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Plant Information

This page provides links to Plant Material Centers, National Plants Database, Vegspec and other available information regarding plants.

Invasive Plants Information (Vermont Invasive Plants website)
The goal of the Vermont Invasive Exotic Plant Committee is to provide coordination and guidance on invasive exotic plant issues so as to protect natural communities, native species, agricultural and forestry interests, and human use and enjoyment of Vermont's natural resources.

Plant Materials Program (National)
Access Plant Fact Sheets, technical publications and information, information on conservation plant releases, sources of conservation plants, and related plant web sites.

Plant Materials Center (Big Flats New York)
Find information on conservation plants and plant technology for your area.

National Plants Database
The PLANTS Database maintains and generates data reports in specialized areas, including:  Alternative Crops, Characteristics, Classification, Culturally Significant,  Invasive & Noxious, Threatened & Endangered and Wetland Indicator Status.

 

Vegspec

Vegspec is a web-based decision support system that assists land managers in the planning and design of vegetative establishment practices. VegSpec utilizes soil, plant, and climate data to select plant species that are (1) site-specifically adapted, (2) suitable for the selected practice, and (3) appropriate for the purposes and objectives for which the planting is intended.  The VegSpec application has the ability to determine site-specific adaptability of plant species.

 

Working Trees Brochures

Developed by the National Agroforestry Center (NAC), these brochures are extremely popular tools.  The brochures explain how trees provide important environmental benefits including:improving water quality, controlling soil erosion, increasing agricultural production, and providing wildlife habitat.  These color publications illustrate various agroforestry practices that landowners can apply to help meet their production and conservation objectives. The available brochures are:

    Working Trees For Agriculture,

    Working Trees For Communities,

    Working Trees For Carbon Cycle Balance,

    Working Trees For Carbon: Windbreaks in the U.S.,

    Working Trees For Livestock,

    Working Trees For Wildlife, 

    Working Trees For Treating Waste,

    Working Trees for Water Quality,

    Working Trees:Silvopasture

    Working Trees for the 2002 Farm Bill

There is even a 'Working Trees Coloring Book'

 

Last Modified: June 23, 2010

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