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Regional Floristic Quality Assessment Databases
Description
A data set containing regional Floristic Quality Assessment databases.
Each of these databases has been approved or approved with reservations for use
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Paired with the fqacalc R package, these
data sets allow for Floristic Quality Assessment metrics to be calculated.
Usage
fqa_db
Format
A data frame
- name
Latin name for species, either accepted name or synonym
- name_origin
Indicates if the name is the accepted scientific name or a synonym
- acronym
A unique acronym for each species. Not always consistent between FQA databases
- accepted_scientific_name
The accepted botanical nomenclature
- family
Taxonomic family of species
- nativity
Nativity status. Native, introduced, and undetermined are possible values
- c
Coefficient of Conservatism (C Value)
- w
Wetness Coefficient
- wetland_indicator
Wetland indicator status
- physiognomy
Structure or physical appearance of species
- duration
Lifespan of species
- common_name
Common name(s) for species
- fqa_db
Regional FQA database
Source
See fqa_citations