Natural Pineland Habitat Florida 2003

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title: Natural Pineland Habitat Florida 2003

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://research.myfwc.com/>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set was originally part of a raster data set called "terr_sub" used in the CWCS Strategy. "Terr_sub" was reclassified from the 2003 Landcover data set.
This class represents a subset of the Pinelands class in the FWC 2003 Florida Vegetation and Land Cover. Areas identified as Tree Plantations on private lands (using the Water Managmement Districts Land Use Land Cover data)were removed from the Pineland class of the FWC 2003 data. Additionally, pine rocklands were removed and put into a distinct category. The remaining Pinelands were classified as Natural Pinelands. This category includes natural pine forests, excluding pine rocklands, sandhills, and sand pine scrub, which are listed as separate categories. Natural Pineland habitats include mesic, hydric and scrubby flatwoods, and upland pine forests. Before human settlement, much of north and central Florida was covered by Natural Pineland. Much of this habitat type has been altered by humans as a result of conversion to agriculture and pine plantations, alteration of fire regimes, and introduced species. Pine flatwoods occur on flat sandy terrain where the overstory is characterized by longleaf pine, slash pine, or pond pine. The type of pineland habitat present is usually related to soil differences and small variations in topography. Hydroperiod is an important factor determining what kind of pineland is represented. Generally, flatwoods dominated by longleaf pine occur on well-drained sites while pond pine-dominated sites occur in poorly drained areas, and slash pinedominated sites occupy intermediate or moderately moist areas. The understory and ground cover within these three communities are somewhat similar and include several common species such as saw palmetto, gallberry, wax myrtle, and a wide variety of grasses and herbs. Generally, wiregrass and runner oak dominate longleaf pine sites; fetterbush and bay trees are found in pond pine areas, while saw palmetto, gallberry, and rusty lyonia occupy slash pine flatwoods sites. Scrubby flatwoods habitat typically occurs on drier ridges, many of which formed originally on or near old coastal dunes. Longleaf pine or slash pine dominates the overstory, whereas the ground cover is similar to that present in xeric oak scrub habitat. Cypress domes, bay heads, titi swamps, and freshwater marshes are commonly interspersed in isolated depressions throughout natural pineland habitats.

Purpose: To represent natural pinelands in Florida.

Supplemental_Information:

Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.639218

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.875631

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.042598

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.625337

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Theme

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: remote sensing

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Habitat

Theme_Keyword: uplands

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Regions

Place_Keyword: North Central

Place_Keyword: Northeast

Place_Keyword: Northwest

Place_Keyword: South

Place_Keyword: Southwest

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Florida Counties

Place_Keyword: Alachua

Place_Keyword: Baker

Place_Keyword: Bay

Place_Keyword: Bradford

Place_Keyword: Brevard

Place_Keyword: Broward

Place_Keyword: Calhoun

Place_Keyword: Charlotte

Place_Keyword: Citrus

Place_Keyword: Clay

Place_Keyword: Collier

Place_Keyword: Columbia

Place_Keyword: Dade

Place_Keyword: De Soto

Place_Keyword: Dixie

Place_Keyword: Duval

Place_Keyword: Escambia

Place_Keyword: Flagler

Place_Keyword: Franklin

Place_Keyword: Gadsden

Place_Keyword: Gilchrist

Place_Keyword: Glades

Place_Keyword: Gulf

Place_Keyword: Hamilton

Place_Keyword: Hardee

Place_Keyword: Hendry

Place_Keyword: Hernando

Place_Keyword: Highlands

Place_Keyword: Hillsborough

Place_Keyword: Holmes

Place_Keyword: Indian River

Place_Keyword: Jackson

Place_Keyword: Jefferson

Place_Keyword: Lafayette

Place_Keyword: Lake

Place_Keyword: Lee

Place_Keyword: Leon

Place_Keyword: Levy

Place_Keyword: Liberty

Place_Keyword: Madison

Place_Keyword: Manatee

Place_Keyword: Marion

Place_Keyword: Martin

Place_Keyword: Monroe

Place_Keyword: Nassau

Place_Keyword: Okaloosa

Place_Keyword: Okeechobee

Place_Keyword: Orange

Place_Keyword: Osceloa

Place_Keyword: Palm Beach

Place_Keyword: Pasco

Place_Keyword: Pinellas

Place_Keyword: Polk

Place_Keyword: Putnam

Place_Keyword: Santa Rosa

Place_Keyword: Sarasota

Place_Keyword: Seminole

Place_Keyword: St. Johns

Place_Keyword: St. Lucie

Place_Keyword: Sumter

Place_Keyword: Suwannee

Place_Keyword: Taylor

Place_Keyword: Union

Place_Keyword: Volusia

Place_Keyword: Wakulla

Place_Keyword: Walton

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Water Management Districts

Place_Keyword: Northwest Florida

Place_Keyword: South Florida

Place_Keyword: Southwest Florida

Place_Keyword: St. Johns River

Place_Keyword: Suwannee River

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Place

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: statewide

Access_Constraints:

Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.

Use_Constraints:

Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

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Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC

Security_Classification: Available without restriction

Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

In the source data set all attribute values fall within defined values. The vectorized data set was compared to the source to make sure that the area represented matched.

Completeness_Report:

The source data was visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges and all pixel cells were classified. The vectorized data set was compared to the source to make sure that the area represented matched.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This data set was originally part of a raster data set called "terr_sub" used in the CWCS Strategy. "Terr_sub" was reclassified from the 2003 Landcover data set so that areas identified as Tree Plantations on private lands (using the Water Management Districts Land Use Land Cover data) were removed from the Pineland class of the FWC 2003 data and classified as Commercial Pinelands.
Natural Pinelands category was reselected from the full "terr_sub" raster dataset using ArcGIS 9.1 Spatial Analyst, and converted from raster to vector without generalizing the polygons.

Process_Date: 200709

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2499473

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

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Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

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Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

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Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: FMRI.natural_pineland_poly

Entity_Type_Definition: Natural pinelands in Florida.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GRIDCODE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute_Definition: Polygon area

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Software generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute_Definition: Polygon perimeter

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Software generated

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

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Distribution_Liability:

This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20081029

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

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