Plant Base is intended to be a straightforward plant information encyclopedia and all its features are focused on this. Information is organised by using a database, but no technical skills are needed. 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 limited disk space, the plant pictures can be read directly from the CD - though that 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).
Individual plant names or the results from searches may be added to personal plant lists. These saved lists are an important feature with many uses. Each list may be freely named and any number can be stored.
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, specialist users may optionally wish to install with an empty database to start with, then build your own choice of plant information and images. It is also possible to make selections from the plant records supplied and load them into a new database. Deeproot Plant Base is adaptable to specific needs, from providing occasional general purpose garden 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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