FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: FLORIDA INVASIVE PLANTS - MARCH 2008

Geodataset Name:       FNAIIP_MAR08
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         25823
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Florida Invasive Plants shapefile (FNAI - FLInv) is derived from a geodatabase of observed locations for invasive, exotic plant species on public conservation lands in Florida. The exotic species therein are those listed by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council as being invasive species (see "EPPC" attribute and metadata in FLInv). State (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) and federal (United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) rankings are also listed for the EPPC-listed species. Each point identifies at a minimum the species and date that the observation was made. Other factors such as acreage, plant distribution, reference, and eradication efforts taking place at that location are included as available.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Natural Areas Inventory
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20080331
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FNAIIP_MAR08.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
OCCURID
9 Number ---
PLANTNAME
75 String ---
COMMONNAME
254 String ---
FLEPPC_CD
8 String ---
STATE_CD
25 String ---
USDA_CD
8 String ---
GROSSACRES
25 String ---
DISTRIBUTN
30 String ---
PCTCOVER
10 String ---
COMMENTS
254 String ---
ACCESS_
150 String ---
MATURITY
150 String ---
DISTURBTYP
200 String ---
DISTURBSEV
80 String ---
FNAI_NC
50 String ---
MA_NAME
100 String ---
LATITUDE
19 Float 11
LONGITUDE
19 Float 11
QTRQUAD
10 String ---
TOWNSHIP
5 String ---
RANGE
5 String ---
SECTION_
5 String ---
COUNTY
20 String ---
TREATEDB4
3 String ---
TREAT_COM
254 String ---
SURVEYDATE
16 String ---
SURVEYOR
80 String ---
CONTACT
50 String ---
DATASRC1
150 String ---
DATASRC2
40 String ---
DATASRC3
9 String ---
REFERENCE
9 String ---
VOUCHER
9 String ---
REFID
4 Number ---
RAW_GEO
8 String ---
RAW_ID
9 Number ---
DATE_ADDED
8 Date ---
DESCRIPT
75 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

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

PLANTNAME Scientific name of the species

COMMONNAME Common name of the plant

FLEPPC_CD Rank of taxon by Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.
I = EPPC Category I (Plant species that alter native plant communities by displacing native plant species, changing community structure or ecological functions, or hybridizing with native plants.)

II = EPPC Category II (Plant species that have increased in abundance or frequency but have not yet altered Florida plant communities to the extent shown by Category I species.  These species may become ranked as Category I, if ecological damage is demonstrated.)

null = Plant has not been assigned any status by FLEPPC


STATE_CD Status of taxon according to State of Florida agencies
P = Florida Prohibited Plant

N = Florida Noxious Weed

PN = Florida Prohibited Plant and Florida Noxious Weed

null = Plant has not been assigned a state status


USDA_CD Federal status (USDA)
U = Federal Noxious Weed

null = Plant has no federal (USDA) status


GROSSACRES Gross acreage of the infestation (may include area not covered by the invasive species)

DISTRIBUTN Pattern of plant distribution within the gross acreage.
Single plant or clump = One individual plant or one small clump of a single species.

Scattered plants or clumps = Multiple individual plants or small clumps of a single species scattered within the gross area infested.

Scattered dense patches = Dense patches of a single species scattered within the gross area infested.

Dominant cover = Multiple plants or clumps of a single species that occupy a majority of the gross area infested.

Dense monoculture = Generally a dense stand of a single dominant species that not only occupies more than a majority of the gross area infested, but also covers/excludes other plants.

Linearly scattered = Plants or clumps of a single species generally scattered along a linear feature, such as a road, trail, property line, ditch, ridge, slough, etc. within the gross area infested.


PCTCOVER A visual estimate of the percentage of the gross acre(s) infested that is actually covered by the canopy of the plants. Percent Cover classes are: < 5 %, 5 - 25 %, 26 - 50 %, 51 - 75 %, > 75 %

COMMENTS Comments or other observations about infestation, distribution, location, or natural community not captured in other fields.

ACCESS_ A brief comment describing the ability to reach the infestation.

MATURITY Stage of plant development for the recorded infestation. Possible values are Mature, Immature, or Both.

DISTURBTYP Primary type of disturbance (natural or otherwise) associated with the infestation.

DISTURBSEV Severity of the disturbance described in the DISTURBTYP field. Possible values are Light, Moderate, and Heavy.

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

MA_NAME Name of Managed Area (conservation land or preserve)

LATITUDE Latitude (decimal degrees) for the centroid point representing the infestation location (datum HPGN)

LONGITUDE Longitude (decimal degrees) for the centroid point representing the infestation location (datum HPGN)

QTRQUAD Reference to topographical quadrangle containing the centroid of the infestation (e.g., 3205) and Digital Orthographic Quarter Quadrangle (e.g., q3205ne).

TOWNSHIP Geological survey grid line North or South of Tallahassee base line. 36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 array, measuring 6 miles by 6 miles. Sections are numbered beginning with the northeast-most section, proceeding west to 6, then south along the west edge of the township and to the east.

RANGE Geological Survey grid line West or East of Tallahassee meridian.

SECTION_ Basic unit of the Township and Range system of land description. A square tract of land, one mile by one mile containing 640 acres.

COUNTY Florida county in which the occurrence is located

TREATEDB4 Indicator of whether or not this occurrence has been treated before
Yes = Prior treatment has been performed

No = Prior treatment has not been performed


TREAT_COM Comments related to treatment activities at this location.

SURVEYDATE Calendar year, month, and day of survey data collection.

SURVEYOR Person performing the survey and recording information relative to the occurrence. Most likely the single person most familiar with the occurrence.

CONTACT Person responsible for providing the information for inclusion in the geodatabase. May or may not be the same as the surveyor, who is most likely the person most familiar with the occurrence.

DATASRC1 Name of agency or organization contributing information related to this occurrence

DATASRC2 Name of additional agency or organization contributing information related to this occurrence

DATASRC3 Name of additional agency or organization contributing information related to this occurrence

REFERENCE Original source of information for occurrence record (e.g., FNAI Exotic Plant Survey, site staff report, etc.)

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

REFID Undefined by Source

RAW_GEO Undefined by Source

RAW_ID Undefined by Source

DATE_ADDED Undefined by Source

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on PlantName

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Data records for the Florida Invasive Plants database. Note -
A value of "ZZ" anywhere in the data indicates that data were 
not taken or are otherwise unavailable for that attribute value. 
Null (empty) field values may be present for attributes where no 
valid assignments exist.
USER NOTES:
ESRI feature type: Simple, Geometry: Point, Topology:
Completeness of attributes was verified.
Attributes were checked to ensure that all values were within the defined parameters. Gross acres infested is an attribute that is subject to several forms of error, some of which may be considerable.

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

Produced from Florida Invasive Plants GeoDatabase to provide a developing 
statewide view of current invasive exotic plant occurrences in public conservation 
lands and to establish an inventory and monitoring tool for policy making in natural 
resource management.

Majority of location data gathered with mapping grade GPS; some data derived from hand-drawn maps.

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

May be used unaltered with acknowledgment.

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are 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.
1:125000 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 analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

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

Florida Invasive Plants:
http://www.fnai.org/invasivespecies.cfm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Data are compiled from FNAI surveys and shared data sets from on-site 
cooperators. Data are mapped, standardized, and quality-control reviewed 
then added to a geodatabase feature class managed by ArcMap and 
Microsoft Access.
Process Date: 
Spatial attributes including Managed area name, County, Quad, Township, Range and Section are joined to geodatabase attributes using ArcMap 9.2. Latitude and longitude attributes are added. Process Date:
GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Natural Areas Inventory website (http://www.fnai.org/invasivespecies.cfm) in May 2008. 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 PlantName - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on the date of download by GeoPlan. - File was renamed fnaiip_mar08 from FLINV_20080331 Process Date: 20080509
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20080520
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):

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Abbr. Name:
Address:


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Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
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Florida Natural Areas Inventory
FNAI
1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C
Tallahassee, Florida
32303
850-224-8207 x 213

http://www.fnai.org/invasivespecies.cfm gknight@fnai.org G. Knight

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