Plant Base is intended to be a straightforward plant Encyclopedia database and all its features are focused on this. The emphasis of the application design is on a functional, no-nonsense approach to usability and considerable flexibility. There are no frills, but it is fast, powerful, simple to run and uses no unnecessary computer resources.
Plant Base is usually installed entirely on the PC's hard-drive, so a CD is not required at run time. For systems with limited disk space, the plant pictures can be read directly from the CD, but it is not the recommended option.
Each plant is described within the database by a large number of standard elements such as size and colour, accompanied by text notes and pictures. Plants may be found or browsed by name or located by powerful search selection criteria. Plant varieties are alphabetically sequenced by botanical name (Latin, binomial), but can be located by their common name if preferred. There is also allowance for alternative names (synonyms).
Summary:
Fast, searchable database of plants
Plant picture images with flexible storage options.
Reference links to additional information
Unrestricted content editing.
Personal plant lists.
Image and list data export to standard files.
Archive changed records to a separate file.
Import information from other Plant Base files.
Picture Slide show
Optional screen saver module.
Database usage optimisation
