Data Package Metadata View Summary

Snowbed experiment species composition and hobo data for Niwot Ridge, 2012 - ongoing.

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-nwt.172.6

Title:

Snowbed experiment species composition and hobo data for Niwot Ridge, 2012 - ongoing.

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

Niwot Ridge climate records indicate a trend of warmer spring and summer temperatures and earlier timing of snowmelt. In alpine tundra plant communities where snow cover limits growing season length, the current climatic trend is conducive to a longer growing season. The snowbed experiment was established in order to monitor changes in plant cover and community composition in the alpine tundra in response to extended summer growing season conditions. Of particular interest are late-melting snowbed areas where plant colonization and survival are most restricted or entirely prevented by a limited number of snow-free days with the sunlight and temperature necessary for plant establishment and growth.

In 2012, fifteen 1 x 1 m plots were established at 5 sites where there are persistent, late-melting snowbeds. Plots were placed along (1) an elevation gradient and (2) a snow-cover gradient from persistent snowbeds, where snowpack is greatest and melt-out dates latest in the season, to wind-scoured dry meadows, where snow pack is least and melt-out dates earliest. In 2015 the one site was dropped from the experiment because the snowbed there was quite different from the other four.

Short Name:

Snwbd

Publication Date:

2023-04-27

Language:

English

For more information:
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

2012-07-25

End:

2022-09-12

People and Organizations
Contact:	Information Manager (Niwot Ridge LTER) [ email ]
Creator:	Suding, Katharine N
Creator:	Smith, Jane G
Creator:	Farrer, Emily C
Organization:	Niwot Ridge LTER

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Species composition
Description:	Point frame data
Data Table Name:	Hobo logger data
Description:	Hobo logger data

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-nwt/172/6/3ebfe6838cc9717c95906036de9efc59
Name:	Species composition
Description:	Point frame data
Number of Records:	9437
Number of Columns:	12

Table Structure

Object Name:

nwt_snowbed_spcomp.js.data.csv

Size:

967375 byte

Authentication:

9ddfe6112f322308c7e6fc7f7cd16632 Calculated By MD5

Text Format:

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Simple Delimited:

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Table Column Descriptions

LTER site

experiment

year

date

monitors

sample location

plot

NWT species code

USDA species code

species name, USDA

growth habit

hits

Column Name:

LTER_site

exp

year

date

monitors

local_site

plot

NWT_code

USDA_code

USDA_name

growth_habit

hits

Definition:

Niwot Ridge LTER site

Niwot Ridge LTER experiment

survey year

survey date

people who measured species composition

sample location

plot

species code, follows codes used by NWT

species code, follows USDA plants

scientific name, according to USDA plants, associated with the USDA species code. This is the name of the lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined

growth habit, follows USDA plants

total number of point frame hits; taxa receive a score of 0.5 for present in plot but not hit

Storage Type:

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dateTime

string

float

Measurement Type:

nominal

dateTime

nominal

ratio

Measurement Values Domain:

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Format	YYYY
Precision

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision

Definition

any text

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Arikaree
Definition	Arikaree site
Source

Code Definition

Code	D1
Definition	D1 site
Source

Code Definition

Code	Martinelli
Definition	Martinelli site
Source

Code Definition

Code	Ridges
Definition	Ridges site
Source

Code Definition

Code	Soddie
Definition	Soddie site
Source

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Unit	number
Type	real

Missing Value Code:

Code	NaN
Expl	no data

Code	NaN
Expl	no data

Code	.
Expl	not sampled

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-nwt/172/6/f7c807b0b83067fa9cab10368dc23b3b
Name:	Hobo logger data
Description:	Hobo logger data
Number of Records:	1266710
Number of Columns:	10

Table Structure

Object Name:

nwt_snowbed_hobo.js.data.csv

Size:

123367911 byte

Authentication:

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Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Record Delimiter:

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column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

LTER site

sample location

date_time

plot

logger_ID

start

end

tempc

light

notes

Column Name:

LTER_site

local_site

date_time

plot

logger_ID

start

end

tempc

light

notes

Definition:

