID, and that
plant will become the plant for this mix component record.
Then press .
FIELD DEFINITIONS
MLRA
Major Land Resource Area. California has seventeen MLRAs.
4ETa Zone
Evapotranspiration zone, indicating
the inches of available soil moisture for plant use.
California has seven zones.
Note that MLRA and 4ETa Zone can be determined directly from a map.
Vegetative Soil Group (Soil)
A characterization of the soil at a particular location.
Practice + Purpose
A conservation practice involving plants, implemented
by a landowner or manager.
Irrigated
Do the plants for this practice require ongoing irrigation?
SR Broadcast
For plants used as seeds, the
seeding rate when seeds are broadcast.
SR Drill
For plants used as seeds, the
seeding rate when seeds are applied with a drill.
Plant Spacing
For plants planted from containers or cuttings,
the space between plants in feet.
Plant ID
A unique identifier of a particular plant.
Cultivar
Name of the horticultural variety of a plant.
Resident Status
Native or introduced.
Plant Type
Cereal grain, Forb, Legume, Grass or Grass-like, Mix, Shrub, Tree
Growth Cycle
Annual or perennial.
Scientific Name
The scientific name of the plant.
Common Name
The common name or names of the plant.
Bloom Period
In which part of the year and for how long the plant usually blooms.