Parts 1 - The Compleat Botanica

Compleat Botanica - Tutorial Page 3: Who uses the software?
Using the software Getting started Tutorial
The plant kingdom provides the material source for our houses & furniture, our clothing & dyes, our nutrition & health,
our sense of aesthetics & beauty, and some would say our spiritual well-being. No exaggeration is necessary to
emphasize the importance of plants in our lives and our livelihoods.
Whether you're a professional or an amateur, you can use The Compleat Botanica to record, organize, and retrieve plantrelated
reference data about the part of the plant kingdom most interesting to you. Here are some ideas:
Professional groups
Arborist: Record tree forms, life spans, fertilizer requirements, and best practices.
Conservation: Develop lists of native, endemic, and rare plants in a conservation area for informed management
decisions.
Plant society: Develop regional flora to record exactly what can be found in the natural landscape -- from natives to
exotics, from endemics to invasives.
Restoration: Record lists of suitable species for hillside erosion control projects, wetland edge projects, highway
beautification projects, and the like.
Silviculturist: Record species data for optimal spacing, life span, and yield.
Wetland management: Develop checklists using the wetland indicator and wetland classification fields.
Botanical sciences
Botanist: Record descriptive keys for underground parts, wood, bark, leaves, inflorescences, fruits and more.
Ecology: Record symbiotic relationships, key indicator species, and plant communities for an area of study.
Ethnobotany: Record historical plant uses and plant lore for indigenous people.
Herbarium: Record sheet number, collector's name, collection location, collection date, and collection number for
herbarium specimen.
Horticulture: Record best conditions for optimal growth. Record propagation protocols, seed & pollen parents, and