Niwot Ridge LTER site

sample location

date-time

plot

identifier for hobo logger

start of hobo logger deployment window

end of hobo logger deployment window

temperature

light intensity

notes

Storage Type:

string

dateTime

string

dateTime

float

string

Measurement Type:

nominal

dateTime

nominal

dateTime

interval

ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Definition

any text

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Arikaree
Definition	Arikaree site
Source

Code Definition

Code	D1
Definition	D1 site
Source

Code Definition

Code	Martinelli
Definition	Martinelli site
Source

Code Definition

Code	Ridges
Definition	Ridges site
Source

Code Definition

Code	Soddie
Definition	Soddie site
Source

Code Definition

Code	Saddle
Definition	Saddle site
Source

Format	YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
Precision

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision

Unit	celsius
Type	real

Unit	lux
Type	real

Definition

any text

Missing Value Code:

Code	NaN
Expl	no data

Code	NaN
Expl	no data

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	alpine, community composition, long term monitoring, permanent plots, plant communities, plant cover, plant ecology, plant species composition, plants, snow, species composition, species richness, tundra
LTER core area	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:

Naming Convention

The original five snowbed experiment sites were Arikaree, D1, Martinelli, Soddie and Ridges. Ridges was dropped in 2015. Each plot is named with an alpha numeric code that indicates the site and positions along the elevation and snow cover gradients.

Site: A = Arikaree, D = D1, M = Martinelli, S = Soddie, R = Ridges

Elevation: A to D, where A is the highest in elevation and D is the lowest

Snow Cover: 1 to 5. Often, 1 is in the latest melting snow end of the spectrum and 5 in the earliest. However, due to patchy snowbed melt-out dynamics at many of the sites, the 1 to 5 designation is not always indicative of snow melt timing.

Example: Plot AD3 is the third plot at the lowest elevation at the Arikaree site.

Species Composition

Plant species composition in each plot is measured annually at peak biomass using a point-intercept method within a 100-point grid. Using a metal flag at each of the 100 grid points, the uppermost plant intercepted is recorded as being hit. Plants that are found present in the plot without being hit are given a hit value of 0.5. Non-plant hits may include bare soil surface or small gravely rock (bare), lichen growing on soil (lichen), and rock or rock fragments at least 10 cm in diameter or generally large enough to prevent plant growth at that point (rock). Lichen growing on rock is counted as ‘rock.’ Moss and lichen are recorded only if hit; presence alone is not recorded. Litter is dead plant material that was never alive during the current growing season. Litter hits have been recorded somewhat differently throughout the experiment. Specific methods details were not recorded in 2012-13. In 2014, a hit was counted as litter if plant litter was the uppermost hit at a point. However, due to concern that this method was not exactly that used in 2012-13 and that it may lead to an overestimate of unvegetated area within a plot, the method was modified. In 2015 and subsequent years, when litter was the uppermost hit at a point but live plant material was intercepted lower down, the hit was recorded as the live species. Plot D3 at site D1 was not surveyed in 2016 and no species composition surveys took place in 2020 or 2022.

Hobos

Starting in 2015, we put HOBO light and temperature sensor data loggers (OnSet, HOBO Pendant, UA-002-08) out next to snowbed plots near the end of the summer field season every year and collected them the following summer after snowmelt. The purpose of these loggers was to capture the timing of snowmelt at each plot; HOBOs are not shielded and do not accurately reflect surface temperatures in sunlight. HOBOs were placed on the ground and anchored with a landscape staple just uphill, about 5 cm, of each plot. Starting in 2022, hobos at the D1 site were deployed under rocks to prevent displacement, so light values from this site do not reflect snowcover. In addition to HOBOs placed at snowbed sites surveyed for species composition, an additional set of HOBOs was deployed from 2015-2021 in 15 saddle grid vegetation plots that are roughly comparable to snowbed plots, to facilitate intercomparisons in vegetation and snowmelt timing.

