Plant Biodiversity and Abiotic Condition Data
Clear-cut
* - Unique to forest or clearcut
! = Invasive
Total species richness: 8 (Gamma diversity)
Observances: High ground coverage, lots of overlapping plants, large sky view factor, more diverse moss growth.
Area 1 - South ClearCut
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Species:
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Salal (high abundance)
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Bracken fern (Unhealthy high abundance) *
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Western Hemlock*
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Hardhack*
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Douglas Fir*
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Trailing blackberry*
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Alpha diversity = 6
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Abiotic Condition:
Temperature: 10.8 °C
Light Intensity: 714 Lux
Humidity: 88%
Area 2 - North ClearCut
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Species:
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Bracken fern (“) *
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Salal (“)
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Bunchberry dogwood*
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Hardhack*
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Unknown (Similar to white birch)*
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Alpha diversity = 5
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​Abiotic Condition:
Temperature: 9.4°C
Light Intensity: 623 Lux
Humidity: 88%
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Forest
Total species richness: 6 (Gamma diversity)
Comments: low ground coverage, smaller sky view factor, large trees overhead, more uniform moss growth (1-2 species), presence of different species on fungi, including mushroom and lichen.
Area 3 - Edge forest
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Species:
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Salal
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Spiny wood fern*
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Red huckleberry*
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Sword fern*
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Alpha diversity = 4
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Abiotic Condition:
Temperature: 8.3 °C
Light Intensity: 41 Lux
Humidity: 88%
Area 4 - Deep Forest
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Species:
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Red huckleberry*
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Salal
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English holly* !
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Spiny wood fern*
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Cascara*
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Alpha diversity = 5
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​Abiotic Condition:
Temperature: 8.2°C
Light Intensity: 68 Lux
Humidity: 88%
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Control Measurement in our car
to test if our sensors are still working after all the measurements
​Abiotic Condition:
Temperature: 17 °C
Light Intensity: N/A
Humidity: 66%