name (plants.plt)

Name of the plant/landcover

The name of the plant/landcover is a primary key referenced by plt_name in plant.ini. All names in the plants.plt database must be unique.

The names in the plant database are also used by QSWAT+ to link the grid codes in land use/land cover maps to SWAT+ land use types.

Name	Description
agrc	Generic agricultural land
agrl	Agricultural land with row crops
agrr	Close-grown agricultural land
alfa	Alfalfa
almd	Almonds
appl	Apple
aspn	Aspen
aspr	Asparagus
bana	Banana
barl	Barley
barl100	Barley - 100-day variety
barl105	Barley - 105-day variety
bbls	Little bluestem
berm	Bermudagrass
blug	Kentucky bluegrass
bocu	???
broc	Broccoli
brom	Meadow bromegrass
bros	Smooth bromegrass
bsvg	Barren or sparsely vegetated land
cabg	Cabbage
cana	Spring canola Argentina
cang	Canary Grass
canp	Spring canola Poland
cant	Cantaloupe
cash	Cashews
cauf	Cauliflower
cedr	Cedar
celr	Celery
clva	Alsike clover
clvr	Red clover
clvs	Sweet clover
cngr	Canada grass
cocb	Cockle burr
coco	Coconut
coct	Cocoa
coff	Coffee
cont	???
corn	Corn
corn100	Corn - 100-day variety
corn110	Corn - 110-day variety
corn120	Corn - 120-day variety
corn50	Corn - 50-day variety
corn90	Corn - 90-day variety
cotp	Cotton
cotp135	Cotton - 135-day variety
cotp145	Cotton - 145-day variety
cotp155	Cotton - 155-day variety
cotp180	Cotton - 180-day variety
cots	Cotton
cots135	Cotton - 135-day variety
cots145	Cotton - 145-day variety
cots155	Cotton - 155-day variety
cots180	Cotton - 180-day variety
crdy	Dryland cropland and pasture
crgr	Cropland/grassland mosaic
crir	Irrigated cropland and pasture
crrt	Carrot
crwo	Cropland/woodland mosaic
csil	Corn silage
csil100	Corn silage - 100-day variety
csil110	Corn silage - 110-day variety
csil120	Corn silage - 120-day variety
csil90	Corn silage - 90-day variety
cucm	Cucumber
cwgr	Crested wheatgrass
cwps	Cowpeas
deil	???
dwht	Durum wheat
dwht110	Durum wheat - 110-day variety
dwht120	Durum wheat - 120-day variety
egam	Eastern Gamagrass
eggp	Eggplant
fesc	Tall Fescue
flax	Flax
fodb	Deciduous broadleaf forest
fodn	Deciduous needleleaf forest
foeb	Evergreen broadleaf forest
foen	Evergreen needleleaf forest
fomi	Mixed forest
fpea	Field peas
frsd	Deciduous forest
frsd_suhf	Deciduous forest - subtropical humid
frsd_sums	Deciduous forest - subtropical mountain systems
frsd_sust	Deciduous forest - subtropical steppe
frsd_tecf	Deciduous forest - temperate continental
frsd_tems	Deciduous forest - temperate mountain systems
frsd_teof	Deciduous forest - temperate oceanic
frsd_test	Deciduous forest - temperate steppe
frse	Evergreen forest
frse_sudrf	Evergreen forest - subtropical desert
frse_suds	Evergreen forest - subtropical dry
frse_suhf	Evergreen forest - subtropical humid
frse_sums	Evergreen forest - subtropical mountain systems
frse_sust	Evergreen forest - subtropical steppe
frse_tecf	Evergreen forest - temperate continental
frse_teds	Evergreen forest - temperate desert
frse_tems	Evergreen forest - temperate mountain systems
frse_teof	Evergreen forest - temperate oceanic
frse_test	Evergreen forest - temperate steppe
frst	Mixed forest
frst_suhf	Mixed forest - subtropical humid
frst_sums	Mixed forest - subtropical mountain systems
frst_sust	Mixed forest - subtropical steppe
frst_tecf	Mixed forest - temperate continental
frst_tems	Mixed forest - temperate mountain systems
frst_teof	Mixed forest - temperate oceanic
frst_test	Mixed forest - temperate steppe
grap	Grape
grar	Red grape
gras	Grassland
grbn	Green beans
grsg	Grain sorghum
