New Data Base

This is a great resource.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!  --Janis

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As described below, the ABI/Heritage web site 'NatureServe' is now publicly 
available at <www.natureserve.org>;  this includes classification, 
distribution, and global, national, and state/province element rank 
information, to extent determined and available, for the full vascular flora 
(native and non-native) of the United States and Canada (generally following 
Kartesz classification), as well as information on animals, natural 
communities, and selected lichens and bryophytes.  Updates are planned three 
times a year.  Larry Morse, North American Botanist, TNC & ABI.

New NatureServe(r) Website Launched 

NatureServe, a new "online encylopedia of life" developed by the Association 
for Biodiversity Information (ABI), is now available to the public on the 
Internet at www.natureserve.org.  NatureServe provides authoritative 
conservation information in a searchable database for more than 50,000 
plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada.  

Science magazine (Sept. 22, 2000) describes NatureServe as "a 25-year trove 
of field data on the plants and animals of the United States and Canada. The 
NatureServe database holds information on over 50,000 species, from humpback 
whale to eastern hemlock, including endangered status, distribution, life 
history, and references." 

NatureServe will be a valuable resource for conservationists, students and 
teachers, academic researchers, land managers and environmental planners, and 
anyone interested in learning about the plants and animals of the U.S. and 
Canada.  

In-depth information on rare and endangered species NatureServe provides the 
most comprehensive, in-depth information on rare and 
endangered species currently available, and includes extensive information on 
common plants and animals too.

The leading source for ecological communities NatureServe is the first 
searchable Internet database for the ecological communities of the U.S. and 
Canada. 

Learn what exists, where it's found, and how rare it is NatureServe's 
colorful distribution maps show where each species and ecological community 
occurs, plus how rare or common it is across its range. 
Which plants and animals are rare or imperiled in your state? What species 
are legally protected? Answering these questions and more, NatureServe 
details the life history and habitat requirements of thousands of species, 
the threats they face, and management strategies for their protection. 

A partnership among ABI, the Natural Heritage Network, and The Nature 
Conservancy NatureServe makes data from U.S. Natural Heritage programs and 
Canadian conservation data centres easily accessible to the public for the 
first time-representing a quarter-century of field work, ecological 
inventory, and scientific database development by a network of hundreds of 
botanists, zoologists, ecologists, and data managers. 

What's Included * Vascular plants:  all native North American species, 
subspecies, and varieties (more than 25,000).
* Vertebrates:  all native North American species and subspecies of mammals, 
birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes (nearly 5,500). 
* Invertebrates:  native North American species and subspecies tracked by the 
Natural Heritage Network, including comprehensive coverage for freshwater 
mussels, crayfishes, butterflies and skippers, underwing moths, tiger 
beetles, stoneflies, dragonflies and damselflies, and freshwater snails (more 
than 13,000 in all).
* Non-vascular plants:  selected native North American species including 
lichens, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and some fungi. 
* Ecological communities:  all documented communities in the U.S. and Canada 
(more than 4,500).
* Non-native species:  all established non-native vascular plants and 
selected non-native animals. 

Sample Questions that NatureServe Can Answer NatureServe's easily searchable 
database can quickly provide the answers to individual data requests, such 
as:  
* What mammals are found in my state? Which of them live only in my state? 
Which of them are endangered or threatened? 
* How many U.S. orchids are rare or endangered?  What is threatening such 
rare plants as the eastern prairie white-fringed orchid?  Where is it found?  
What are its habitat requirements and protection needs? 
* What species of birds are found in Nova Scotia?  Which of those are also 
found in Florida?  
* How many native species are extinct or missing in Hawaii?  In the entire 
United States?  How many of them are fishes?  Where did each one previously 
occur? 

To learn these things and more, visit NatureServe on the web at 
www.natureserve.org. 
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