California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program 20150526 Whitebark Pine Survey [ds1116] vector digital data https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/1100_1199/ds1116.zip The California Native Plant Society (CNPS), working in collaboration with the US Forest Service, initiated field surveys in the summer of 2013 to assess the extent and status of whitebark pine in areas lacking ground surveys in California. Three national forests in the Sierra Nevada and four national forests in the Cascades and Klamath Mountains were selected for field surveys in 2013. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, in the Sierra Nevada area, was added in 2014. Locations were targeted for the assessment based on potential occurrence of healthy stands in high elevations. Post field assessment, photo interpretation and delineation of whitebark pine extent beyond field surveyed areas were also conducted. This information is being used, along with other reputable sources, to develop a distribution map of whitebark pine in California.Related datasets include:Whitebark Pine Presence [ds1117]Whitebark Pine Alliance [ds1118] The purpose of these vegetation surveys was to verify the distribution and health of whitebark pine stands in several California National Forests, ground-truth polygons designated by USFS CALVEG as Whitebark Pine Regional Dominance Type and conduct modified rapid assessments and reconnaissance surveys (recons) on whitebark pine and related stands. In work Unknown -123.099728 -118.432560 41.940642 36.325653 None whitebark pine, Pinus albicaulis, alpine vegetation, vegetation, Southern Cascades, Sierra Nevada, biota, environment, White Pine Blister Rust, Mountain Pine Beetle ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota environment None Eldorado National Forest, Klamath National Forest, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Lassen National Forest, Modoc National Forest, Sequoia National Forest, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest, California None License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. The related graphics are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not appropriate to use the related graphics as data. The California Native Plant Society gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a CNPS server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on computer systems at the California Native Plant Society, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on other systems for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program Kendra Sikes Vegetation Ecologist physical Sacramento CA US (916) 322-2873 Kendra.Sikes@wildlife.ca.gov US Forest Service Patricia Krueger Regional TES Species Coordinator 707-562-8954 patricia.krueger@usda.gov California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program Kendra Sikes Vegetation Ecologist physical Sacramento CA US (916) 322-2873 Kendra.Sikes@wildlife.ca.gov Funding for this project was provided by the USDA Forest Service Regional Botanist Diane Ikeda, Pacific Southwest Region. Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333 Vector Entity point 162 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 Whitebark Pine Survey (Preliminary) [ds1116] Survey locations California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. Database_ID Unique, cumulative number for all WBP points in dataset. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Survey_Date Date the field survey was conducted. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Alliance Final name of alliance following the most recent CNPS classification system or the Manual of California Vegetation (Sawyer J.O., Keeler-Wolf T., and Evens, J. 2009). California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Field_Alliance Vegetation alliance name given in the field. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Field_Assoc Name of the species in the alliance and additional dominant/diagnostic species from any strata, given in the field. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf PIAL_Present Yes/no field to indicate whether whitebark pine was present or not in this survey. California Native Plant Society Yes Whitebark pine present. CNPS No Whitebark pine not present. CNPS Conif_Cover The total foliar absolute cover (considering porosity) of all live conifer species. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Conif_Ht General conifer tree height. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Hdwd_Ht General hardwood tree height. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf RegenTree_Ht General regenerating tree height. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Shrub_Ht General shrub height. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Herb_Ht General herb height. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Tree Tree size (dbh) class. Average tree diameters were estimated at breast height for each stand and classified into one of five categories. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf T1 <1"dbh T2 1-6"dbh T3 6-11"dbh T4 11-24"dbh T5 >24"dbh T6 multi-layered (T3 or T4 layer under T5, >60% cover) Shrub Shrub size class. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf S1 seedling (<3yr. old) S2 young (<1% dead) S3 mature (1-25% dead) S4 decadent (>25% dead) Herbaceous Herbaceous height class. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Stand_Size General acreage of stand size. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Phen_Tr Tree Phenology: Indicates early, peak or late phenology for trees. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Phen_Sh Shrub Phenology: Indicates early, peak or late phenology for shrubs. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program Phen_Gr Phenology of graminoids. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Plot_Radius Radius in meters of representative portion of stand that is being assessed. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Notes Additional information beyond site history. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program Mapping_Info Discussion of any further problems with the identification of the assessment or issues that may be of interest to mappers. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Survey_Type Rapid assessment-stand based, full vegetation assessment reconnaissance-brief, modified vegetation assessment (alliance, dominant vegetation and WBP impacts). California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Surveyors Person(s) collecting the data in the field. