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Metadata for FIA P3 data on lichen

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2016-08-09
This data describe the abundance of individual lichen species across the U.S. as recorded in the Forest Health and Monitoring dataset of the Forest Inventory and Analysis program (i.e. Phase 3 plots). This dataset is not publicly accessible because: These data are already housed on the USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis site (see below). It can be accessed through the following means: The lichen data for this product are from the USDA Forest Services (USFS) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Phase 3 (P3) dataset - Forest Health and Monitoring. The metadata and database description for the FIA-P3 is here (https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/database-documentation/). The data itself is located at the USFS Data Mart here (https://apps.fs.usda.gov/fia/datamart/CSV/datamart_csv.html) in two files: “LICHEN_PLOT_SUMMARY.zip,” and “LICHEN_VISIT.zip.” Point of contact: Linda Geiser, lgeiser@fs.fed.us. Format: The data are in .csv format.

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