September 2014

Ecological Characteristics Update

138 plants have had their ecological characteristics updated from the floras. The addition of the characteristics to the database for the 400  species for which we have gathered descriptions and data is planned for the winter.  Photographs are  being added with a new interface and we have completed the  conversion and added some 20 plants to the galleries since the last post. The major change has been behind the scenes, where I am now using Lightroom and the associated database it provides so that the future additions to the  galleries will be much easier to maintain. I hope to put in a survey at the end of the year  from surveymonkey (which I hope everyone will complete ) so that we can plan future changes to user needs.
Thanks,
Henry Ford

Floral Characteristics

The last 12 months have been dominated by the addition of floral characteristics to the characteristics table for all species in the Ecoflora.  They are not currently searchable, but appear as characteristics when you retrieve  the data for particular species. We will be altering the underlying software within a few weeks. Several people have requested this data,  so if you need a data set with the  floral characteristics included, please just ask.  In the course of this exercise, 400 alien species descriptions have been gathered, and these will be added and the data extracted for the characteristics table over the next 6 months.  

We are planning to move the Ecoflora photographs to a new system which should improve the look and manageability of the photos. Anyone wishing to contribute photos, please mail me.

Thanks

Henry Ford