Plant Inventory at Bryce Canyon National Park in 1981 - Data Package
In 1981, a plant study was conducted at Bryce Canyon National Park (BRCA) in an effort to try to find the different vegetative type and endemic plants of the BRCA breaks. The vegetation of the study area was surveyed by means of 100 X 100 m2 plots. Plots were subjectively placed in areas of homogeneous vegetation among the clifflike formations. Within each plot, density and basal area of all mature trees, density only of juvenile trees and understory species present were recorded. In an effort to comply with Executive Order 13642, Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information (GPO 2013), almost 40 years after this study ended, the data recorded as a result of the study was digitized, cleaned, and processed in order to become machine readable and accessible to the public.
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| description | In 1981, a plant study was conducted at Bryce Canyon National Park (BRCA) in an effort to try to find the different vegetative type and endemic plants of the BRCA breaks. The vegetation of the study area was surveyed by means of 100 X 100 m2 plots. Plots were subjectively placed in areas of homogeneous vegetation among the clifflike formations. Within each plot, density and basal area of all mature trees, density only of juvenile trees and understory species present were recorded. In an effort to comply with Executive Order 13642, Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information (GPO 2013), almost 40 years after this study ended, the data recorded as a result of the study was digitized, cleaned, and processed in order to become machine readable and accessible to the public. |
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| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2298857 |
| issued | 2025-08-04T00:00:00Z |
| keyword |
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"BRCA",
"Bryce Canyon",
"Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex",
"Utah",
"plants",
"trees",
"vegetation"
]
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| landingPage | https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2298857 |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en |
| modified | 2025-08-04T00:00:00Z |
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| publisher |
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| spatial | -112.2741,37.4421,-112.0832,37.6993 |
| temporal | 1981-06-01/1981-07-05 |
| theme |
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"Data Package"
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| title | Plant Inventory at Bryce Canyon National Park in 1981 - Data Package |
