City of San Diego 20080101 vector digital data http://bios.dfg.ca.gov ftp://ftp.dfg.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/400_499/ds455.zip The Biological Monitoring Plan (BMP; Ogden 1996) for the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) was developed in 1996 and is a component of the City of San Diego's MSCP. The BMP sets forth monitoring requirements for a variety of species, including rare plants, which are covered by the City's MSCP permit in order to assess regional changes in habitat conditions and wildlife. The City of San Diego began rare plant monitoring on its MSCP lands in 1999. Monitoring has been conducted by City staff or by its subcontractors. In 2001, the City expanded the number of MSCP species and localities it monitored and conducted both quantitative and qualitative monitoring (MBC & CBI 2002). Reconnaissance surveys were conducted in areas that had a high potential for target species in attempt to establish baseline data to be used in conjunction with future monitoring. Since then, the City has worked to develop its own methods based on the general parameters set forth by Ogden Environmental and by the Conservation Biology Institute in a 2001 review of the MSCP monitoring program. The City's monitoring methods are described in the City's annual plant monitoring reports and in MSCP Rare Plant Monitoring: Field Monitoring Methods Manual published in 2005. These documents are available for download from the City of San Diego MSCP website (2007 and 2008 reports should be available by September 2008): http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/mscp/biomonitor.shtml. From 2001-2005, monitoring methods generally included mapping a plant population with a sub-meter GPS and conducting a full census of plant populations along transects. If a population was too large for a complete census, it was estimated by sub-sampling using one square-meter quadrats. If a plant population could not be reached due to factors such as steep terrain, the population is mapped on an aerial photograph and later digitized. Additional data on number of flowering and non-flowering plants or number of juvenile and adult plants as well as presence of associated species were also collected. Basic survey information, primary vegetation types, potential to support the target species, as well as information on disturbances and maintenance issues were also recorded (MBC and CBI 2002). Beginning in 2006, the City switched to conducting Habitat Assessment/ Photomonitoring at its study sites based upon recommendations from an outside review of the MSCP rare plant monitoring program (McEachern et al. 2006). Photo plots were established and are visited each season. Photographs were taken of each direction where the target species occurs. The City performs a variety of biological monitoring activities in conformance with the Biological Monitoring Plan for the Multiple Species Conservation Program as required by the City of San Diego’s MSCP Implementing Agreement with state and federal wildlife agencies. The goal of the monitoring program is to evaluate the status of rare plants including population size, density, and habitat quality. Specific questions addressed by the long-term monitoring include (MBC & CBI 2002): What are the status and trends of the target species? What are the site conditions that may influence spatial patterns in the population dynamics of the target species? What management actions should be taken to minimize threats to the target species? DATA COMPILATION HISTORY This datalayer was compiled as part of the Southern California Data Integration Project. This dataset includes additional data collected outside of the City's annual monitoring efforts. The 2008 Torrey pine location data was collected as part of a Master's thesis at San Diego State University studying the population size structure and variability at the Torrey Pines State Reserve. These data were collected using a Trimble GPS running Terrasync software with 1-3 meter accuracy. Locations of inaccessible trees were estimated using the geographic offset feature of Terrasync software. Also included in this datalayer are the locations of rare plants at Black Mountain surveyed by consultants in 2001 (City of San Diego 2004). This project was conducted as part of a NCCP grant (#P9950007) awarded to the City of San Diego. Locations of rare plants were surveyed using a GPS unit with 10-meter accuracy or plotted on an orthophoto and later digitized. SPATIAL DATA CAPTURE METHODS Plant populations monitoried by the City were mapped using a GPS with sub-meter accuracy and projected in NAD 1983 StatePlane (California VI FIPS_Feet). If a population could not be reached in the field, populations were mapped on an aerial photograph and later digitized. REFERENCES City of San Diego Planning Department (MSCP). 2004. Black Mountain Open Space Natural Resource Management Plan. Submitted January 2004. City of San Diego Planning Department (MSCP). 2005. MSCP Rare Plant Monitoring: Field Monitoring Methods. Submitted September 2005. McEachern, K., B. Pavlik, J. Rebman, and R. Sutter. 2006. San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Rare Plant Monitoring Review and Revision. Technical report prepared for the City of San Diego. McMillan Biological Consulting (MBC) and Conservation Biology Institute (CBI). 2002. 2001 MSCP rare plant survey and monitoring report. Submitted to the City of San Diego Planning and Development Department, February 2002. Ogden Environmental. 1996. Biological monitoring plan for the Multiple Species Conservation Program. Prepared for City of San Diego, California Department of Fish and Game, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. April. 20000101 20080101 ground condition Complete As needed -117.270308 -116.715682 33.072376 32.529155 None Multiple Species Conservation Program rare plant monitoring ISO 19115 Topic Category environment biota None City of San Diego California None Site appropriately City of San Diego, CP & CPI - Urban Form - MSCP Betsy Miller Associate Planner mailing

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San Diego CA 92101 (619) 236-6621 bmiller@sandiego.gov City of San Diego, CP&CI -- Urban Form -- MSCP Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959 Shapefiles of individual plant locations were compiled into one dataset. Point feature class data were buffered out to a one-meter radius to account for sub-meter accuracy of GPS units and merged with existing poly feature class data. Data from a rare plant survey of Black Mountain conducted in 2001 are maintained separate from the City of San Diego monitoring files. Point feature class data from this project were buffered to 10 meters to account for the GPS unit accuracy and merged with associated poly feature class data and the City's rare plant shapefiles. U.S. Fish and Wildife Service Elise Watson Edited original metadata by adding ISO keywords. 20080903 California Department of Fish and Game Greg Ewing bios@dfg.ca.gov Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 2558 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.000000003754707655900803 0.000000003754707655900803 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds455 Rare Plants - City of San Diego [ds455] FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. SNAME Species scientific name. CNAME Species common name. YEAR Year species was monitored. LOCATION Monitoring location, not noted for all of 2001data. AREA Area of population if noted. ADD_INFO Additional information about the observation. 20160302 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Elise Watson GIS Analyst mailing and physical

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