Template:PLANTS
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Search". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
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Purpose
Provides an easy way to cite Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database.
Usage
{{PLANTS|symbol=|taxon=|access-date=8 May 2025}}
{{PLANTS
| symbol =
| taxon =
| access-date =
}}
Other parameters of {{cite web}} are available, such as |mode= and |harv=.
Example
{{PLANTS|symbol=RUID|taxon=Rubus idaeus|access-date=8 May 2025}}{{PLANTS|symbol=RUID|taxon=Rubus idaeus|access-date=8 May 2025|mode=cs2}}
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- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rubus idaeus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.), "Rubus idaeus", The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov), Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team, retrieved 8 May 2025
See also
- Category:Articles using Template:PLANTS with missing parameters: tracks cases that have neither
|name=nor|taxon=
Provides an easy way to cite Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | date | Date of the data
| Date | suggested |
| id | id | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Symbol | symbol | Symbol at the end of the link
| String | required |
| name | name | no description | Unknown | deprecated |
| Taxonomic name | taxon name | Taxonomic name of the link's subject
| String | required |
| Access date | access-date | Date the link was accessed
| Date | suggested |