I’ve been thinking about plant guilds and developing a web database of plant groupings that combine synergistically. I thought this could possibly done as a “mashup”, pointing to some existing open database and adding metadata to map the combinations or guild groupings.

In looking for a database I came across the USDA’s PLANTS Database and found I can link to specific plants using a query mechanism. I didn’t see anything on there about an API or web service that would allow for a real mashup application, but it’s a start.

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