VegBranch Loading Tables Overview -- Stem Classes (E2)
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| Summary: | Stem data in size classes and DBH lists |
| Description: | Stem Data arranged in size classes (tally the number of stems in each class) and/or lists of stem DBH's (values separated by commas) |
| Required in VegBranch: | Not required. |
| Represents VegBank Tables: | stemCount |
| VegBranch can generate for you: | no |
| Questions: | Did you use stem size classes to count stems or have lists of stem DBH's? |
| Expertise Level: | basic |
Fields (Columns) in this table:
| » Required fields; you should always fill in values for these: | ||
| AuthorPlotCode Text (100) |
Author's Plot number/code, or the original plot number if taken from literature. This "points" to the right plot in the Plot Data Loading Table. | |
| PLANTCode Text (255) |
A code that refers to a plant concept. This code may be found in the Species List loading table. It may also link directly to a name in the vegbank module. For this reason, a species list loading table is not necessary, if your plants can be found in the vegbank module. Rules for how plant codes are looked up in the vegbank module may be found in the Translate Data Form, on the step where VegBranch matches your plants to VegBank plants. | |
| » Best Practice fields: | ||
| tally1 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| list1 Memo |
a list of DBH's (in cm) that apply to this plot-plant-stratum, separated by commas | |
| » Commonly used fields: | ||
| tally2 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally3 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally4 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally5 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally6 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally7 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally8 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally9 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally10 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally11 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally12 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally13 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally14 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| tally15 Double |
the number of stems that are in this plot-plant-stratum of a particular size class. Size classes defined with tallyDefn field in other records in this table. | |
| list2 Memo |
a list of DBH's (in cm) that apply to this plot-plant-stratum, separated by commas | |
| list3 Memo |
a list of DBH's (in cm) that apply to this plot-plant-stratum, separated by commas | |
| list4 Memo |
a list of DBH's (in cm) that apply to this plot-plant-stratum, separated by commas | |
| list5 Memo |
a list of DBH's (in cm) that apply to this plot-plant-stratum, separated by commas | |
| » Sometimes used fields: | ||
| stratumIndex Text (50) |
OPTIONAL. References a StratumIndex (1-9) in Plot Data (or Normalized Plot Data) for this plot to link this stratum to the stratum definitions that table. Most of the time, stems are listed as belonging to the whole plot, not a particular stratum. In this case, leave this field blank, which signifies that record applies to the whole plot, not just to one stratum. | |
| stemHealth Text (50) |
Health of the stem referenced in this stemLocation record. Usually used to describe "dead" stems. | |
| » Fields for expert users: | ||
| tallyDefn Text (50) |
This field should be filled in only for records that define what the stem classes are, for minimum and maximum DBH and/or Height. ("minDBH", "maxDBH", "minHt", "maxHt", or Null (blank) for rows that have data.) | |
| stemTaxonArea Double |
Area of the plot used for this stem size to determine number of stems on a plot where the plot is subsampled differently by species and size. Leave blank if the full plot size was used, or as indicated by another size field, in observation or taxonObservation. | |
| » Internal VegBranch fields, please do not edit directly: | ||
| e2STEMID AutoNumber |
primary key of this table | |
| one Long Integer |
a constant, default value of 1 required for this field. | |
Examples of this data table:
example set of stem classes:
| tallyDefn | AuthorPlotCode | PLANTCode | stratumIndex | stemTaxonArea | stemHealth | tally1 | tally2 | tally3 | tally4 | list1 | notesAboutExample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plot1 | Acer rubrum | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | ||||||
| plot1 | Quercus alba | dead | 3 | 109 | |||||||
| plot1 | RHODMAX | herb | 15 | ||||||||
| plot1 | RHODMAX | understory | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| plot2 | ACRU | s | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| plot2 | Liriodendron Tulipifera | 1 | 63,49,57 | ||||||||
| minDBH | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | this record defines the minimum DBH for this size class. You can also provide this info in the stem-classes form by double clicking the header | ||||||
| maxDBH | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | 15 | this record defines the minimum DBH for this size class. You can also provide this info in the stem-classes form by double clicking the header |
Download this example as a .csv file