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Floristic Diversity of the Experimental Watersheds, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

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Data Package:
Local Identifier:	knb-lter-hbr.47.7
Title:	Floristic Diversity of the Experimental Watersheds, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Alternate Identifier:	DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:	While tree species succession and response to disturbance has been extensively researched, little similar effort has focused on understory herbaceous communities. This study conducted the first complete botanical inventories, with ranked abundance estimates, of the experimental watersheds of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF), compared their relative floristic characters, and provided baseline data for long-term diversity monitoring at HBEF. Five of these watersheds were composed of mature (90 - 100 year old) secondary-growth forest, while two were young (16 and 26 year old) tertiary-growth forests recovering from conventional clear-cutting treatments. Floristic similarities were analyzed using ANCOVA, dominance-diversity curves, and similarity matrices. These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station.
Publication Date:	2021-10-01

Time Period

Begin:

1995-08-07

End:

1998-08-12

People and Organizations
Contact:	Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study [ email ]
Creator:	Adams (formerly Teeling and Teeling-Adams), Leslie M
Creator:	Crow, Garret E (University of New Hampshire)
Creator:	Wade, Gary L

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	HubbardBrook_FloristicDiversity
Description:	Hubbard Brook Watersheds: Floristic Diversity

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-hbr/47/7/b62f44a6a63379904b85819aade53527
Name:	HubbardBrook_FloristicDiversity
Description:	Hubbard Brook Watersheds: Floristic Diversity
Number of Records:	355
Number of Columns:	12

Table Structure

Object Name:

HubbardBrook_FloristicDiversity.csv

Size:

16905 bytes

Authentication:

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Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

SPECIES

FOREST_TYPE

WS1

WS2

WS3

WS4

WS5

WS6

WS7

WS8

WS9

WS101

Definition:

Species name

Type of forest

Watershed 1 species abundance

Watershed 2 species abundance

Watershed 3 species abundance

Watershed 4 species abundance

Watershed 5 species abundance

Watershed 6 species abundance

Watershed 7 species abundance

Watershed 8 species abundance

Watershed 9 species abundance

Watershed 101 species abundance

Storage Type:

string

Measurement Type:

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Definition

Species name

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	HARDWOOD
Definition	This vegetation class is representative of northern hardwood forest and is characterized by a stand with less than 40% coniferous species in the tree community. See Sampling Design for details.
Source

Code Definition

Code	MIXED
Definition	This vegetation class is representative of the ecotone between northern hardwood and mountain spruce-fir forests, and is characterized by an increase in Picea rupens and Abies balsamea dominance. See Sampling Design for details.
Source

Code Definition

Code	OPEN
Definition	This class constitutes individual areas of over 15 m² which lacked an overhead forest canopy. See Sampling Design for details.
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats.
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant.
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find.
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations.
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats.
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur.
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	Abundant: Dominant or codominant in one or more common habitats.
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Frequent: Easily seen or found in one or more common habitats, but not dominant.
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Occasional: Widely scattered, but not difficult to find.
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Infrequent: Difficult to find, few individuals or colonies, but found in several locations.
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Rare: Very difficult to find and limited to one or very few locations or uncommon habitats.
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	Absent: Not found, but found in a previous survey from the same or similar sites, or was otherwise suspected to occur.
Source

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Package Usage Rights

This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	ecosystems, forests, watersheds, biodiversity, diversity, regeneration, succession, taxonomy, trees, understory vegetation, vegetation
LTER Core Research Area	populations
HBES Vocabulary	HBR, Hubbard Brook LTER, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, HBES, HBEF, New Hampshire, NH, White Mountain National Forest, flora, floristic diversity, inventories, forest management, HBEF Watersheds, temperate deciduous forest, tree harvesting
ISO 19115 Topic Category	biota
National Research & Development Taxonomy	Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment
LTER Core Area	disturbance
LTER Core Research Areas	populations

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

SAMPLING DESIGN Reconnaissance field surveys were used to inventory the flora of each watershed according to three vegetation classes: hardwood forest, mixed hardwood-spruce-fir forest, and open areas. Separate inventories were taken for each of these three classes within each of the watersheds.

