Survey Methods for TREC

Plant Diversity NEON Sampling at TREC

Sampling Dates

• 2018
• 2019
• 2020

NEON Sampling Design

• 4 replicates at TREC

• 20m2 plot at (Block)

• 01 time per year, a goal for completion in the dry season.

• Block 1

  • historically agricultural soil

• Block 4

  • historically agricultural soil

• Block 14

  • Newly prepared agricultural soil

• Block 15

  • Newly prepared agricultural soil

• 4 controls at TREC

• 20m2 plot at (Block)

• Open lawns

• 20m2 plot has 20 subplots

• Four (4) 100m2 subplots:

  • South: 31, 32
  • North: 40, 41
  • 100m2 subplot has four (04) 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)
  • (Genus)
  • (Species)
  • (MorphospeciesID)
  • (TaxonID)
  • (Status)
  • (Cluster)

Data Products

• Block: experimental plot location at TREC and ECHO
• Site: cardinal direction of 100m2 subplots
• Corner: name of 10m2 subplots (i.e., '1', '2', '3', '4')
• SiteCode: name of individual subplot (i.e., '31', or '40.1.1')
• Status: occurance of plants (i.e.,'high','low')
• Cluster: description of site (i.e., 'open', 'lawn', 'hammock', 'orchard')
• MorphospeciesID:
• TaxonID:
• Family: family name of a species
• Genus: genus name of a species
• Species: species name in a genus
• Native: species native to Florida
• NonNativeEstablished: species not native to Florida, but establshed
• NonNativeNotEstablish: species not native to Florida, but not establshed
• Uncertain: unsure of taxon
• Soilpercent:
• Rockpercent:
• Woodpercent:
• Litterpercent:
• StandingDeadpercent:
• Waterpercent:
• Lichenpercent:
• Mosspercent:
• Otherpercent:
• Scatpercent: