#%!@ Scientific Plant Names


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Does anybody know of a way to get the Library

Browser to display the plants by their Common

Names and not the Scientific Names? I really

don't want to become a Botany major just so 

I can locate a Walnut or Apricot tree. And of

course as we all know by now the search

feature is as useless as teats on a boar hog.

 

I do realize that you can cross reference the

names in the Plant Chooser but you have to

enter each category of plant individually and

there are dozens of categories.

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I just type in the common name in the plant chooser (or the first few letters works as my spelling stinks).  My complaint is no differentiation between 2D and 3D in the search results.  So, does anybody have a good 3D Live Oak tree, or know which symbol vendor has one?

 

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Does anybody know of a way to get the Library

Browser to display the plants by their Common

Names and not the Scientific Names? I really

don't want to become a Botany major just so 

I can locate a Walnut or Apricot tree. And of

course as we all know by now the search

feature is as useless as teats on a boar hog.

 

I do realize that you can cross reference the

names in the Plant Chooser but you have to

enter each category of plant individually and

there are dozens of categories.

 

Lol.

 

I would love to see a way to search on only 3D plants as I've basically stopped using the at least the flat trees, which I feel look really crummy.

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Don't know why I didn't try this sooner but if

you don't enter anything in the "Name" field of

the Plant Chooser and instead just select a box

in the "Type" field (along with any appropriate

Sub-Type) and hit the Search Button you will get

a list of everything of that type in the Browser.

 

Unfortunately as Jon and Nic have noted you

can't tell which ones are 2D and which ones

are 3D.

 

I too would be interested in a site for good 

quality 3D tree symbols since the Library

and Bonus Catalog 3D offerings are limited

at best.  

 

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So there is a way to use common names through the plant chooser.

Open the plant chooser & enter the common name.

Click the COMMON radio button & a list of matches populate the pick list.

Highlight one and click the VIEW button below

another window pops up with the display of the plant.

If it is 2D it will indicate that in the dialog, if 3D the dialog will be dimmed and not say 2D.

 

I think this is correct.

 

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I don't know Cadman, when I placed both of those

symbols in a plan neither one looked to be 3D. I've

wasted all the time I'm going to trying to figure out

how get the Plant Chooser and the Library Browser

synced up. I have created a plan specifically for 3D

plants and I just drag the symbol in question into that

plan and see how it looks. Since I can rarely find the

specific type of plant (especially trees) I want I usually

end up picking out a symbol that resembles what I am

looking for and going with that.

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I just google this same question and found this thread. I hate landscaping and I'm pretty bad at it. I make things WAY to cluttered, (See cluster **** below) But it would be VERY nice to be able to have the option of listing plants in the library under their common name or their scientific name.  

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