Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) Surveys are a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classification Level 3 intensive site assessment methodology and contains buffered GPS track lines recorded in the field by DNR staff. The survey results included in this layer were collected using the Wisconsin DNR Timed-Meander Sampling Protocol for Wetland FQA (https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wetlands/documents/TimedMeanderSamplingProtocol.pdf) and were completed using the Wisconsin Floristic Quality Assessment Calculator (https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wetlands/documents/WDNR_FQA_CALCULATOR.xlsx). This method allows for an intensive, expert-based, assessment of the floristic quality, or biological condition, of a given wetland plant community. It is based on the assignment of a weighted mean coefficient of conservatism to the vascular plant species found in Wisconsin. The method requires a high degree of plant identification skill to correctly inventory the site. This layer does not include a complete list of plants identified in each survey. This layer is available for download as a shapefile, KML, or spreadsheet from WI DNR's Open Data Portal This dataset was automatically cataloged from the creator's Open Data Portal. In some cases, publication year and bounding coordinates shown here may be incorrect. Additional download formats may be available on the author's website. Please check the 'More details at' link for additional information.
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