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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

invasive species, biological soil crusts, fires, shrubland ecosystems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

environment, biota

Other Subject Keywords

Bromus tectorum, Columbia Basin, cheatgrass, Horse Heaven Hills, Washington

Place Keywords

Washington

Biological soil crust and vascular plant data from Horse Heaven Hills, Washington, measured in 1999 and remeasured in 2020

This dataset contains biocrust lichen and moss cover at 186 plots at Horse Heaven Hills in Washington, USA. These data were measured by Jeanne Ponzetti in 1999 and remeasured by Heather Root in 2020. In addition to the biocrust data, we include site data such as elevation, location, wildfire history, and cover classes of dominant plants, rock and soil.

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Author(s) Heather T Root orcid, Bruce McCune orcid, Jeanne M Ponzetti, David A Pyke orcid
Publication Date 2023-08-10
Beginning Date of Data 1999
Ending Date of Data 2020
Data Contact
Heather Root
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QA64QI
Citation Root, H.T., McCune, B., Ponzetti, J.M., and Pyke, D.A., 2023, Biological soil crust and vascular plant data from Horse Heaven Hills, Washington, measured in 1999 and remeasured in 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QA64QI.
Metadata Contact
Heather Root
Metadata Date 2024-09-06
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