Vegetation Community Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure 8: Processing Unknown Specimens, version 1.1
Leis SA, DeBacker MD, Morrison LW, Rowell GA, Haack JL. 2025. Vegetation Community Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure 8: Processing Unknown Specimens, version 1.1. HTLN
This SOP was formerly included with the herbaceous data collection SOP. We have separated it to increase utility and clarity. This SOP provides guidance for the process of collecting and/or recording unknown specimens encountered during plant community monitoring. Unknown specimens can be encountered while collecting ground flora data, tree regeneration data, or overstory tree data.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Leis, Sherry; DeBacker, Mike; Morrison, Lloyd; Rowell, Gareth; Haack, Jennifer
- Date of Issue
- 2025-02
- Publisher
- HTLN
- Units
- EFMO , GWCA , HEHO , HOME , HOSP , HTLN , LIBO , PERI , PIPE , TAPR , WICR
- Keywords
- fire ecology, monitoring, oak woodland, plant community, procedure, tallgrass prairie, vegetation, woodland
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex