FLORIDA INVASIVE PLANTS - NOVEMBER 2009

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Publication_Date: 20091102

Title: FLORIDA INVASIVE PLANTS - NOVEMBER 2009

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage: <http://www.fnai.org/invasivespecies.cfm>

Description:

Abstract:

The Florida Invasive Plants shapefile (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.

Purpose:

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.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2001

Ending_Time: 2009

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: Exotic plant

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: biota

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Florida

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword: invasive

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: plant occurrences

Access_Constraints: Available for free download at <http://www.fnai.org>.

Use_Constraints: May be used unaltered with acknowledgment.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Contact_Person: Frank Price

Contact_Position: Invasives Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32303

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-224-8207 x 210

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-681-9364

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fprice@fnai.org

Security_Information:

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

Florida Natural Areas Inventory: <http://www.fnai.org/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

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

Logical_Consistency_Report: ESRI feature type: Simple, Geometry: Point, Topology:

Completeness_Report: Completeness of attributes was verified.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Majority of location data gathered with mapping grade GPS; some data digitized from hand-drawn maps at various scales.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FNAI

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data are compiled from FNAI surveys and shared data sets from cooperators. Data are mapped, standardized, and quality-control reviewed then added to feature classes in an ArcSDE geodatabase stored in Microsoft SQL Server.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FNAI

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Frank Price

Contact_Organization: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Contact_Position: Invasives Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32303

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-224-8207, ext. 206

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-681-9364

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fprice@fnai.org

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FNAI

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Frank Price

Contact_Organization: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1018 Thomasville Rd., Suite 200-C

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32303

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-224-8207, ext. 206

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-681-9384

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fprice@fnai.org

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Natural Areas Inventory website (<http://www.fnai.org/invasivespecies.cfm>) in January 2010. 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_nov09 from FLINVpt_20091102.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan

Process_Date: 20100120

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 67925

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000010

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: FNAIIP_NOV09

Entity_Type_Definition: FNAIIP_NOV09.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FNAI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OCCURID

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: MS SQL Server

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Unique whole numbers that are automatically generated when occurrences are loaded into the geodatabase.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PlantName

Attribute_Definition: Scientific name of the species

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CommonName

Attribute_Definition: Common name of the plant

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FLEPPC_CD

Attribute_Definition: Rank of taxon by Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's List of Invasive Species: <http://www.fleppc.org>.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: I

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

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.)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: II

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

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.)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: null

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Plant has not been assigned any status by FLEPPC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_CD

Attribute_Definition: Status of taxon according to State of Florida agencies

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands' List of Prohibited Aquatic Plants: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/lands/invaspec/2ndlevpgs/perrules.htm#62C-52.011%20Prohibited%20Aquatic%20Plants>. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services List of Florida Noxious Weeds: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/lands/invaspec/2ndlevpgs/pdfs/noxiousweedtable1.pdf>.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: P

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Florida Prohibited Plant

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: N

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Florida Noxious Weed

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PN

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Florida Prohibited Plant and Florida Noxious Weed

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands, and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: null

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Plant has not been assigned a state status

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: USDA_CD

Attribute_Definition: Federal status (USDA)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service List of Federal Noxious Weeds

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: U

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Federal Noxious Weed

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: null

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Plant has no federal (USDA) status

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GrossAcres

Attribute_Definition:

Gross acreage of the infestation (are to be worked for treatment of the infestation)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: Variable

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Data included in the database have been assembled from a wide variety of sources where observation or survey design, definitions, methodology and equipment were extremely variable.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Distributn

Attribute_Definition:

Pattern of plant distribution within the gross acreage.
Possible values are:
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.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PctCover

Attribute_Definition:

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 %

Attribute_Definition_Source: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACCESS_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Comments

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Maturity

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DIsturbTyp

Attribute_Definition:

Primary type of disturbance found in the area of the infestation.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DisturbSev

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FNAI_NC

Attribute_Definition:

Natural community present in area of invasivce plant occurrence.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Florida Natural Areas Inventory and Florida Department of Natural Resources. 1990. Guide to Natural Communities of Florida. Tallahassee, FL.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MA_Name

Attribute_Definition: Name of Managed Area (conservation land or preserve)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Florida Natural Area Inventory's Managed Area database

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: QtrQuad

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: United States Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Township

Attribute_Definition:

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.

Attribute_Definition_Source: United States Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Range

Attribute_Definition:

Geological Survey grid line West or East of Tallahassee meridian.

Attribute_Definition_Source: United States Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Section_

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: United States Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: County

Attribute_Definition: Florida county in which the occurrence is located

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TreatedB4

Attribute_Definition:

Indicator of whether or not this occurrence has been treated before

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Yes

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Prior treatment has been performed

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: No

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Prior treatment has not been performed

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Treat_com

Attribute_Definition: Comments related to treatment activities at this location.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SurveyDate

Attribute_Definition: Calendar year, month, and day of survey data collection.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Surveyor

Attribute_Definition:

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

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SurveyType

Attribute_Definition: Type of survey during which invasive plant was identified.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Contact

Attribute_Definition:

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.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Agencies

Attribute_Definition:

Agencies involved in data collection, compilation and submission effort.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Voucher

Attribute_Definition: Information on a voucher specimen if one was taken

Attribute_Definition_Source: Index Herbariorum (see NYBG.org)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date_added

Attribute_Definition:

The date the feature was loaded into the geodatabase featureclass.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Raw_ID

Attribute_Definition:

An identifier used to link geodatabase features back to the corresponding feature in the raw data set.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATASET_ID

Attribute_Definition:

An identifier that indicates the data set a feature was submitted as part of.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Raw_Geo

Attribute_Definition:

Geometry of the source feature submitted to FNAI (Point, Line, or Polygon).

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURVEY_ID

Attribute_Definition:

An identifier used to indicate the survey during which an invasive plant was identified.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACRECORDED

Attribute_Definition:

A binary field indicating whether or not a gross acres value was recorded for an invasive plant ccurrence.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: GeoPlan added item based on PLANTNAME

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: Date GeoPlan acquired data from source

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

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.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Country: United States

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html>

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Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ESRI data format, dependent upon request

Transfer_Size: 0.118

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Technical_Prerequisites:

This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20100225

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Contact_Person: Frank Price

Contact_Position: Invasives data manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32303

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-224-8207 x 206

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-681-9364

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fprice@fnai.org

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

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