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[piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.
- From: Richard Morris <webmaster AT pfaf.org>
- To: PCPLANTDB <pcplantdb AT lists.ibiblio.org>, Permaculture Information Web <piw AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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- Subject: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.
- Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 12:29:55 +0000
Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.
Botanical names and authors
Synonyms and authors
Common names
Posibly Language, and Locale for names
Brief description of plant
1 paragraph summary of plant
Photos of plant
Botanical clasification
Rank: i.e. Cultivar, Species, Genus, Family
Parent: For species and genus - which family they are part of
Clasification scheme used:
Different schemes, such as conquist put plants in
different families.
Hazards
Hazards to humans
Toxicity
Hazards to environment
Invasive plants
Locales where plants are invasive
Diseases
What diseases they may be carries of.
For example sale of hawthorns is restricted in
this country as they can spread diseases.
Native range or Native Locales
locales where plants grow natively
Cultivated range or Native Locales
locales where plants can be cultivated
Native habitats
Habitats where plants grow natively
Cultivated habitats
Habitats where plants can be cultivated (e.g. woodland garden)
Plant Characteristics - physical stuff about the plant
Habit - tree, shrub, annual ,bienial etc.
Max Height - may want to include a locale
- might actually be a range
Height after 1, 5, 10 years?
Same for width.
Age range - annual, biannial, perennial (max age)
Growth rate - how fast it grows
Botanical charteristics and identification
Type of flower -
hermaphrodite (the flower has both male and female
organs).
monoecious (individual flowers are either male or
female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant).
dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female,
but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both
male and female plants must be grown if seed is
required)
Type of polination -
wind, insects (specific types), self fertile
Flower identification -
lots of botanical stuff about how to indetify a plant by
its flowers. Superiour overies. Closely linked to
Botanical clasification.
Type of fruit/seed
Seed dispersal - method
Fruit/seed identification
Leaf type/shape
Times -
When in leaf
When in flower
When in fruit
Number of fruiting seasons per year
Time until first fruiting
All the above need to be cross referenced with locales
at very least Nothern/Southern hemisphere or tropics.
Cultivation Information
Temprature
Hardyness - which UDSA zones the plant grows in.
Frost tender - whether the plant can withstand frost
Number of days of frost plant can withstand
Min temprature plant can withstand
Max temprature
Moisture
Can it tolerate drought?
Can it tolerate water logged soil?
Soil
What Ph range it can tolerate
What Ph range it prefers
Can it tolerate saline soil/does it require saline soil.
Soil types it tolerates - clay, loam, etc
Soil types it prefers
Moisture level of soil - tolerates and prefers
Shade
What level of shade it tolerates/prefers
Other characteristics
A bit open ended allowing for other things like
Tolerate atmospheric polution
Tolerates grazing by dear
Resistant to grazing by dear
Tolerate mowing
Other cultivation info
Free text info on cultivation
Propagation
Time to sow
Time to plant out
Stratification of seeds
Pests and diseases
Vunerable to which pest/diseases
Resitance to particualar pest diseases
Benifical relationships
What animals it attracts
What animals if is a food plant of
What animals it is a habitat of
What plants is is know to grow well with
What plant guilds it is a member of
Use by man
Ethnobotanical information
Traditional uses of plants by diferent societies
Edible Uses
Parts of Plant you can eat - keyword
Culinary uses - keyword
Rating of edible use
Nutritional information
Yield information
Medicinal Uses
Keywords
Rating
text description
Other Uses
key words
Rating
text description
History and Folklaw
Information about curtural aspects
Famous trees inc locale
Growing experiences
A place for people to record experiences people have had with
growing the plant.
Links and references
Links to other websites
References to books
Supliers
Places you can get the plants/seeds
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So there you go.
Comments, additions welcome. At this stage I think we should keep it just what criteria we wish to record and not get involved in
the how we record it.
Best
Rich
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[piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Richard Morris, 02/08/2005
- Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants., Heide Hermary, 02/08/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Mike Morris, 02/08/2005
- Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants., Heide Hermary, 02/08/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Richard Morris, 02/08/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Heide Hermary, 02/10/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Sean Maley, 02/10/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Heide Hermary, 02/10/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: habitats,
Richard Morris, 02/11/2005
- Re: [piw] Q2: habitats, Heide Hermary, 02/11/2005
- Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants., Sean Maley, 02/11/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: habitats,
Richard Morris, 02/11/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Heide Hermary, 02/10/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Sean Maley, 02/10/2005
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Re: [piw] Q2: what criteria do we want to record for plants.,
Heide Hermary, 02/10/2005
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