HARDWOOD. The hardwood vegetation class is characterized by species typical of the northern hardwood forest. In the HBEF, these tree species include Fagus grandifolia, Acer saccharum and Betula alleghaniensis, with less abundant populations of Fraxinus americana, Acer pensylvanicum, Acer rubrum and Acer spicatum.

MIXED. The mixed hardwood-spruce-fir forest category represented both areas of pure spruce-fir type vegetation, and the boundary where the spruce-fir and northern hardwood forest types intergraded. This class was identified by a combined presence of 40% or more of Picea rubens and Abies balsamea in the canopy.

OPEN. The open vegetation class constitutes individual areas of over 15 m^2 which lacked an overhead canopy, regardless of elevation. Tree species are then limited to stump shoots and seedlings of taxa defining either of the previous two classes. This vegetation class was included in the study primarily to account for the 0.3 ha rain gauge clearings the occur throughout the experimental watersheds, as well as open areas along the foot trails, and treats these man-made and maintained clearings as microhabitats.

The first few weeks of spring (early May) were spent mapping microhabitats and dividing the vegetation classes into segments that could be readily traversed in a field day. These segments were then visited weekly from mid-May through early September. Species lists were compiled and voucher specimens were collected, unless doing so would have threatened the existing population. Collections were deposited in the Hodgdon Herbarium at the University of New Hampshire, and in numerous cases, duplicates were placed in the Hubbard Brook Collection as well.

CALCULATIONS Estimates of species abundance within each segment were made based upon the rank abundance approach suggested by Palmer et al. (1995). This system was used to rank the frequency of occurrence of individuals of a species in relation to total flora. A "dominant" species was defined as one constituting roughly 20% or more of the individuals present.

Flora of North America: North of Mexico; Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms Flora North America. 1993 Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK 2

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland J.T. Kartesz 1994 Timber Press, Portland OR (2)2

Standard for the writing of floras M.W. Palmer G.L. Wade P. Neal 1995 english Biosicence 45:339-345

The Floristic Diversity of the Experimental Watersheds of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire L.M. Teeling 1998 M.S. Univ. of New Hampshire Durham N.H.

Floristic Diversity of the Experimental Watersheds of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA teeling G.E. Crow wade 2001 Rhodora 915:263-292

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@environmentaldatainitiative.org

Web Address:

https://environmentaldatainitiative.org

Creators:

Individual:

Leslie M Adams (formerly Teeling and Teeling-Adams)

Email Address:

leslie.adams@comcast.net

Individual:	Garret E Crow
Organization:	University of New Hampshire

Individual:

Gary L Wade

Contacts:

Organization:

Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study

Email Address:

hbr-im@lternet.edu

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

1995-08-07

End:

1998-08-12

Geographic Region:

Description:

Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.959	Southern:	43.914
Western:	-71.8062	Eastern:	-71.7022

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 1 (WS1)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9594	Southern:	43.9521
Western:	-71.731	Eastern:	-71.726

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 2 (WS2)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9603	Southern:	43.9534
Western:	-71.728	Eastern:	-71.723

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 3 (WS3)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9622	Southern:	43.9547
Western:	-71.725	Eastern:	-71.717

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 4 (WS4)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9584	Southern:	43.9498
Western:	-71.737	Eastern:	-71.725

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 5 (WS5)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9572	Southern:	43.9489
Western:	-71.739	Eastern:	-71.731

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 6 (WS6)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9571	Southern:	43.95
Western:	-71.743	Eastern:	-71.735

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 7 (WS7)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9276	Southern:	43.9161
Western:	-71.773	Eastern:	-71.758

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 8 (WS8)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9295	Southern:	43.918
Western:	-71.762	Eastern:	-71.752

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 9 (WS9)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.9259	Southern:	43.916
Western:	-71.758	Eastern:	-71.742

Geographic Region:

Description:

HBEF watershed 101 (WS101)

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	43.94	Southern:	43.9359
Western:	-71.742	Eastern:	-71.736

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (1992)

Personnel:

Individual:

Timothy Fahey

Organization:

Cornell University

Email Address:

tjf5@cornell.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1162

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation (NSF) 9211768

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	complete
Frequency:

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Floristic Diversity of the Experimental Watersheds, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

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