About this Dataset

Data Package: Terrestrial Vegetation Monitoring In National Parks Of The Southeast Coast Network, 2019-2023

Vegetation communities serve as the foundation of habitat for many species, function as a carbon sink, produce oxygen, cycle nutrients and energy, improve water quality, and moderate flooding/erosion. Given the widespread anthropogenic influences in Southeast Coast Network parks and the importance of vegetation communities, quantifying trends in species diversity and forest regeneration is vital to understanding ecological processes and identifying stressors and their impacts. Evaluating trends in vegetation and environmental attributes provides measures for assessing the ecological integrity and sustainability of park’s terrestrial vegetation and identifies potential management activities on our park lands. The National Park Service Omnibus Management Act of 1998 and other reinforcing policies and regulations require park managers to establish baseline information and to provide information on the long-term trends in the condition of National Park System resources (Title II, Sec. 204). The data summarized herein is a tool to assist managers in fulfilling this mandate.
Organization: Department of the Interior
Last updated: 2025-09-14T20:31:41.018468
Tags: database, forest-health, ms-access, terrestrial-vegetation, vegetation-plot

Tables

Canopy

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.canopy

22.86 kB
8,080 rows
10 columns

CREATE TABLE canopy (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "module" BIGINT,
  "cardinal_direction" VARCHAR,
  "canopy_cover" BIGINT
);

Community

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.community

31.2 kB
793 rows
13 columns

CREATE TABLE community (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "community_name" VARCHAR,
  "common_name" VARCHAR,
  "translated_name" VARCHAR,
  "community_code" VARCHAR,
  "community_level" VARCHAR,
  "classification_notes" VARCHAR
);

Disturbance

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.disturbance

15.99 kB
564 rows
11 columns

CREATE TABLE disturbance (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "disturbance_type" VARCHAR,
  "other_type" VARCHAR,
  "observed" BOOLEAN,
  "cover_percent" BIGINT
);

Diversity

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.diversity

211.21 kB
15,575 rows
21 columns

CREATE TABLE diversity (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "taxon_observed" VARCHAR,
  "id_confidence" VARCHAR,
  "cover_class_module_1" BIGINT,
  "cover_class_module_2" BIGINT,
  "cover_class_module_3" BIGINT,
  "cover_class_module_4" BIGINT,
  "presence_module_1_corner_2" VARCHAR,
  "presence_module_1_corner_4" VARCHAR,
  "presence_module_2_corner_2" VARCHAR,
  "presence_module_2_corner_3" VARCHAR,
  "presence_module_3_corner_2" VARCHAR,
  "presence_module_3_corner_4" VARCHAR,
  "presence_module_4_corner_2" VARCHAR,
  "presence_module_4_corner_3" VARCHAR
);

Event

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26.45 kB
505 rows
14 columns

CREATE TABLE event (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "dpl" VARCHAR,
  "water_on_plot" VARCHAR,
  "submerged_percent" VARCHAR,
  "canopy_height_1" BIGINT,
  "canopy_height_2" BIGINT,
  "canopy_height_3" BIGINT,
  "plot_layout_notes" VARCHAR
);

Plots

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.plots

28.54 kB
409 rows
25 columns

CREATE TABLE plots (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "terrain_complexity" VARCHAR,
  "slope" VARCHAR,
  "aspect" VARCHAR,
  "landform" VARCHAR,
  "topography" VARCHAR,
  "tsi_aspect" VARCHAR,
  "tsi_45" VARCHAR,
  "tsi_90" VARCHAR,
  "tsi_135" VARCHAR,
  "tsi_180" VARCHAR,
  "tsi_225" VARCHAR,
  "tsi_270" VARCHAR,
  "tsi_315" VARCHAR,
  "broad_habitat_type_code" VARCHAR,
  "broad_habitat_type_name" VARCHAR,
  "physiognomy" VARCHAR,
  "declination" BIGINT,
  "environment_notes" VARCHAR
);

Seedling Sapling

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.seedling_sapling

75.79 kB
12,064 rows
18 columns

CREATE TABLE seedling_sapling (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "module" BIGINT,
  "corner" BIGINT,
  "taxon_observed" VARCHAR,
  "seedling_ht_5_15" VARCHAR,
  "seedling_ht_15_30" VARCHAR,
  "seedling_ht_30_50" VARCHAR,
  "seedling_ht_50_137" VARCHAR,
  "sapling_dbh_0_1" VARCHAR,
  "sapling_dbh_1_2_5" VARCHAR,
  "sapling_dbh_2_5_5" VARCHAR,
  "sapling_dbh_5_10" VARCHAR
);

Soil

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.soil

54.23 kB
386 rows
29 columns

CREATE TABLE soil (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "collected_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "tec" DOUBLE,
  "ph" DOUBLE,
  "organicmatter_percent" DOUBLE,
  "nitrogenrelease_nperacre" BIGINT,
  "sulfur_ppm" BIGINT,
  "phosphorus_ppm" BIGINT,
  "phosphorous_brayii_ppm" DOUBLE,
  "calcium_ppm" BIGINT,
  "magnesium_ppm" BIGINT,
  "potassium_ppm" BIGINT,
  "sodium_ppm" BIGINT,
  "calcium_percent" DOUBLE,
  "magnesium_percent" DOUBLE,
  "potassium_percent" DOUBLE,
  "sodium_percent" DOUBLE,
  "otherbases_percent" DOUBLE,
  "hydrogen_percent" DOUBLE,
  "boron_ppm" DOUBLE,
  "iron_ppm" BIGINT,
  "manganese_ppm" DOUBLE,
  "copper_ppm" DOUBLE,
  "zinc_ppm" DOUBLE,
  "aluminum_ppm" DOUBLE
);

Table 2

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.table_2

15.28 kB
1,372 rows
10 columns

CREATE TABLE table_2 (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "transect" BIGINT,
  "diameter" BIGINT,
  "decay_class" BIGINT
);

Trees

@usgov.doi_gov_data_package_terrestrial_vegetation_monitoring_d309ad0b.trees

60.7 kB
7,133 rows
22 columns

CREATE TABLE trees (
  "park_name" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_name" VARCHAR,
  "subunit_code" VARCHAR,
  "plot_id" VARCHAR,
  "event_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "event_type" VARCHAR,
  "module" BIGINT,
  "tree_number" BIGINT,
  "taxon_observed" VARCHAR,
  "dbh" VARCHAR,
  "status_code" BIGINT,
  "status_name" VARCHAR,
  "crown_code" VARCHAR,
  "crown_name" VARCHAR,
  "vigor_code" VARCHAR,
  "vigor_name" VARCHAR,
  "dieback_code" VARCHAR,
  "dieback_name" VARCHAR,
  "dead_tree_decay_class" VARCHAR,
  "snag_height" VARCHAR,
  "condition_damage_code_1" VARCHAR
);