IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION Title: Collated Vegetation Field Plot Data from the Inland Northwest, USA. Export Name: INWplotsSALVIAS Theme Name: Vegetation Field Plots Theme Description: Vegetation field inventory data from various sources Coverage Extent: Inland Northwest USA; Approx from 40° to 49° north latitude and 109° to 122° west longitude, covering portions of the states of California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming in USA Original Data Sources: USFS Region 1 Westside Forests USFS Region 6 USFS Region 1 Eastside Forests USFS Forest Inventory and Assessment Program USFS Region 1 Private Land Plots USFS Region 4 Habitat Type Study Montana Riparian Association USFS Region 4 Nevada Orchard Training Area Yakima Training Center USFS Region 4 Wyoming Oregon Natural Heritage Program USFS Research Staffs USFS Region 5 California Idaho Abies Grandis Data Center Idaho Conservation Data Center USFS Research Staffs - Oregon State University Research Montana Natural Heritage Program Hanford Site Last Update: 22072002 Distrib Limitation: Cite author in subsequent work. Theme Keywords: vegetation, field plots, vegbank Spatial Resolution: plot size = 20m x 20m Temporal Resolution: Approx Mid 1940s to 1994 Projection: Geographic, Decimal Degrees Comments: Data represent a synthesis of existing vegetation records from numerous sources. Research supported in part by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, U.S. Geological Survey, the University of California Santa Barbara Regents, the University of California Santa Barbara Biogeography Lab, and the University of California Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. CUSTODIAN INFORMATION Contact Person: Michael Jennings Contact Phone: 208-885-3901 Email: jennings@uidaho.edu Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey 530 S. Asbury St., Suite 1 Moscow, ID 83843 ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: PLOT_ID Attrib Description: 8-digit alphanumeric unique identifier for each plot Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: LON Attrib Description: Longitude Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: LAT Attrib Description: Latitude Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: GSNAME Attrib Description: Genus and species binomial for each plant species recorded at the site. All names are standardized to the USDA PLANTS 1999 database. All name synonyms, subspecies, variety, and hybrid nomenclatures have been collapsed to a single genus species label for each organism using the concept-based taxonomy concepts described by Peet, Jennings, Walker, and Grossman, in NSF grant application No. 0213794 for implementation of VegBank, an vegetation informatics development project being implemented at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: PLANTSCODE Attrib Description: Unique identifier for each species, taken from the USDA PLANTS database. Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: CAN_COV Attrib Description: Percent canopy cover. This is total canopy cover, not by physiognomic strata. Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: ELEVATION Attrib Description: Elevation of the plot site in meters Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: SLP_ASPECT Attrib Description: Directional aspect of the plot site ground slope in degrees Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: SLP_GRADIENT Attrib Description: Gradient of the plot site ground slope. This field has not yet been standardized and may be in percent or degrees. Table Name: plotdata Attrib Name: SPAT_RES Attrib Description: Spatial resolution of the coordinate location 0 = Unknown 1 = To minute 2 = To section (square mile, 2.59 square km) 3 = To kilometer 4 = To quarter section (0.646 sq. km) 5 = To quarter-quarter section (0.162 sq. km) 6 = To 100 meters 7 = To 10 meters Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: PptAvAnEventSz Attrib Description: Precipitation average annual event size Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: SDPptAvAnEventSz Attrib Description: Standard deviation of percipitation average annual event size Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: PptAnnFreq Attrib Description: Precipitation annual frequency Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: SDPptAnnFreq Attrib Description: Standard deviation of precipitation annual frequency Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: AvAnPpt Attrib Description: Average annaul precipitation Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: SDAvAnPp Attrib Description: Standard deviation of average annual precipitaiton Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: DailyAvTmp Attrib Description: Daily average temperature Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: SDDailyAvTmp Attrib Description: Standard deviation of daily average temperature Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: DailyMinTmp Attrib Description: Daily minimum temperature Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: SDDailyMinTmp Attrib Description: Standard deviation of daily minimum temperature Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: DailyMaxTmp Attrib Description: Daily maximum temperature Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: VariabilityDailyAvTmp Attrib Description: Variability of daily average temperature Table Name: Daymet Attrib Name: SDVariabilityDailyAvTmp Attrib Description: Standard deviation of variability in daily average temperatures Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: PLOT_ID Attrib Description: Plot identification code Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: NPP Attrib Description: CAUTION!! These values are from Steve Runnings (U.MT) BGC model and have not been verified or tested. Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: SpValueMean Attrib Description: Mean value of canopy cover for all species Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: SpValueSD Attrib Description: SD of canopy cover for all species Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: SpValueSum Attrib Description: Total canopy cover for all species Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: Richness Attrib Description: Number of species Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: Evenness Attrib Description: Pielou’s “J” Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: Simpsons Attrib Description: Simpson’s Index Table Name: othervariables Attrib Name: [ALL OTHER FIELDS ARE FROM DAYME. SEE DAYMET TABLE METADATA] Attrib Description: Table Name: plots_year Attrib Name: PLOT_ID Attrib Description: Plot identification code Table Name: plots_year Attrib Name: YEAR Attrib Description: Year of plot observation Table Name: plot_location_resolution Attrib Name: SPAT_RES_CODE Attrib Description: Code for the spatial resolution of the plot locaiton Table Name: plot_location_resolution Attrib Name: SPAT_RES_DEF Attrib Description: Definition for the spatial resolution of the plot location