Plant presence and percent cover (DP1.10058.001)

Up to thirty Distributed Plots and three Tower Plots are measured at each site. Plots are sampled annually at most sites to correspond with peak greenness, and twice a year at select sites with bimodal peaks in greenness and species composition. The multi-scale plot design is consistent with methods of the Carolina Vegetation Project. The files provided with this data product also include records of plant vouchers and foliar tissue for analyses by the ecological community that are stored at external archives, and a table to facilitate the resolution of species not identified when encountered in the field during observation and data entry.