compiled_species_list: Compiled species list from AIM, LMF, NRI, NCPN and USGS...

In annack84/STMdevelopment: Develop State-and-Transition Models for the Upper Colorado River Basin

Compiled species list from AIM, LMF, NRI, NCPN and USGS internal data

Description

This file contains the species codes (typically derived from the USDA Plant database), scientific names, and attributes of each species used for grouping plants into functional types.

Usage

compiled_species_list

Format

compiled_species_list

A data frame with 15320 rows and 14 columns:

SpeciesCode

Character. Abbreviation unique to the species, typically based on the USDA Plants database (https://plants.usda.gov/home).

ScientificName

Character. Scientific name of the plant species.

CommonName

Character. Common name of the plant species, typically based on the USDA Plants database.

Family

Character. Taxonomic family of the plant species.

Duration

Character. Life span of the plant. Options are "Annual" or "Perennial". Plants with biennial growth are considered "Annual" in this data set.

GrowthHabit

Character. Plant tissue type. Options are "Woody" or "NonWoody".

GrowthHabitSub

Character. Life form of the plant. Options are "Forb", "Graminoid", "Shrub", "SubShrub", "Succulent", or "Tree".

Native

Character. Native status of the plant within the contiguous United States. Options are "Introduced" or "Native".

UpdatedSpeciesCode

Character. If the species code represents an old taxonomy or does not match USDA Plants naming conventions, the current USDA Plants code is contained here.

SpeciesState

Character. The data collection project (AIM, NRI, etc.) that the species code corresponds to.

Noxious

Character. The noxious legal status of the plant based on US federal and state government lists. Only state government lists from the western contiguous US were used. Options are "NO" (i.e. not noxious) or "YES" (i.e. noxious).

PhotosyntheticPathway

Character. Carbon fixation pathway of the plant species. Options are "C3", "C4", or "CAM".

SG_Group

Character. Sage grouse group, based on Bureau of Land Management state lists. Options are "Sagebrush", "PreferredForb", "ShortStaturePerennialGrass", "NonSagebrushShrub", or "TallStaturePerennialGrass".

PinyonJuniper

Character. Indicates whether the plant is a species of pinyon or juniper tree.

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