---
id: "usda_plants_symbol"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["agriculture", "science"]
country: ["US"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 90
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/usda_plants_symbol"
---

# USDA PLANTS symbol (`usda_plants_symbol`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Symbol of a plant taxon in the PLANTS Database of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. A species symbol joins the first two letters of the genus and of the specific epithet (PSME for Pseudotsuga menziesii), a genus symbol uses five letters (JUNCU for Juncus), and a number is appended when the letters are already taken (ALST11). The symbols are used in US vegetation surveys, soil and range data.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Agriculture, livestock and food (agriculture), Scientific (science)
- Countries: United States (US)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z]{3,5}\d{0,3}$
```

## Examples

- `PSME` — Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir); Wikidata example
- `JUNCU` — Genus Juncus; Wikidata example
- `ALST11` — Alyxia stellata; Wikidata example
- `psme` (invalid example) — Lower case

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P1772`

## Translations

- ru: Символ растения в базе USDA PLANTS: Символ таксона растения в базе данных PLANTS Службы охраны природных ресурсов Минсельхоза США (USDA NRCS).

## Sources

- doc: <https://plants.usda.gov/>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1772>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/usda_plants_symbol.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/US/agriculture/usda_plants_symbol.yaml>