PVC01 Plant species composition on selected watersheds at Konza Prairie

Short name:

PVC01

Abstract:

Canopy coverage and frequency of plant species were estimated visually in 20 circular 10 sq m plots. Six treatments were sampled, three ungrazed and three to be grazed (in the future) by native grazers (bison). In each case, one of the three watersheds was unburned, another burned annually in April, and the third burned every four years in April. In each treatment two soils were sampled: a lower slope deep fertile non-rocky soil (Tully silty clay loam) and a shallow rocky soil (Florence cherty silt loam) on level to gently sloping ridges.

DOI: 10.6073/pasta/4a46fd521b164e8247aace04c4c06fb3 (link is external)

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Citation Suggestion:

Hartnett, D. C., Ratajczak, Z. . 2023. PVC01 Plant species composition on selected watersheds at Konza Prairie . Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4a46fd521b164e8247aace04c4c06fb3. (link is external)

Data set ID:

EML revision ID:

Data sources:

PVC011.csv

Variables:

DataCode

Label:
Definition: Dataset code
Type: Nominal
Missing values: None specified

RecType

Label:
Definition: Record type
Type: Physical quantity
Unit: number
Maximum: Not specified
Minimum: Not specified
Precision: Not specified
Missing values: None specified

RecYear

Label:
Definition: Year of record
Type: Physical quantity
Unit: Year (YYYY)
Maximum: Not specified
Minimum: Not specified
Precision: Not specified
Missing values: None specified

RecMonth

Label:
Definition: Month of record
Type: Physical quantity
Unit: number
Maximum: Not specified
Minimum: Not specified
Precision: Not specified
Missing values: None specified

RecDay

Label:
Definition: Day of record
Type: Physical quantity
Unit: number
Maximum: Not specified
Minimum: Not specified
Precision: Not specified
Missing values: None specified

Watershed

Label:
Definition: Watershed of treatment
Type: Nominal
Missing values: None specified

SoilType

Label:
Definition: Soil type in which data were collected
Type: Nominal
Missing values: None specified

SpeCode

Label:
Definition: Species code
Type: Physical quantity
Unit: number
Maximum: Not specified
Minimum: Not specified
Precision: Not specified
Missing values: None specified

Ab_genus

Label:
Definition: Abbreviation of genus
Type: Nominal
Missing values: None specified

AB_species

Label:
Definition: Abbreviation of species
Type: Nominal
Missing values: None specified

Ab_variety

Label:
Definition: Abbreviation of variety
Type: Nominal
Missing values: None specified

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 1 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 2 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 3 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 4 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 5 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 6 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 7 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 8 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 9 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P10

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 10 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P11

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 11 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P12

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 12 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P13

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 13 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P14

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 14 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P15

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 15 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P16

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 16 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P17

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 17 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P18

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 18 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P19

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 19 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

P20

Label:
Definition: cover class in plot number 20 of transect
Type: Code list
Codes:
- 1 = 0-1% cover
- 2 = 2-5% cover
- 3 = 5-25% cover
- 4 = 25-50% cover
- 5 = 50-75% cover
- 6 = 75-95% cover
- 7 = 95-100% cover
Missing values:
- blank = Missing or Not Measured

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Core Areas:

Konza Keywords:

Taxa:

Level:

Division (botany)

Scientific Name:

Chenopodium standleyanum

Common Name:

Woodland Goosefoot

Taxonomic Authority:

http://itis.gov (link is external)

Hide Dates

Date Range:

Wednesday, April 1, 1981 to Tuesday, September 29, 1981

Publication Date:

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

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Owner/Creator:

Dr. David C. Hartnett

Dr. Zak Ratajczak

Metadata provider:

Konza LTER

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Purpose:

To record differences in plant species composition due to burning and soil effects

Methods:

Location of Sampling Stations: 20 plots each 10 m² in Tully and Florence soils in 000B, N00D, 001D, N01B, 004B, N04D (1981)

Frequency of Sampling: In each of the 12 soil-treatment areas one 45 x 36 m quadrant was established that was divided into eighty 4.5 x 4.5 m plots. Twenty of these plots were randomly chosen to be sampled.

Variable Measured: Date, location, soil, species.

Methods: In each plot the area occupied by the canopy (the area enclosed by lines connecting the canopy extremities) is recorded by use of size classes: 0-1, 1-5, 5-25, 25-50, 50-75, 75-95, and 95-100%.

For list of Species codes used, please check species list (PDF), (link is external)or species list in Excel version (link is external)

For the PVC Experiment Map, please check PVC map (link is external)

For additional metadata information see: http://lter.konza.ksu.edu/sites/default/files/DC.pdf (link is external)

For additional methods information see: http://lter.konza.ksu.edu/sites/default/files/MM.pdf (link is external)

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