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

Katharine N Suding

Email Address:

suding@colorado.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5357-0176

Individual:

Jane G Smith

Email Address:

jane.g.smith@colorado.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8457-4663

Individual:

Emily C Farrer

Email Address:

efarrer@tulane.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8003-8831

Organization:

Niwot Ridge LTER

Email Address:

lternwt@colorado.edu

Contacts:

Organization:

Niwot Ridge LTER

Position:

Information Manager

Address:

4001 Discovery Drive, UCB 450,

University of Colorado,

Boulder, CO 80303 United States

Email Address:

lternwt@colorado.edu

Web Address:

https://nwt.lternet.edu/

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period

Begin:

2012-07-25

End:

2022-09-12

Geographic Region:

Description:

Arikaree

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	40.0531719410189	Southern:	40.0509508773733
Western:	-105.644676587378	Eastern:	-105.637608536616

Geographic Region:

Description:

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	40.058342260815	Southern:	40.0560504956828
Western:	-105.624311060925	Eastern:	-105.622521753923

Geographic Region:

Description:

Martinelli

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	40.0531653863184	Southern:	40.0509846966462
Western:	-105.596933521642	Eastern:	-105.595603569632

Geographic Region:

Description:

Ridges

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	40.0577668137623	Southern:	40.0568377241462
Western:	-105.604749536743	Eastern:	-105.603467658875

Geographic Region:

Description:

Soddie

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	40.0515085557906	Southern:	40.0488086749613
Western:	-105.575387492815	Eastern:	-105.572631293437

Sampling Site:

Description:

AA1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.644676587378

Latitude (degree):

40.0509508773733

Sampling Site:

Description:

AA2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.644058857337

Latitude (degree):

40.0516476034795

Sampling Site:

Description:

AA3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.643969512017

Latitude (degree):

40.0520701108497

Sampling Site:

Description:

AA4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.643577446178

Latitude (degree):

40.0524545676399

Sampling Site:

Description:

AA5

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.642894073404

Latitude (degree):

40.0531427325045

Sampling Site:

Description:

AB2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.643082505182

Latitude (degree):

40.0509999191975

Sampling Site:

Description:

AB3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.642950286483

Latitude (degree):

40.0516139381148

Sampling Site:

Description:

AB4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.642474066798

Latitude (degree):

40.0523508641473

Sampling Site:

Description:

AB5

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.641900271635

Latitude (degree):

40.0528856123048

Sampling Site:

Description:

AC1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.641638199189

Latitude (degree):

40.0511685684089

Sampling Site:

Description:

AC2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.640875038111

Latitude (degree):

40.0517127391012

Sampling Site:

Description:

AC3

Site Coordinates:

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-105.640519779733

Latitude (degree):

40.0521859069821

Sampling Site:

Description:

AC4

Site Coordinates:

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-105.639492420633

Latitude (degree):

40.0522496040623

Sampling Site:

Description:

AD1

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Longitude (degree):

-105.637863688014

Latitude (degree):

40.0517294472142

Sampling Site:

Description:

AD2

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-105.637596359126

Latitude (degree):

40.051865162088

Sampling Site:

Description:

DA1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.624324503408

Latitude (degree):

40.0575234963318

Sampling Site:

Description:

DA2

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Longitude (degree):

-105.623929484664

Latitude (degree):

40.0576511283382

Sampling Site:

Description:

DA3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

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Latitude (degree):

40.057892897004

Sampling Site:

Description:

DA4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.623048969621

Latitude (degree):

40.0580656244175

Sampling Site:

Description:

DA5

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.622727517514

Latitude (degree):

40.0583411550135

Sampling Site:

Description:

DB1

Site Coordinates:

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Latitude (degree):

40.0572699581644

Sampling Site:

Description:

DB2

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Latitude (degree):

40.0574464450006

Sampling Site:

Description:

DB3

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Latitude (degree):

40.057612867285

Sampling Site:

Description:

DB4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.622747970754

Latitude (degree):

40.0578574086858

Sampling Site:

Description:

DC1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.624144336153

Latitude (degree):

40.0569756910794

Sampling Site:

Description:

DC2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.623615635089

Latitude (degree):

40.0571265661719

Sampling Site:

Description:

DC3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.622878803066

Latitude (degree):

40.0573661315288

Sampling Site:

Description:

DD1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.623318504856

Latitude (degree):

40.056055839938

Sampling Site:

Description:

DD2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.623213880577

Latitude (degree):

40.056669147188

Sampling Site:

Description:

DD3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.622511055192

Latitude (degree):

40.057166562843

Sampling Site:

Description:

MA1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.59667627825

Latitude (degree):

40.0531598668473

Sampling Site:

Description:

