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Plant Diversity NEON Sampling of Miami Dade Pine Rocklands

Sampling Dates

• June 19th – August 2nd, 2021

NEON Sampling Design

• Three (3) replicates at each location when possible.

• Three (3) 20m2 plot at site.

  • Center, Edge, Lawn.

• One (1) time per year, a goal for completion in the rainy season.

• Eleven (11) Pine Rocklands around the Homestead/ Redland area.

• Nine (9) were true Pine Rockland.

• One (1) was rocky glade mixed marl soil prairie/ hammock.

• One (1) was mostly hammock.

• 20m2 plot has 20 subplots

• Four (4) 100m2 subplots:

  • South: 31, 32
  • North: 40, 41
  • 100m2 subplot has four (4) nested subplots:
    • Two (2) 10m2 corner subplots
    • 31: 31.1.10, 31.4.10
    • 32: 32.2.10, 32.4.10
    • 40: 40.1.10, 40.3.10
    • 41: 41.1.10, 41.4.10
  • Two (2) nested 1m2 corner subplots
    • 31: 31.1.1, 31.4.1
    • 32: 32.2.1, 32.4.1
    • 40: 40.1.1, 40.3.1
    • 41: 41.1.1, 41.4.1

• Plant Identification

  • (Family)
  • (GenusSpecies)
  • (Genus)
  • (Species)
  • (Status)

Data Products

• Site: name of pine rockland preserve
• Plot: one of three areas of plot placement (i.e., Lawn, Edge, Center)
• Subplot: name of individual subplot (i.e., '31', or '40.1.1')
• GenusSpecies: seven letter codes for plants, i.e., saba.pal.
• Status: Native, Nonnative established, Nonnative not established, Threatened, Endangered, Common, Invasive, Uncertain.
• Family: family name of a species
• Genus: genus name of a species
• Species: species name in a genus
• Remarks: notes of observations
• CoverPerc: Cover percentage of species
• Soilpercent: Cover percentage of soil
• Rockpercent: Cover percentage of rock
• Woodpercent: Cover percentage of wood
• Litterpercent: Cover percentage of litter
• StandingDeadpercent: Cover percentage of standing dead plants
• Waterpercent: Cover percentage of water
• Lichenpercent: Cover percentage of lichen
• Mosspercent: Cover percentage of moss
• Otherpercent: Cover percentage of other non-vascular, i.e., mushrooms
• Scatpercent: Cover percentage of scat