Description: This table includes site characteristics, field notes and data management notes for each monitoring plot. It also includes Target Ecosystem, walking directions to the plot, a plot description, as well as the year first monitored and last visited. Summary ecological metrics based off of the last or most recent plot visit, such as species richness and cover, are also found in this table. Other tables can be related to this table using the plot ID, visit ID, date, year, park name or GSP zone name.
Copyright Text: Seattle Parks and Recreation
Green Seattle Partnership
Urban Forestry
Description: The Visit Summary table includes descriptive statistics and other information that can be used for planning field work or evaluating data quality on a per-visit basis. Each row corresponds to an individual monitoring visit.
Copyright Text: Seattle Parks and Recreation
Green Seattle Partnership
Urban Forestry
TIER (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Monitoring Protocol Tier, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 150, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [Tier-1 (partial tree inventory): measure attributes of regenerating trees only (DBH < 5”): Tier-1 (partial tree inventory): measure attributes of regenerating trees only (DBH < 5”)], [Tier-2 (full tree inventory): measure attributes of all trees, as well as all coarse woody debris and all snags.: Tier-2 (full tree inventory): measure attributes of all trees, as well as all coarse woody debris and all snags.])
Description: This table includes the physical dimensions, miscellaneous observations, field notes and data management notes for trees, snags, and coarse woody debris. Each row represents an individual tree, snag or piece of coarse woody debris observed during a plot visit. The table can be related to other tables using the plot ID or visit ID. The species code can be used to relate this table to the species names table.Originally, the monitoring protocol did not require heights or diameters to be measured for regenerating trees when the tier 1 monitoring protocol was used; instead, they were tallied by species. Eventually the protocol was revised to specify that surveyors measure heights and diameter for all trees regardless of the protocol tier. Note that missing values were imputed for these metrics during the QAQC procedure.
Copyright Text: Seattle Parks and Recreation
Green Seattle Partnership
Urban Forestry
Description: This table includes cover abundance, field notes and data management notes for understory plant species. Each row represents an individual species observed during a plot visit. The table can be related to other tables using the plot ID or visit ID. The species code can be used to relate the table to the species names table. Originally, the monitoring protocol used categorical cover-abundance scales based on the Braun-Blanquet cover-class method, with the percentage cover later calculated using the mid-point of the cover class. Eventually the protocol was revised to specify that surveyors estimate precise visual estimates of cover-abundance to the nearest 1%. For mapping mid-point values to the corresponding cover class, see the cover class key.
Copyright Text: Seattle Parks and Recreation
Green Seattle Partnership
Urban Forestry