Template:Cite usda plants/sandbox

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

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Cite usda plants (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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

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1 Usage
2 Parameters
3 Examples
4 See also

Usage

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

Parameters

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|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

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{{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)