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Euphorbia esula, Leafy Spurge, New York State, 2000

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date
200008
Title
Euphorbia esula, Leafy Spurge, New York State, 2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Reston, VA
Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
Online Linkage
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007324
Abstract
Leafy spurge is considered an invasive species which displaces native vegetation in prairie habitats and fields. This data set portrays the county-level distribution of Euphorbia esula (common name - leafy spurge) in the United States of America. These data come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS Database, which is the de facto Federal standard for information about the distribution and nomenclature of U.S. plants.
Purpose
These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. The U.S. Geological Survey assumes no responsibility for the use of these data.
Supplemental Information
These data are primarily derived from examination of herbarium specimens of leafy spurge gathered from several institutions. The essence of each record is the institution where the specimen resides, the state and county where it was collected, and the year of collection. Thus these data are structured to allow an analysis of the spread of this introduced noxious weed over time. Note that there are hundreds of herbaria in the United States, and a relatively small number were consulted to build this data set. For this reason, as well as the general unreliability of county- level distribution data (not all counties have been surveyed with equal effort, not all populations have been found, populations sometimes disappear, and plants sometimes move rapidly or are misidentified), these data can provide only a rough cumulative record of the distribution of this plant. To create maps that are similar to the maps in the National Atlas http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp, wdeupht.dbf can be joined to the 2000 county boundaries available from the National Atlas download page, http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html. For more information on leafy spurge, please see http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=EUES and Integrated Taxonomic Information System http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSNsearch_value=28064
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
Ground condition
Time Period
Beginning
1827
End
1995
Bounding Box
West
-79.142233
East
-73.350824
North
44.992916
South
40.594587
Theme Keyword
Leafy spurge
invasive species
noxious weeds
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
Euphorbia
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
ISO Topic Category
biota
environment
Theme Keyword
biology
environment
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
CUGIR Category
Place Keyword
New York (State)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None. Acknowledgment of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and (or) the National Atlas of the United States of America would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Person
Mark Skinner
Delivery Point
PO Box 74490
City
Baton Rouge
State
LA
Postal Code
70874
Contact Telephone
225-775-6280
Contact Electronic Mail Address
mskinner@npdc.usda.gov
Credit
Dr. Lowell Urbatsch of the Louisiana State University did most of the primary herbarium research for this data set.
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Excel97 converted to dBASE IV for the National Atlas of the United States of America.
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
Data are highly accurate: nearly all herbarium specimens of this taxon are correctly identified, and in general herbarium label information including locality and collection year are correct.
Logical Consistency Report
Database records are checked routinely to ensure data integrity. There has been no statistical analysis or manipulation, other than quality control tests, performed on these data.
Completeness Report
This data set contains information on plant distribution for the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. However, because this taxon does not occur in all these States and territories not all jurisdictions are represented in this data set.
Lineage
Source
Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service National Plant Data Center
Publication Date
1999
Title
PLANTS Database
Type of Source Media
Electronic mail system
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Range of Dates/Times
Beginning Date
1827
Ending Date
1995
Source Currentness Reference
Ground condition
Contribution
Spatial and attribute information
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
18
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000278
Longitude Resolution
0.000278
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
GRS1980
Semi-major Axis
6378137
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
Euphorbia esula plant distribution.
Entity Type Definition
Distribution of Euphorbia esula by U.S. county.
Entity Type Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Attributes
Fips
The State and county FIPS code for the area in which the plant exists. (Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-4, 1990U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
County
The name of the county or county equivalent in which the plant exists. (Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-4, 1990.U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
State
The name of the State in which the plant exists. (Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas, FIPS 5-2, 1987.U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Year
The collection year for the herbarium specimen. (1827 to 1995)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Herbarium
The name of the herbarium where the specimen is kept. (There is no predefined set of valid herbarium names.)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shapefile
Format Name
metadata
Format Name
HTML metadata
Format Name
KML
Format Name
GeoJSON
Format Name
OGC:WMS
Distributor
Albert R. Mann Library
Online Access
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Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/73/24/fgdc.xml
Online Access
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Online Access
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Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wfs?version=1.0.0request=GetFeaturetypeName=cugir007324outputFormat=application%2Fjson
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wms?version=1.1.0request=GetMaplayers=cugir007324bbox=-79.31597527000001,40.46263713,-73.17708173,45.12486587width=256height=194srs=EPSG:4326format=image/png
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20190524
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Albert R. Mann Library
Contact Address
Address
Albert R. Mann Library
City
Ithaca
State or Province
New York
Postal Code
14853
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
607-255-5406
Contact Electronic Mail Address
mann-ref@cornell.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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