MA2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.596296755252

Latitude (degree):

40.0531448826508

Sampling Site:

Description:

MA3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.595951012342

Latitude (degree):

40.0531181010305

Sampling Site:

Description:

MA4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.59560305516

Latitude (degree):

40.0531062857554

Sampling Site:

Description:

MB1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.596945579281

Latitude (degree):

40.0523668029644

Sampling Site:

Description:

MB2

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Latitude (degree):

40.0525552677621

Sampling Site:

Description:

MB3

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-105.596464978495

Latitude (degree):

40.0526990308393

Sampling Site:

Description:

MB4

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-105.596099201785

Latitude (degree):

40.0528485812653

Sampling Site:

Description:

MB5

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.595757842785

Latitude (degree):

40.0527999731899

Sampling Site:

Description:

MC1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.596412630503

Latitude (degree):

40.0521677317886

Sampling Site:

Description:

MC2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.596065550532

Latitude (degree):

40.052161859735

Sampling Site:

Description:

MC3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.595789947383

Latitude (degree):

40.0521514746748

Sampling Site:

Description:

MD1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.596495425013

Latitude (degree):

40.050986952954

Sampling Site:

Description:

MD2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.596139831361

Latitude (degree):

40.0511066292029

Sampling Site:

Description:

MD3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.595737695046

Latitude (degree):

40.0511996048658

Sampling Site:

Description:

RA1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604592312951

Latitude (degree):

40.0571434304855

Sampling Site:

Description:

RA2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604755772689

Latitude (degree):

40.0575431453461

Sampling Site:

Description:

RB1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604228209265

Latitude (degree):

40.0571910087743

Sampling Site:

Description:

RB2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604268062228

Latitude (degree):

40.0572693648656

Sampling Site:

Description:

RB3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604338106996

Latitude (degree):

40.0574074774723

Sampling Site:

Description:

RB4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604409332249

Latitude (degree):

40.0576924407763

Sampling Site:

Description:

RC1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604042731593

Latitude (degree):

40.057045929898

Sampling Site:

Description:

RC2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.603967928522

Latitude (degree):

40.0571788514843

Sampling Site:

Description:

RC3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.603827198545

Latitude (degree):

40.0573213064584

Sampling Site:

Description:

RC4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604249761459

Latitude (degree):

40.0575735351998

Sampling Site:

Description:

RD1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.603459522504

Latitude (degree):

40.0568444505672

Sampling Site:

Description:

RD2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.603555034936

Latitude (degree):

40.0571849674207

Sampling Site:

Description:

RD3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.603500595122

Latitude (degree):

40.0574466202795

Sampling Site:

Description:

RD4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.603808367783

Latitude (degree):

40.0574460978295

Sampling Site:

Description:

RD5

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.604058449566

Latitude (degree):

40.0577637349727

Sampling Site:

Description:

SA1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.575404397765

Latitude (degree):

40.0508190935358

Sampling Site:

Description:

SA2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.574087417263

Latitude (degree):

40.0510780768237

Sampling Site:

Description:

SA3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.573035163073

Latitude (degree):

40.0515065590052

Sampling Site:

Description:

SB1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.574087225317

Latitude (degree):

40.0500490861845

Sampling Site:

Description:

SB2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.573207473872

Latitude (degree):

40.0493757363007

Sampling Site:

Description:

SB3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.573515800739

Latitude (degree):

40.0502429206325

Sampling Site:

Description:

SB4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.573097426317

Latitude (degree):

40.0508078233881

Sampling Site:

Description:

SB5

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.57271370801

Latitude (degree):

40.04998128383

Sampling Site:

Description:

SC1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.573237657284

Latitude (degree):

40.0490743043544

Sampling Site:

Description:

SC2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.572927652166

Latitude (degree):

40.0491398062061

Sampling Site:

Description:

SC3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.572612282527

Latitude (degree):

40.049236777412

Sampling Site:

Description:

SD1

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.573319398236

Latitude (degree):

40.0489657841331

Sampling Site:

Description:

SD2

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.573230128969

Latitude (degree):

40.0488193685615

Sampling Site:

Description:

SD3

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.572910301525

Latitude (degree):

40.0490697969411

Sampling Site:

Description:

SD4

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-105.572684305461

Latitude (degree):

