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Set Your VegBank Preferences

Use this page to specify your preferences about your experience on VegBank. This page uses cookies to store the values you select. This means the next time you visit VegBank on this computer these values will still be used, unless you delete your cookies or switch browsers. There is no need to push a button; as soon as you check or uncheck a box, VegBank will remember the answer.

Preferred Plant Interpretation and Name

Many views in VegBank show you names of plants that occurred on a plot. The Author of the plot had a name to identify the plant, and this can always be shown. The Author's name will always include any irregular species notation, most commonly something like "Carex sp." Each plant is interpreted, and you can choose either the original interpretation or the current interpretation, which links the plant to a Plant Concept. Each plant concept has many different names associated with it, and you can select one of these (Scientific, Common Name, Code, etc.) along with the Original or Current Interpretation.

Change plant label:
--Choose a value-- Author's plant name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, USDA Code Original Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, Common Name
Note: This picklist is shown on many views. Changing those picklists is the same as changing this one. VegBank continues showing the plant you selected until you select another.

Optional Items to Show in Views

Please check any items you wish to see on a particular view, and uncheck those you do not wish to view.

Global Settings
	Links to Field Definitions with Red Question Marks
	Show human-readable field labels instead of database names
	Cover Code used for a Cover Class to estimate cover
	Basal Area for a species
	Biomass for a species
	Inference Area used to determine importance values (cover, biomass, basal area, etc.) for a species.
	The plant name the concept is based on
	The full scientific name, including authors, of the plant concept
	The scientific name without authors of the plant concept
	The common name for the plant concept, if available
	The Code for the plant concept, if available
	Display User Defined Data for plots, if available
	Do not use colors to differentiate mapping icons (much easier to read for those who are color-blind).
The Comprehensive Plot View
(Example View - opens in a new window)
	A tabular overview of stems for each taxon
	A graphical representation of tree stems, using DBH size
View of plot(s) showing plants only
(Example View - opens in a new window)
	A tabular overview of stems for each taxon
	A graphical representation of tree stems, using DBH size
View of a one species on a plot, with importance values and interpretations.
(Example View - opens in a new window)
	A tabular overview of stems for each taxon
	A graphical representation of tree stems, using DBH size

Future Development

Save these changes permanently to your account, so that whenever and whereever you login to VegBank, they are the same. If you do not save the changes, they will still be used on your computer until you change them.