Attachment 3 - Metadata Standards.pdf

Vernal Field Office BLM Special Status Plant, and Noxious Weed Inventory and Survey Statement of Work – FY

2021. Submitted by: Range and Botany Resources

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ATTACHMENT 3

VERNAL FIELD OFFICE BLM SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES AND NOXIOUS WEED

INVENTORY AND SURVEY STATEMENT OF WORK FY 2021

METADATA STANDARDS WILL BE AS STATED BELOW

FIELD DATA COLLECTION

Survey Polygon Mapping

During the inventory survey, a polygon of the surveyed area must be collected. The following attributes must be included in the metadata for surveyed area polygons:

✓ SURVEYOR (text, 50) Name of person/company/organization who collected datum

✓ SURV_DATE (date, 8) Date datum was collected

✓ PROJECT (text, 50) Name of applicable project or general area surveyed

✓ PERCENT HABITAT (short int, 8) Approximate percentage of suitable habitat within surveyed area

✓ SPECIES (string, 100) Symbol or Latin name of species surveyed

✓ SURVEY TYPE (string, 50) Type of survey completed o Values:

▪ Inventory

▪ Clearance

▪ Spot check

▪ Habitat Assessment

Negative Survey Data

During the inventory survey, polygon data should be collected of any surveyed areas of suitable habitat that are currently unoccupied. Negative survey data should be collected including the following attributes in the metadata:

✓ SURVEYOR (text, 50) Name of person/company/organization who collected datum

✓ SURV_DATE (date, 8) Date datum was collected

✓ PROJECT (text, 50) Name of applicable project or general area surveyed

✓ SPECIES_NP (string, 100) Symbol or Latin name of species not present

✓ COMMENTS (text, 100) Comments

Plant Point Data

During the inventory survey, point data should be collected when special status plant species are identified. Point data should include at least one individual plant, and data should be collected for all plants of the applicable species within a 3 meter (m) radius. A single point can be recorded for all plants within the 3 m radius. Metadata must be included with the data. The following attributes must be included in the metadata:

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✓ SYMBOL (text, 12) Four letter plant code (first two letters of the genus and of the specific epithet)

✓ LATIN_NAME (text, 50) Latin plant name

✓ COMMON_NAME (text, 50) Common plant name

✓ STATUS (text, 20) Status of the plant o Values:

▪ Bureau-sensitive

▪ Candidate

▪ Endangered

▪ Forest-sensitive

▪ Monument-sensitive

▪ non-status

▪ not listed

▪ potential status

▪ Threatened

✓ SURVEYOR (text, 50) Name of person/company/organization who collected datum

✓ SURV_DATE (date, 8) Date datum was collected

✓ METHOD (text, 10) Data collection method o Values

▪ TD = Tablet Digitized

▪ HD = Heads-up Digitized on-screen

▪ GPS1 = High accuracy GPS unit < 1 meter accuracy

▪ GPS2 = Resource grade GPS unit 1-5 meter accuracy

▪ GPS3 = Recreation grade GPS unit > 5 meter accuracy

▪ OTH = Other

✓ ACCURACY (text, 10) Estimated or known accuracy of the datum

✓ PLANTS (number) Number of plants the point represents

The following additional fields are optional, and may be included with the required attribute data:

✓ SEEDLING/JUVENILE/VEGETATIVE/FLOWERING/FRUITING (number) Number of plants in each stage class at that location, if collected

✓ NUMBER ALIVE (number) Number of living plants at that point location

✓ NUMBER DEAD (number) Number of dead plants at that point location; if number of dead and alive plants are not reported, we will assume that the number reported in the “PLANTS” field are all alive

✓ COMMENTS (text, 100) Comments

SPECIFIC TO NOXIOUS WEEDS:

Weed Survey Polygon Mapping

During the inventory survey, a polygon of the surveyed area must be collected. The following attributes must be included in the metadata for surveyed area polygons:

✓ SURVEYOR (text, 50) Name of person/company/organization who collected datum

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✓ SURV_DATE (date, 8) Date datum was collected

✓ PROJECT (text, 50) Name of applicable project or general area surveyed

✓ PERCENT INFESTATION (short int, 8) Approximate percentage of weed infestation within surveyed area (1-25%, 26-50%, 51-75%, 76-100%)

✓ SPECIES (string, 100) Symbol or Latin name of species surveyed

✓ SURVEY TYPE (string, 50) Type of survey completed o Values:

▪ Inventory

Plant Point Data

During the inventory survey, point data should be collected when noxious plant species are identified.

The following attributes must be included in the metadata:

✓ SYMBOL (text, 12) Four letter plant code (first two letters of the genus and of the specific epithet)

✓ LATIN_NAME (text, 50) Latin plant name

✓ COMMON_NAME (text, 50) Common plant name

✓ STATUS (text, 20) Status of the plant o Values:

▪ Noxious

▪ Invasive

✓ SURVEYOR (text, 50) Name of person/company/organization who collected datum

✓ SURV_DATE (date, 8) Date datum was collected

✓ METHOD (text, 10) Data collection method o Values

▪ TD = Tablet Digitized

▪ HD = Heads-up Digitized on-screen

▪ GPS1 = High accuracy GPS unit < 1 meter accuracy

▪ GPS2 = Resource grade GPS unit 1-5 meter accuracy

▪ GPS3 = Recreation grade GPS unit > 5 meter accuracy

▪ OTH = Other

✓ ACCURACY (text, 10) Estimated or known accuracy of the datum

✓ PLANTS (number) Number of plants the point represents