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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite usda plants.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is a Citation Style 2 template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 2 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 2.

This external link template is underused, compared to the number of links to the site it represents (check here). Please help convert those links to make use of this template, for ease of tracking, and ease of interoperability with Wikidata.

Usage

This template acts as a citation template for a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Profile.

Parameters

|symbol= : slug of PLANTS URL. For example, from the URL https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=OEAR4, extract |symbol=OEAR4.
|title= : link text (defaults to page name)
|date= : date
|access-date= : access date (for use in citations)

The template accepts unnamed arguments in the order listed, above. In addition, it accepts any parameter that {{citation}} does.

Examples

{{cite usda plants|symbol=OEAR4|title=O. arizonica|date=December 7, 2011}}

NRCS (December 7, 2011), "O. arizonica", PLANTS Database, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

or:

{{cite usda plants|OEAR4|O. arizonica|December 7, 2011}}

NRCS (December 7, 2011), "O. arizonica", PLANTS Database, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

or:

{{cite usda plants}}

NRCS, "Plants Database", United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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+{{Cs2 wrapper|base=cite web}}
-{{Underused external link template|http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile}}
+{{Underused external link template|https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile}}
 == Usage ==
 This template acts as a citation template for a [http://plants.usda.gov USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS] Profile.
+== Parameters ==
-<pre>
+# {{Para|symbol}} : slug of PLANTS URL. For example, from the URL <code><nowiki>https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=</nowiki>'''OEAR4'''</code>, extract {{para|symbol|OEAR4}}.
+# {{Para|title}} : link text (defaults to page name)
+# {{Para|date}} : date
+# {{Para|access-date}} : access date (for use in citations)
+The template accepts unnamed arguments in the order listed, above. In addition, it accepts any parameter that {{tl|citation}} does.
+== Examples ==
+<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
 {{cite usda plants|symbol=OEAR4|title=O. arizonica|date=December 7, 2011}}
+</syntaxhighlight>
-</pre>
 {{cite usda plants|symbol=OEAR4|title=O. arizonica|date=December 7, 2011}}
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+<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
-<pre>
 {{cite usda plants|OEAR4|O. arizonica|December 7, 2011}}
+</syntaxhighlight>
-</pre>
 {{cite usda plants|OEAR4|O. arizonica|December 7, 2011}}
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 or:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
-<pre>
 {{cite usda plants}}
+</syntaxhighlight>
-</pre>
 {{cite usda plants}}
-== Parameters ==
+==See also==
+* {{tl|PLANTS}}, an alternative method of citing USDA PLANTS.
-# {{Para|symbol}} : slug of PLANTS URL
-# {{Para|title}} : link text (defaults to page name)
-# {{Para|date}} : date
-# {{Para|accessdate}} : access date (for use in citations)
-<includeonly>
+<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
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-[[Category:Citation Style 2 templates]]
+[[Category:Botany external link templates]]
+}}</includeonly>
-[[Category:Flora external link templates]]
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