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Article #281Re: Plant Database
From: Scott Ranger
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00
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I've been working on such a database in MS Access, but it's no where near useable yet. I'm using the National PLANTS database as the basis and am trying to learn how to use a relational database to multiple entries for each plant as well as keep the synonyms together. It's quite a chore. Martin Witchard wrote: > > Dear All, > > I'm trying to construct a plant database for collectors on our campus > and from the local botanic garden. Purpose? To enable future people in > my position to know where to go to collect plants for practical classes. > > My question is : does anyone know of a useful program to contain info on > family, genus, species and field notes? MS Access might be a possibility > but I'm not sure I need anything so complex! What are other people using > who have a similar databases set up? We're not talking a complete flora > here - just a couple of hundred or so species useful in our classes. > > Thanks, > > Martin Witchard. > > P.S. The ability to incorporate a map would be also useful.
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