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USDA Plants Get Characteristics

Get the USDA PLANTS morphology/physiology, growth-requirement, and reproduction characteristics for a plant by its PLANTS symbol (e.g. 'ABBA'). Returns a list of characteristic name/value/category entries (e.g. active growth period, shade tolerance, drought tolerance, mature height, bloom period). Resolves the symbol to the plant id automatically. No API key required.

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Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

JSON · 12 lines · 189 chars

Examples (1)

Default USDA Plants Get Characteristics call

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JSON · 3 lines · 22 chars
Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID
tu_USDA_plants_get_characteristics
Tool name
USDA_plants_get_characteristics
Added
2026-07-29 18:13Z
Tags
tooluniverse, uncategorized
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