40.0490315420476

Taxonomic Range:

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Achillea millefolium var. alpicola

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Agoseris glauca

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Agrostis mertensii

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Agrostis variabilis

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Allium geyeri

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Androsace septentrionalis

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Angelica grayi

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Antennaria media

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Antennaria rosea

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Artemisia campestris var. purshii

Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Subspecies
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Danthonia intermedia

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Deschampsia cespitosa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Subspecies
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Draba streptocarpa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Elymus scribneri

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Epilobium anagallidifolium

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Eremogone fendleri

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Erigeron glacialis

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Erigeron grandiflorus

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Erysimum capitatum var. purshii

Classification:

Rank Name:	Subspecies
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Frasera speciosa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Gentiana algida

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Gentiana parryi

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Subspecies
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Helictotrichon mortonianum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Heuchera parvifolia

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Hieracium triste

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Hymenoxys grandiflora

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Juncus drummondii

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

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Rank Value:	Juncus triglumis

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Kobresia myosuroides

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Ligusticum tenuifolium

Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Mertensia lanceolata

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Micranthes rhomboidea

Classification:

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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Minuartia obtusiloba

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Minuartia rubella

Classification:

Rank Name:	Subspecies
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Paronychia pulvinata

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Pedicularis groenlandica

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

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Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Poa lettermanii

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Poa nemoralis

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Poa reflexa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Poa wheeleri

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Podagrostis humilis

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Polemonium viscosum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Polygonum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Potentilla

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
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Classification:

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Rank Value:	Potentilla fruticosa

Classification:

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Rank Value:	Potentilla glaucophylla

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Potentilla nivea

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Potentilla ovina

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Potentilla saximontana

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Primula angustifolia

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Primula parryi

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Ranunculus adoneus

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Rhodiola integrifolia

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Rhodiola rhodantha

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Salix

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Salix petrophila

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Sedum lanceolatum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Selaginella densa var. scopulorum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Senecio amplectens var. holmii

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Senecio fremontii var. blitoides

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Senecio taraxacoides

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Sibbaldia procumbens

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Silene acaulis var. subacaulescens

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Silene hitchguirei

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. simplex

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Stellaria

Classification:

Rank Name:	Subspecies
Rank Value:	Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Stellaria umbellata

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Taraxacum officinale

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Tetraneuris acaulis var. caespitosa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Tonestus lyallii

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Tonestus pygmaeus

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Trifolium dasyphyllum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Trifolium nanum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Subspecies
Rank Value:	Trifolium parryi ssp. parryi

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Trisetum spicatum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Trollius albiflorus

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Vaccinium

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Vaccinium scoparium

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Valeriana edulis var. edulis

Classification:

Rank Name:	Variety
Rank Value:	Veronica wormskjoldii var. wormskjoldii

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Viola adunca

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Viola biflora

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Niwot Ridge LTER

Personnel:

Organization:	University of Colorado
Role:	pointOfContact

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	1637686
Title:	LTER: Long-term research on the dynamics of high-elevation ecosystems -- a framework for understanding ecological responsiveness to climate change

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	1027341
Title:	The Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Program 2011-2016: Tipping Points in High-Elevation Ecosystems in Response to Changes in Climate and Atmospheric Deposition

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	Corrected EML root node; data unchanged [SCE 10 Oct 2019]. Added 2019 species composition data; updated all identifications of Solidago multiradiata to S. simplex; added hobo logger data; added geolocations of all plots to the metadata [JGS 26 Feb 2020]. Updated hobo data; vegetation not surveyed in 2020 due to access constraints [SCE/JGS 6 Nov 2020]. QA/QC'd all species comp data and corrected minor inconsistencies in taxonomic designations 2012-2019 data, added information on vegetation monitoring teams; appended 2021 species comp data; appended 2021 hobo data [JGS 6 June 2021]. Appended 2022 hobo data; no species comp data collected in 2022 [JGS/SCE 27 April 2022].
Frequency:

Other Metadata

Additional Metadata

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        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'constantToSI' = '273.18'
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Snowbed experiment species composition and hobo data for Niwot Ridge, 2012 - ongoing.

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Snowbed experiment species composition and hobo data for Niwot Ridge, 2012 - ongoing.

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