Station FLE04524-420

Olsen: 420

Water Conservation Area 2 (WCA2)
FIU Station: 235

Panel: RegularSeason: Fall
BioChem Date/Time: 2005-11-16 11:05:00
BioChem Crew:
Plants Date: 2005-12-07Aquatic Date:

SB SB
Location NAD83NAD27
Latitude26.351853 
Longitude-80.388525 
UTM Y (northing) 29145912914795
UTM X (easting) 560991561012

Comments:

Basic

ItemValueDescription
Cycle7sampling cycle number
Station235sampling station numbers, unique for 2005, assigned by EPA to the Olsen site numbers; many of the FIU researchers use these numbers as their sample identifiers
PlantDate2005-12-07Plant collection date

ItemValue 1Value 2Value 3AverageUnitsDescription

BioChemistry

A G SC
ItemValueUnitsQProtocolDescription

Plants

A A

All sites sampled had 1 transect that ran south to north, with the southern end sampled 5 m due west of the biogeochemical sampling point. If a second “habitat type”, as based on visual assessment of the botanist in the crew, was located within a 50 m radius of the first sampling point, a second transect was done in that habitat.

Left Panorama

LP4 LP3 LP2 LP1

Right Panorama

RP1 RP2 RP3 RP4

Transects

PT

The number in each plant column records the number of quarter-meter-squared quadrats in 5 (1-meter-squared) quadrats in which that species was found at any given site.The 5 (1-meter-squared) quadrats were distributed to the right and left every 2 m along the 10 m transect.If the plant was not present, the cell has a 0;if the plant was present in every quarter-meter-squared quadrat, the number in the cell is 20.

ItemTransect 1Transect 2FamilyScientific NameCommon Name
SarcClau1AsclepiadaceaeSarcostemma clausumWhitevine, White twinevine
MikaScan1AsteraceaeMikania scandensClimbing hempweed, Climbing hempvine
CladJama8CyperaceaeCladium jamaicenseSaw-grass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass
PolyHydr4PolygonaceaePolygonum hydropiperoidesMild water-pepper, Swamp smartweed
AcroDana1PteridaceaeAcrostichum danaeifoliumGiant leather fern
TyphDomi20TyphaceaeTypha domingensisSouthern cat-tail
MISC Flags

Exotics

In the 2005 R-EMAP sampling invasive exotic plant species were surveyed in two ways. The first survey was done on the helicopter fly-in to the GPS site and covered the general area of the site, while the second was a 360° site survey from the helicopter pontoons after landing and covered the immediate area of the site. In the aerial (A) helicopter survey we looked for the presence of six invasive exotic species (Casuarina spp., Lygodium microphyllum, Melaleuca quinquenervia, Neyraudia reynaudiana, Pennisetum purpureum and Schinus terebinthefolius), as well as the presence of cattail (Typha domingensis). In the survey from the helicopter floats (F) we recorded the presence of any exotic seen; the only additional exotic species observed from the floats was Salvinia minima. In both surveys we recorded the presence of species and quantified their abundance using categories for the number of individuals. The categories used were 0 (i.e., not present), 1 individual, 2 - 10 individuals, and > 10. We did not find Neyraudia reynaudiana at any site, so this species was not included in the database.

ItemAbundanceScientific NameSource
CasuSp_A0Casuarina speciesaerial fly-in
CasuSp_F0Casuarina speciesfloats
LygoMicr_A0Lygodium microphyllumaerial fly-in
LygoMicr_F0Lygodium microphyllumfloats
MelaQuin_A0Melaleuca quinquenerviaaerial fly-in
MelaQuin_F0Melaleuca quinquenerviafloats
PennPurp_A0Pennisetum purpureumaerial fly-in
PennPurp_F0Pennisetum purpureumfloats
SalvMini_F0Salvinia minimafloats
SchiTere_A0Schinus terebinthefoliusaerial fly-in
TyphDomi_A> 10Typha domingensisaerial fly-in
TyphDomi_F> 10Typha domingensisfloats

Vegetation Map