fqadata contains regional Floristic Quality Assessment
databases that have been approved or approved with reservations by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Paired with the fqacalc package, these
datasets allow for Floristic Quality Assessment metrics to be
calculated. Both packages were developed for the USACE by the U.S. Army
Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory.
# install the package from CRAN
install.packages("fqadata")You can also install the development version of fqadata from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("EcoModTeam/fqadata")To access the data:
library(fqadata)
#view data set
head(fqa_db)
#> name name_origin acronym
#> 80634 ACORUS CALAMUS accepted_scientific_name ACCA4
#> 80635 ACALYPHA GRACILENS accepted_scientific_name ACGR2
#> 80636 ACALYPHA GRACILENS VAR. DELZII synonym ACGRD
#> 80637 ACALYPHA GRACILENS VAR. FRASERI synonym ACGRF
#> 80638 ACALYPHA VIRGINICA VAR. GRACILENS synonym ACVIG
#> 80639 ACER NEGUNDO accepted_scientific_name ACNE2
#> accepted_scientific_name family nativity c w wetland_indicator
#> 80634 Acorus calamus <NA> introduced 0 -2 OBL
#> 80635 Acalypha gracilens <NA> native 4 0 FAC
#> 80636 Acalypha gracilens <NA> native 4 0 FAC
#> 80637 Acalypha gracilens <NA> native 4 0 FAC
#> 80638 Acalypha gracilens <NA> native 4 0 FAC
#> 80639 Acer negundo <NA> native 4 0 FAC
#> physiognomy duration common_name
#> 80634 forb perennial Single-Vein Sweetflag
#> 80635 forb annual Slender Threeseed Mercury
#> 80636 forb annual Slender Threeseed Mercury
#> 80637 forb annual Slender Threeseed Mercury
#> 80638 forb annual Slender Threeseed Mercury
#> 80639 tree perennial Boxelder
#> fqa_db
#> 80634 appalachian_mountains_2013
#> 80635 appalachian_mountains_2013
#> 80636 appalachian_mountains_2013
#> 80637 appalachian_mountains_2013
#> 80638 appalachian_mountains_2013
#> 80639 appalachian_mountains_2013You can also access metadata about each database
#view metadata
head(fqa_citations)
#> fqa_db recommended notes
#> 1 appalachian_mountains_2013 YES Wetlands Only
#> 2 atlantic_coastal_pine_barrens_2018 Yes, with reservations <NA>
#> 3 chicago_region_2017 YES <NA>
#> 4 coastal_plain_southeast_2013 YES Wetlands Only
#> 5 colorado_2020 YES <NA>
#> 6 dakotas_excluding_black_hills_2017 Previously Certified <NA>
#> citation
#> 1 Gianopulos, K. 2014. Coefficient of Conservatism Database Development for Wetland Plants\nOccurring in the Southeast United States. NC Dept. of Envir. Quality, Div. of Water Resources: Wetlands Branch. Report to the EPA.
#> 2 Faber-Langendoen, D., Cameron, D., Gilman, A. V., Metzler, K. J., Ring, R. M., & Sneddon, L. (2019). Development of an Ecoregional Floristic Quality Assessment Method for the Northeastern United States. Northeastern Naturalist, 26(3), 593-608.
#> 3 Herman, B., Sliwinski, R. and S. Whitaker. 2017. Chicago Region FQA (Floristic Quality Assessment) Calculator. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, IL.
#> 4 Gianopulos, K. 2014. Coefficient of Conservatism Database Development for Wetland Plants Occurring in the Southeast United States. NC Dept. of Envir. Quality, Div. of Water Resources: Wetlands Branch. Report to the EPA.
#> 5 Smith, P., G. Doyle, and J. Lemly. 2020. Revision of Colorado's Floristic Quality Assessment\nIndices. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
#> 6 The Northern Great Plains Floristic Quality Assessment Panel. 2001. Coefficients of conservatism for the vascular flora of the Dakotas and adjacent grasslands. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2001-0001, 32 p.