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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Interesting – I tested the NatiVeg link for a forb in my Piedmont NC area and it gave me a Helianthus species CULTIVAR introduced from the Western US. I am not impressed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> native-plants [mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Haidet, Margaret (Megan)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 28, 2016 4:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [PCA] NEWS: NatiVeg Plant Selection Tool<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B;background:white;font-weight:normal">National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Releases Online Tool to Aid Native Plant Selection</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FCFCFC">NatiVeg (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.quailcount.org/NatiVeg"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FCFCFC;text-decoration:none">www.quailcount.org/NatiVeg</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FCFCFC">)
is a remote, Internet-based tool that works on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. Developed by NBCI and University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Information Technology Service and beta-tested by a variety of outside reviewers, NatiVeg is
a database that, within the 25-state initiative’s range (mid-west and southeast), delivers the proper native plant choices for a specific location and the user’s specific purposes, whether wildlife, forage, biomass, pollinators, critical area planting, restoration
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>PLANTS ARE NATURE</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" target="_blank">https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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