grsg100	Grain sorghum - 100-day variety
grsg105	Grain sorghum - 105-day variety
grsg110	Grain sorghum - 110-day variety
grsg95	Grain sorghum - 95-day variety
hay	Hay
hmel	Honeydew melon
indn	Indianagrass
jhgr	Johnsongrass
ldgp	Lodgepole pine
lent	Lentils
lett	Head lettuce
lima	Lima beans
mapl	Maple
mesq	Honey mesquite
migs	Mixed grassland/shrubland
mint	Mint
mixc	Mixed dryland/irrigated cropland
mung	Mung beans
oak	Oak
oats	Oats
oats110	Oats - 110-day variety
oats120	Oats - 120-day variety
oilp	Oil palm
oliv	Olives
onio	Onions
oran	Oranges
orcd	Orchard
papa	Papaya
part	Parthenium
past	Pasture
peas	Garden peas
pepp	Pepper
pepr	Bell pepper
pine	Pine
pinp	Pineapple
plan	Plaintains
pmil	Pearl millet
pmil100	Pearl millet - 100-day variety
pmil105	Pearl millet - 105-day variety
pmil110	Pearl millet - 110-day variety
pmil95	Pearl millet - 95-day variety
pnut	Peanut
popl	Poplar
popy	Poppy
pota	Potato
ptbn	Pinto beans
radi	Radish
rice	Rice
rice120	Rice - 120-day variety
rice140	Rice - 140-day variety
rice160	Rice - 160-day variety
rice180	Rice - 180-day variety
rngb	Range brush
rngb_sudrf	Range brush - subtropical dry forest
rngb_suds	Range brush - subtropical desert
rngb_suhf	Range brush - subtropical humid forest
rngb_sums	Range brush - subtropical mountain systems
rngb_sust	Range brush - subtropical steppe
rngb_tecf	Range brush - temperate continental forest
rngb_teds	Range brush - temperate desert
rngb_tems	Range brush - temperate mountain systems
rngb_teof	Range brush - temperate oceanic forest
rngb_test	Range brush - temperate steppe
rnge	Range grasses
rnge_sudrf	Range grasses - subtropical dry forest
rnge_suds	Range grasses - subtropical desert
rnge_suhf	Range grasses - subtropical humid forest
rnge_sums	Range grasses - subtropical mountain systems
rnge_sust	Range grasses - subtropical steppe
rnge_tecf	Range grasses - temperate continental forest
rnge_teds	Range grasses - temperate desert
rnge_tems	Range grasses - temperate mountain systems
rnge_teof	Range grasses - temperate oceanic forest
rnge_test	Range grasses - temperate steppe
rubr	Rubber
rye	Rye
rye90	Rye - 90-day variety
ryea	Altai wildrye
ryeg	Italian annual ryegrass
ryer	Russian wildrye
saaz	???
sava	Savanna
scrn	Sweetcorn
scsc	???
sept	Septic area
sesb	Sesban
sgbt	Sugarbeet
sghy	Sorghum hay
shrb	Shrubland
side	Sideoats grama
soct	???
sont	???
sonu	???
sosa	???
soyb	Soybeans
soyb100	Soybeans - 100-day variety
soyb105	Soybeans - 105-day variety
soyb110	Soybeans - 110-day variety
soyb115	Soybeans - 115-day variety
soyb120	Soybeans - 120-day variety
spas	Summer pasture
spin	Spinach
spot	Sweet potato
strw	Strawberry
sugc	Sugarcane
sunf	Sunflower
sunf100	Sunflower - 100-day variety
sunf110	Sunflower - 110-day variety
sunf90	Sunflower - 90-day variety
swch	Alamo switchgrass
swgr	Slender wheatgrass
swht	Spring wheat
swht110	Spring wheat - 110-day variety
swht120	Spring wheat - 120-day variety
swrn	Southwestern US ???
teff	Teff
timo	Timothy grass
tobc	Tobacco
toma	Tomato
tral	???
trit	Triticale
tubg	Bare ground tundra
tuhb	Herbaceous tundra
tumi	Mixed tundra
tuwo	Wooded tundra
urbn_cool	Cool-season grass in urban areas
urbn_warm	Warm-season grass in urban areas
waln	Walnut
wbar	Winter barley
wehb	Herbaceous wetland
wetf	Forested wetland
wetl	Wetland
wetn	Non-forested wetland
wewo	Wooded wetland
will	Willow
wmel	Watermelon
wpas	Winter pasture
wspr	White spruce
wwgr	Western wheatgrass
wwht	Winter wheat
wwht150	Winter wheat - 150-day variety
wwht160	Winter wheat - 160-day variety
wwht170	Winter wheat - 170-day variety