Botany Glen (Plot 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Botany Glen (Plot 1)

Reference: A. L. Stonehouse, K. S. Badger, D. G. Ruch, and P. E. Rothrock. 2003. A floristic inventory and description of the structure and composition of the plant communities of Botany Glen, Grant County, Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 112(2):135-159 [ER 2502]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Indiana


County: Grant


Coordinate: 40.47° N, -85.58° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: an "18 ha parcel" within a 77 ha former "homestead" in "south-central Grant County" within "SE 3 Sec. 11 and NE 3 Sec. 14, R8E, T23N"
the average elevation of the county is "approximately 845 feet" based on Hurst et al. (Soil Survey of Grant County)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: fragment

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 10.5

WMT: 23.4

CMT: -3.1

MAP: 917.0

Dry months: 10

Habitat comments: climate data are for Marion in Grant County and are from Hurst et al. (Soil Survey of Grant County)
MAT, CMT (February), and WMT (July) are 26.4, 74.2, and 50.9ยบ F; MAP Is 36.12 inches; rainfall is more than 3.94 inches (= 100 mm) in May and June only

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 4

Site area: 0.283

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 399 individuals

Years: 2001 - 2002

Size min: 5

Basal area: 29.3

Sampling comments: "four circular subplots arranged linearly with center points 40 m apart" that were sampled "within 15 m of the plot centers" (i.e., a total of 2827.433 m2 was inventoried)

Metadata
Sample number: 2785

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-11-18 10:24:52

Modified: 2017-11-18 00:22:44

Abundance distribution
20 species
10 singletons
total count 399
geometric series index: 45.4
Fisher's α: 4.434
geometric series k: 0.7973
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8537
Shannon's H: 2.0870
Good's u: 0.9749
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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