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Site_Name Local placename based off of topographic quadragle, peak or lake destination. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program Site_History Detailed description of the site, vegetation, and other important properties of the stand. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Site_History2 Additional site history information. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program Natl_Forest National forest name. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program Wilderness National forest wilderness area. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program District National forest ranger district. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program County County. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program MicroTopo Microtopography: The local topographic features or the lay of the area. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf MacroTopo Macrotopography: The broad topographic feature or general position of the stand in the surrounding watershed. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Geo_Influence Geological parent material of site. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf AdjAlliance1 Vegetation types that are directly adjacent to the stand being assessed by noting the dominant species (or known type) and direction of stand. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf AdjAlliance2 Vegetation types that are directly adjacent to the stand being assessed by noting the dominant species (or known type) and direction of stand. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Bioturbation_Past Evidence of bioturbation from previous years. Y/N California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Fire_Evidence Evidence of fire. Y/N California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Aspect_Gen General compass degrees of aspect or exposure of the stand. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Slope_Gen General slope or steepness of the stand in degrees. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Elev_Units Elevation units in feet or meters. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf GPS_Error The accuracy of the GPS location, when taking the UTM field reading. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Error_Units Error units by feet (ft), meters (m), or positional dilution of precision (pdop). California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf UTM_Zone Universal Transverse Mercator zone. Zone 10 is for California west of the 120th longitude, zone 11 is for California east of 120th longitude, which is the same as the straight portion of California’s eastern boundary. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf UTME_Final These are the final Easting (UTME) coordinates of a projected point, or the point being surveyed. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf UTMN_Final These are the final Northing (UTMN) coordinates of a projected point, or the point being surveyed. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf HdwdCvr The total foliar absolute cover (considering porosity) of all live hardwood tree species. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf RegenTreeCvr The total foliar absolute cover of tree seedlings and saplings, disregarding overlap of individual recruits. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf ShrubCvr The total foliar, absolute cover (considering porosity) of all live shrub species disregarding overlap of individual shrubs. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf HerbCvr The total absolute cover (considering porosity) of all herbaceous species, disregarding overlap of individual herbs. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf VegCvr The total cover of all vascular vegetation taking into consideration the porosity, or the holes, in the vegetation, and disregarding overlap of the various tree, shrub, and/or herbaceous layers and species. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf NonVascCvr The total cover of all lichens, bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, hornworts), and cryptogamic crust on substrate surfaces including downed logs, rocks and soil, but not on standing or inclined trees or vertical rock surfaces. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf BareFines Percent surface cover of bare ground and fine sediment (e.g. dirt) < 2mm in diameter. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf BasalStem Percent surface cover of the plant basal area, i.e., the basal area of stems at the ground surface. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf PctLitter Percent surface cover of litter, duff, or wood on the ground. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf PctWater Estimate the percent surface cover of running or standing water,ignoring the substrate below the water. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Bioturbation_pct Estimate the percent of the sample or stand exhibiting soil disturbance by fossorial organisms (any organism that lives underground). California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf BedrockPct Percent surface cover of bedrock. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf BoulderPct Percent surface cover of rocks > 60 cm in diameter. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf StonePct Percent surface cover of rocks 25-60 cm in diameter. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf GravelPct Percent surface cover of rocks 2 mm to 7.5 cm in diameter. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Cobble Percent surface cover of rocks 7.5 to 25 cm in diameter. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf AspectDeg Compass degrees of aspect or exposure of the stand. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf SlopeDeg Slope or steepness of the stand in degrees. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf Elev Recorded from the GPS unit. See Elev_units for unit of measure. California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program; http://www.cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/protocol-combined-2014.pdf 20210707 California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program Kendra Sikes Vegetation Ecologist physical Sacramento CA US (916) 322-2873 Kendra.Sikes@wildlife.ca.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time