Plant Base is intended to be a straightforward
plant encyclopedia database and all its features are focused on
this. The emphasis of the application design is on a functional,
no-nonsense approach to usability and considerable flexibility.
There are no frills, but it is fast, powerful, simple to run and
uses no unnecessary computer resources.
Plant Base is usually installed entirely on the
PC's hard-drive, so a CD is not required at run time. For systems
with insufficient disk space, the plant pictures can be read directly
from the CD, but it is not the recommended option.
Each plant is described within the database by
a large number of standard
elements such as size and colour, accompanied by text notes
and pictures. Plants may be found or browsed by name or located
by powerful search selection criteria. Plant varieties are alphabetically
sequenced by botanical name (Latin, binomial), but can be located
by their common name if preferred. There is also allowance for
alternative names (synonyms).
The plant data is fully editable by the
user and can build to create a personal plant information
resource. In fact, whilst we supply Plant Base with thousands
of plant records and pictures, you may optionally install with
an empty database to start with and then build your own choice
of plant information and images. In this way Deeproot Plant Base
is adaptable to specific needs, from providing occasional general
purpose reference to cataloguing a specialist plant collection.
Many good quality plant pictures are provided
and it is also very easy to add more, using normal jpeg image
files.
Personal changes and additions can be preserved,
for use with new versions or transfer to other machines.
We may be able to supply customised editions
of the database for users who have a specific area of interest,
please ask.
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