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Contents:Rarevascularplantsurveydatacollectedbetween2012–2015tomeettheobjectivesofthe
EcologicalMonitoringCommitteefortheLowerAthabasca(EMCLA)rareplantsproject.Surveydata
includesphysicalsitecoordinates,completespeciesinventoryforeach0.25haplot,soilpHfromplot
center,habitatclassificationandphysicalsiteattributes.FurtherinformationincludestheSRankfor
eachspecies,followingspeciesranksassignedbytheAlbertaConservationInformationManagement
(ACIMS).
Keysurveynotes:Observersworkedincrewsoftwoforsafetyreasons.Eachindividualsurveyor
completedaspeciesinventoryofaplot(0.25haor50mx50m)duringatimeunlimitedsurvey.Thetime
offirstencounterforeachspecieswasrecordedaswellastotalsurveytimefortheentireplot.No
abundancedatawasrecorded.Habitatinformationwasrecordedfortheentireplot.Eachplotwas
surveyedonceperseasonbyatleastoneindividual,withtheexceptionofXsitesin2014,whichwere
surveyedonceinspringandagaininlatesummerbythesameindividuals.At71plotsrepeat
observationsofthesameplotbydifferentobserverswerecompleted,thesearedenotedwithinthe
“repeats”column.
Columnheadingsandassociateddata:
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Notes
Site
Uniquesiteidentifiersforeach0.25ha
plot.Sitenumbersdonotcorrespond
totheorderinwhichsiteswere
completedortospecificindividuals.
Year
Fielddate
EastingUTM12
NorthingUTM12
Slope
Theyearinthesurveywascompleted
Thedatethesurveywascompleted
TheEastingcoordinateofthesite
TheNorthingcoordinateofthesite
Theslopeofthesite,takenfromplot
center,indegrees
Thesuffix“A”or“B”denotethe
following:Aplotswerecentered
aroundthemodelpredicted
lcoation(providedbyS.Nielsen
inallyears).Bplotswere
establishedincloseproximityto
Aplotswiththespecific
objectiveofsurveyinga
contrastinghabitattotheAplot.
SitesdenotedA2orB2(Xplots)
denotethesecondsurveyofthe
season(seekeysurveynotes)
UTMZone12
UTMZone12
Plotcenterreferstothephysical
centerofthe0.25haplot.
Aspect
Theaspectoftheslopeindegrees
Slopeposition
Acodewhichdescribestheslopeof
thesite,takenfromplotcenter
Curr_largest_nutrient
Atwolettercodedescribingthe
nutrientandmoistureconditionsof
themajorityoftheplot.
Curr_largest_trees
Acategorizationofthetree
compositionofthesite,giventhe
nutrient/moisturecodegivenin
curr_largest_nutrient
Curr_largest_stage
A2to4lettercodedescriptionthe
compositionorstructureofthe
vegetationpresentatthesite.
Thepercentageoftheplotwhichis
describedbythethreepreceding
columns(thehabitatclassification)
Curr_largest_area
Dom_tree_species_code
Dom_tree_sci_name
Bare_ground_cover
Water_cover
Soil_ph1
ThisfieldwillbeVNAwhenno
slopewasfoundatthesite(i.e.
Slope=0).(VNA=VariableNot
Applicable)
C=Crest,D=Depression,L=
Level,T=Toe,S1=2-5degrees,
S2=6-10degrees,S3=11-30
degrees,S4=>30degrees
Thefirstletterofthecoderefers
tothenutrientstatusofthesite,
thesecondletterreferstothe
moisture.SeeEMCLAprotocols
forfurtherdetail.Thiscodeacts
aparentvariableto
curr_largest_treesand
curr_largest_stage.
Insomecasesthismaynotalign
withdom_tree_speciesdueto
thenatureoftheecosite
classificationsystemused.See
protocolsformoredetail.
SeeEMCLAprotocolsforfurther
details.
Incaseswherethisvalueis<100,
therewasatleastoneadditional
ecositewithintheplotwhich
wasnotdescribed.Secondary
ecositesmustbe>10%ofthe
plottobeconsidered.Value
rangeisinincrementsof10%.
Aforestrycodedenotingthetree
SeeEMCLAprotocolsforfull
specieswhichhadthegreatest
descriptionoftreecodes(e.g.
abundanceacrossthesite
Aw=tremblingaspen)
Thescientificnameofthespecies
Treespeciesnamesfollow
denotedinDom_tree_species_code
ACIMStaxonomy.
Theamountofbaregroundwithinthe Baregroundisdefinedasground
entireplot
whichcannotordoesnot
currentlysupportthegrowthof
vegetation
Theamountofwatercoverwithinthe Watercoverreferstoopen
entireplot
water
ThepHofthesoil(sample1)
SoilpHwasdeterminedatplot
centerusingafieldpHkit.See
protocolsforspecificsampling
guidelines.Ifnomineralsoilwas
present(i.e.lowlands),these
Soil_ph2
Soil_ph3
Soil_comments
Comments
By_partner
Repeats
Observer
Sci_name
Time
Surveytime
Family
Sci_Name_NatureServe
Synonym
Common_Name_ACIMS
2014Rank
2015Rank
Origin_ACIMS
GRANK
Tracked..Watched
ThepHofthesoil(sample2)
ThepHofthesoil(sample3)
CommentsregardingthepHsamples
Commentsabouttheentire0.25ha
plotorsurveyelements.
Afieldindicatingiftheindividuals
partnerhadalreadycollectedthe
information,usedforrepeatsurveys
Acolumnindicatingifrepeatsurveys
werecompletedontheplot.
sampleswillberecordedasVNA.
0=not,1=donebypartner
1=firstsurvey,2=repeatsurvey
bysecondindividual,3=repeat
surveybythirdindividual
Theindividualwhocompletedthe
survey.Eachindividualwasassigneda
unique3letteridentifyingcode.
Thescientificnameoftheplant
TakenfromACIMStaxonomy.In
speciesencounteredwithinthesurvey somecasesssp.Wereremoved
forconsistencywitholderdata
(onlycaseswhereasinglessp
existsinAB)
Thetimeoffirstencounterforeach
Inminutes
speciesfoundduringthesurvey
Thetotalsurveylength
Inminutes
TheFamilywhichtheplantspecies
belongsto
TheNatureServerecognizedscientific name
Commonsynonymforthescientific
nameusedinthisdatabase.
Thecommonnameinaccordance
withACIMS(AlbertaConservation
InformationManagementSystem)
TheSrank(provincialrarityrank)
whichthespecieshadin2014
TheupdatedSrank(provincialrarity
rank)whichthespecieswasassigned
duringataxonomicreviewbyACIMS
insummer2015.
Theoriginoftheplantspecies
Native=nativeplant,Exotic=
introducedspecies,NA=could
notfindthespecieswithinthe
ACIMSdatabase
Theglobalrarityrankforthespecies
AnindicationofifACIMSisinterested incollectingfurtherinformationon
theoccurrenceoftheplantspecies
AlbertaConservationInformationManagementSystem:
ACIMScollectsandmaintainsinformationonspecieswithintheprovinceofAlberta.Theirwebsiteand
informationcanbefoundhere:http://www.albertaparks.ca/albertaparksca/management-landuse/alberta-conservation-information-management-system-acims/
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