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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.
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.
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1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C
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Majority of location data gathered with mapping grade GPS; some data digitized from hand-drawn maps at various scales.
Internal feature number.Definition Source:
ESRI
Feature geometry.Definition Source:
ESRI
Auto-generated, indexed, unique whole number for occurrence record in Geodatabase representing an invasive exotic plant infestation.Definition Source:
MS SQL Server
Scientific name of the speciesDefinition Source:
Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Information on a voucher specimen if one was takenDefinition Source:
Index Herbariorum (see NYBG.org)
Gross acreage of the infestation (are to be worked for treatment of the infestation)Definition Source:
Florida Natural Areas Inventory
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.Definition Source:
Florida Natural Areas Inventory
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 %Definition Source:
Florida Natural Areas Inventory
Comments or other observations about infestation, distribution, location, or natural community not captured in other fields.
Common name of the plantDefinition Source:
Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Rank of taxon by Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.Definition Source:
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's List of Invasive Species: http://www.fleppc.org.
Status of taxon according to State of Florida agenciesDefinition 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.
Federal status (USDA)Definition Source:
United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service List of Federal Noxious Weeds
Natural community present in area of invasivce plant occurrence.Definition Source:
Florida Natural Areas Inventory and Florida Department of Natural Resources. 1990. Guide to Natural Communities of Florida. Tallahassee, FL.
Name of Managed Area (conservation land or preserve)Definition Source:
Florida Natural Area Inventory's Managed Area database
Latitude (decimal degrees) for the centroid point representing the infestation location (datum HPGN)
Longitude (decimal degrees) for the centroid point representing the infestation location (datum HPGN)
Reference to topographical quadrangle containing the centroid of the infestation (e.g., 3205) and Digital Orthographic Quarter Quadrangle (e.g., q3205ne).Definition Source:
United States Geological Survey
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.Definition Source:
United States Geological Survey
Geological Survey grid line West or East of Tallahassee meridian.Definition Source:
United States Geological Survey
Basic unit of the Township and Range system of land description. A square tract of land, one mile by one mile containing 640 acres.Definition Source:
United States Geological Survey
Florida county in which the occurrence is located
Indicator of whether or not this occurrence has been treated before
Comments related to treatment activities at this location.
Calendar year, month, and day of survey data collection.
Person performing the survey and recording information relative to the occurrence. Most likely the single person most familiar with the occurrence.
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.
A brief comment describing the ability to reach the infestation.
Stage of plant development for the recorded infestation. Possible values are Mature, Immature, or Both.
Type of survey during which invasive plant was identified.
Primary type of disturbance found in the area of the infestation.
Agencies involved in data collection, compilation and submission effort.
Severity of the disturbance described in the DISTURBTYP field. Possible values are Light, Moderate, and Heavy.
Geometry of the source feature submitted to FNAI (Point, Line, or Polygon).
An identifier used to link geodatabase features back to the corresponding feature in the raw data set.
An identifier that indicates the data set a feature was submitted as part of.
The date the feature was loaded into the geodatabase featureclass.
An identifier used to indicate the survey during which an invasive plant was identified.
A binary field indicating whether or not a gross acres value was recorded for an invasive plant ccurrence.
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.