FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: FLORIDA INVASIVE PLANTS - DECEMBER 2005

Geodataset Name:       FNAIIP_DEC05
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT
Feature Count:         2230
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains point locations of invasive, non-native plants in the state of Florida. These points are part of the Florida Natural Areas Inventory Florida Invasive Plants GeoDatabase.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Natural Areas Inventory
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20051201
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FNAIIP_DEC05.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
OccurID
9 Number ---
Taxon
254 String ---
Eppc
5 String ---
Lat
19 Number 11
Lon
19 Number 11
Datum
10 String ---
Density
25 String ---
Habitat
20 String ---
SecHab1
2 String ---
SecHab2
2 String ---
HabQuality
15 String ---
LocDescrip
254 String ---
AcresInfes
9 Number ---
PercentSur
10 String ---
SurveyYr
4 String ---
SurveyMo
12 String ---
ReportDate
8 Date ---
Access_
20 String ---
AccessDire
254 String ---
InTretYr
12 String ---
InTretMo
12 String ---
County
20 String ---
MA_ID
4 Number ---
MAName
250 String ---
Quad
7 String ---
Township
6 String ---
Range
6 String ---
Section_
3 String ---
ContactNam
254 String ---
Reference
254 String ---
Vchr
4 String ---
DESCRIPT
50 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

OccurID Auto-generated, indexed, unique whole number for occurrence record in Geodatabase representing an invasive exotic plant infestation.

Taxon scientific name of species

Eppc Rank of taxon by Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council plus notation of state or federal restriction where applicable.
I = EPPC Category I

II = EPPC Category II

T1 = EPPC unpublished to-be-watched list.

T2 = not EPPC listed.

P = Florida Prohibited Plant

N = Florida Noxious Weed

U = Federal Noxious Weed


Lat latitude coodinate

Lon longitiude coordinate

Datum D_North_American_1983_HARN

Density Visual ranking of infestation density: Single plant or small clump, scattered plants, scattered dense patches, dominant cover, or dense monoculture.

Habitat Natural community invaded by taxon based on 2nd-tier grouping of FNAI-defined communities of Florida. Determined from aerial-photo interpretation, ground surveys, site-manager communications, and/or other available vegetation cover data.

SecHab1 A second community type also invaded, to lesser degree, at occurrence location.

SecHab2 A third community type invaded to a slight degree at occurrence location.

HabQuality A coarse measurement--excellent, good, fair, or poor--of the general ecological quality of the infested natural community, based on the observed level of human-induced disturbances other than presence of exotics (e.g., agricultural activities).

LocDescrip Comment-field for additional location descriptors (e.g., "near trail") and/or details on disturbances observed.

AcresInfes Required Geodatabase attribute of whole numbers reflecting the number of acres to be worked for control of the infestation. Minimum number is 1 acre, even for "single plant/clump," since surrounding area is expected to be searched for additional target plants during control effort.

PercentSur A coarse measure of percent of site subunit surveyed, to indicate surveyor's confidence in having captured true extent of invasives in the area (e.g., a subunit of conservation land). Percent ranges to choose from: <=30%, 31-74%, >=75%. A low percentage range helps identify priority areas for further surveying.

SurveyYr Calender year of survey data collection

SurveyMo Month of survey data collection, if available

ReportDate Date of record entry into GeoDatabase import table

Access_ A measure of accessibility, which can be important in estimating control costs. Choices: easy (e.g., by vehicle); medium (e.g., some walk-in); difficult (e.g., remote).

AccessDire Optional comment field for noting any special aspects about accessibility, e.g., need boat.

InTretYr Year of initial control treatment of infestation

InTretMo Month of Initial treatment, if known

County County

MA_ID Unique identifier for each Managed Area (conservation land/preserve), linked to national NatureServe database and FNAI central database.

MAName Name of Managed Area (conservation land or preserve)

Quad Reference to topographical quadrangle (e.g., 3205) and Digital Orthographic Quarter Quadrangle (e.g., q3205ne)

Township Geological Survey grid line North or South of Tallahassee base line

Range Geological Survey grid line West or East of Tallahassee meridian

Section_ One of 36 mile-square subunits of a township

ContactNam Person to contact for more information on a particular infestation

Reference Original source of information for occurrence record (e.g., FNAI survey, site staff report, etc.)

Vchr Acronym for herbarium housing voucher specimen for occurrence, if voucher made

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on TAXON

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date of download from source agency.


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.



This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan



This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan



A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or
modeling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best
available data.

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the county level.

1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base 
mapping such as property parcel boundaries.

1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the multi-county or regional level.

1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should 
be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with 
your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every 
effort has been made to supply the user with data 
documentation. For additional information, see the 
References sectionand the Data Source Contact section of 
this documentation. For more information regarding scale 
and accuracy, see our web pages at:

http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Florida Natural Areas Inventory:
http://www.fnai.org/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Data are compiled from FNAI surveys & shared data sets from on-site 
cooperators. By geographic site, data are mapped, standardized, and 
quality-control reviewed--then imported to Microsoft Access. Dataset 
copied.
Process Date: Unknown

Using ArcCatalog 9.0, imported Access data are joined to additional Oracle-based data and integrated into updated Geodatabase. Centroid-based point shapefile is generated from updated coordinate data. Dataset copied. Process Date:
GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Natural Areas Inventory website (http://www.fnai.org/gis_data.cfm) in February 2006. The data was downloaded in shapefile format and was in the following projection: Albers HARN. - All fields were upcased. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on TAXON - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on the date of download by GeoPlan. Process Date: 20060209
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
Florida Natural Areas Inventory
FNAI
1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C
Tallahassee, Florida
32303
850-224-8207, ext. 210

http://www.fnai.org/gis_data.cfm kburks@fnai.org Kathy Burks

FGDL CONTACT:
Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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