United States Botanic Garden website screenshot

United States Botanic Garden

The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is a living museum in Washington, D.C. that showcases a diverse collection of plants from around the world. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1820, the Botanic Garden serves as a resource for education and inspiration, promoting an understanding and appreciation of plants and their importance to the environment and human well-being. The Garden maintains more than 9,500 accessions representing approximately 44,000 plants, managed through its Living Collections database (BG-BASE). The USBG is administered by the Architect of the Capitol and is located adjacent to the U.S. Capitol on the National Mall.

United States Botanic Garden is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Botany, Plants, Conservation, and Education.

The United States Botanic Garden catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

United States Botanic Garden’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 11 more developer resources.

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19.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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Federal GovernmentBotanyPlantsConservationEducation

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Composite quality — 19.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 8.8 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

United States Botanic Garden Context

4 classes · 17 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

United States Botanic Garden API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

USBG Plant

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Usbg Plant Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

United States Botanic Garden Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC

SECURITY

Resources

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PlantCollections
PlantCollections
 CollectionSearch
CollectionSearch

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact
Contact

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PlantDatabase
PlantDatabase

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Partnerships
Partnerships
 Blog
Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

GardenExplorer
GardenExplorer
 ScienceConservation
ScienceConservation
 Education
Education

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: united-states-botanic-garden
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/united-states-botanic-garden/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: United States Botanic Garden
tags:
- Federal Government
- Botany
- Plants
- Conservation
- Education
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/united-states-botanic-garden.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-25'
modified: '2026-05-03'
position: Consumer
description: The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is a living museum in Washington, D.C. that showcases a diverse collection
  of plants from around the world. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1820, the Botanic Garden serves as a resource for education
  and inspiration, promoting an understanding and appreciation of plants and their importance to the environment and human
  well-being. The Garden maintains more than 9,500 accessions representing approximately 44,000 plants, managed through its
  Living Collections database (BG-BASE). The USBG is administered by the Architect of the Capitol and is located adjacent
  to the U.S. Capitol on the National Mall.
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/united-states-botanic-garden-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-botanic-garden
- type: Website
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/
- type: PlantCollections
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/gardens-plants/plant-collections
- type: CollectionSearch
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/gardens-plants/search-collection
- type: PlantDatabase
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/plant-database-search-beta
- type: GardenExplorer
  url: https://usbg.gardenexplorer.org/
- type: ScienceConservation
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/science-conservation
- type: Partnerships
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/science-conservation/partnerships
- type: Education
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/learn/education
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/about/contact
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.usbg.gov/rss.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'