2.01 - AltPtBear
2.01.1 - Name: Alternate point bearing
2.01.2 - Description: Accepted azimuth from original point to the Alternate Point.
The first azimuth used for alternates should be 30°, then 90° if 30° was unacceptable, then 150°, then 210°, then 270°, then 330°.
2.01.3 - Data Type: Number
2.01.4 - Requirement: Optional
2.03 - AltReason
2.03.1 - Name: Alternate point reason
2.03.2 - Description: Accepted reason for moving an original sampling point to an alternate point.
Acceptable reasons include:
1) original sampling station (or part of it) is located in firebreak, road, food plot, or other inappropriate area;
2) sampling station is located in a different community than the assigned community (e.g., plot falls in a small included depression marsh in the mesic flatwoods polygon that is being sampled).
2.03.3 - Data Type: Text
2.03.4 - Requirement: Optional
2.04 - BasalPine
2.04.1 - Name: Pine species basal area - core
2.04.2 - Description: Total basal area (BA) of living pine species per acre estimated using Basal Area Factor 10 prism (Mitchell et al. 1995) at each sample station center point. BA per tree is the cross-sectional area of a tree at breast height. BA per acre is the sum of all BA per tree occurring within the acre. The method used for estimating BA per acre is angle counting, where inclusion of a tree in the count depends on BA of the tree and its proximity to the sample station center point. Specific subsets of pine may be required, for example, basal area of only longleaf pine (LLPineBasalArea). The prism is held at eye level over the sample station center point and needs to be kept stationary for the entire procedure. FNAI staff will view all trees through the prism and counts each time the offset image of a tree trunk overlaps the true image. The count needs to be done for 360° around the prism. The prism will be held over the sample station center point while FNAI staff pivot around it evaluating each tree (i.e., do not stand in one place while moving the prism around your body). The count is then multiplied by 10 to produce basal area per acre. This is the final number to be reported to FWC. In counting using a BAF prism, the first case of borderline trees (i.e. those trees whose displacement is not clearly overlapping or separated) is counted; thereafter every other borderline tree is counted.
2.04.3 - Data Type: Number
2.04.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
2.11 - NonPineDns
2.11.1 - Name: Non-pine stem density - core
2.11.2 - Description: Stem count of all living non-pine woody species 4 inches DBH or greater in the seven meter radius (154 m2) plot.
Contractors will record the actual count of woody stems 4 inch DBH within the 7 m radius plot.
2.11.3 - Data Type: Number
2.11.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3 - Quadrat Data Fields & Values
3.01 - BareGround
3.01.1 - Name: Percent Bare Ground - LAB
3.01.2 - Description: Percent cover class of bare mineral soil in 1m^2 quadrat. This includes bare mineral soil surface exposed between plants as well as bare mineral soil surface under vegetation. Living and attached standing dead litter may be manipulated to facilitate cover class estimation. Area with detached litter covering bare mineral soil does not count as BareGround.
3.01.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.01.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.02 - ExoticCov
3.02.1 - Name: Exotic species cover - LAB
3.02.2 - Description: Percent cover class of living exotic plant species in the 1 m2 quadrat..
All species non-native to Florida are included here. These include but are not limited to the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Category I and II lists (See http://www.fleppc.org/) Area manager to provide specific exotic species list (if applicable; including OK Slough, J.W. Corbett, Babcock/Webb).
3.02.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.02.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.03 - HerbCov
3.03.1 - Name: Herbaceous species cover - core
3.03.2 - Description: Total herbaceous percent cover class within the 1m2 quadrat. Includes living and attached dead plant material.
3.03.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.03.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.04 - MaxShrbDBH
3.04.1 - Name: Max Shrub DBH - core
3.04.2 - Description: Maximum DBH of shrub stems (ShrubStems), recorded as a range. For DBH values that fall on the boundary between two classes, choose the higher of the two classes (e.g.: if DBH is 0.5, choose the 0.5-1.0 class). Seemingly redundant classes listed in 3.22.6 are temporarily included for 2007 sampling only, to accommodate variations in previously published lists of the class values. Preferred values are:
0
<0.25"
0.25 - 0.5"
0.5 - 1"
1.0 - 1.5"
1.5 - 2.0"
3.04.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.04.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.05 - Quad
3.05.1 - Name: Quadrat
3.05.2 - Description: Quadrat from which data are collected in bearing degrees.
3.05.3 - Data Type: Number
3.05.4 - Requirement: Required
3.06 - SerenoaCov
3.06.1 - Name: Serenoa repens cover - core
3.06.2 - Description: Percent cover class below 1 meter of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) within the 4 m2 quadrat.
Includes living and attached dead fronds and petioles.
Does not include trunks.
3.06.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.06.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.07 - SerPetDens
3.07.1 - Name: Serenoa repens petioles - core
3.07.2 - Description: Count class of Serenoa repens petioles with fronds within the spatial extent of the 4 m2 quadrat from 1 m height upward.
Includes living petioles and dead petioles with fronds; does not include dead petioles without fronds.
The petioles of this component do not need to be originating from the 4m2 quadrat.
3.07.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.07.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.08 - ShrubCov
3.08.1 - Name: Shrub cover - core
3.08.2 - Description: Percent cover class of living shrub species below 1 meter height within the 4 m2 quadrat.
Includes all woody species except pine and Serenoa repens.
The stems of this component do not need to be originating from the 4m2 quadrat.
For quadrats that contain no shrub cover, a value of "0" will be entered.
3.08.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.08.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.09 - ShrubStems
3.09.1 - Name: Shrub Stem Count - core
3.09.2 - Description: Stem count class for all living primary non-pine, non-Serenoa woody stems less than 2" DBH within the spatial extent of the 4 m2 quadrat from 1m height upward.
The stems of this component do not need to be originating from the 4m2 quadrat.
A primary stem is one that is identifiable as a single stem at the soil surface and may or may not be branched.
Does not include vines.
3.09.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.09.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.10 - SubCan
3.10.1 - Name: Sub-canopy stem count - core
3.10.2 - Description: Count of all living primary non-pine woody species that are 2 - 4" diameter at breast height within the space above the 4 m2 quad. Stems that divide below breast height and coppiced shoots should be counted individually. The stems of this component do not need to be originating from the 4m2 quadrat. A primary stem is one that is identifiable as a single stem at the soil surface and may or may not be branched.
3.10.3 - Data Type: Number
3.10.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
3.11 - WiryCov
3.11.1 - Name: Wiry species cover - LAB
3.11.2 - Description: Percent cover class of wiry graminoids in the 1m2 quadrat.
Includes living and attached dead plant material.
Wiry graminoids include all grasses, sedges, and rushes that resemble wiregrass (Aristida stricta), i.e. have wiry, involute leaves that function as wiregrass in a fire, e.g. Sporobolus junceus, Rhynchospora chapmanii, Muhlenbergia capillaris, and Aristida stricta.
Not included: Panicum abscissum, Sporobolus floridanus, Aristida rhizomophora, Cladium jamaicense.
3.11.3 - Data Type: Text (Constrained to Accepted Values List)
3.11.4 - Requirement: Required (may not apply to some communities or sample levels--refer to Required Attributes table for details)
