| Title: | Contains Regional Floristic Quality Assessment Databases |
| Version: | 1.1.1 |
| Description: | Contains regional Floristic Quality Assessment databases that have been approved or approved with reservations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Paired with the 'fqacalc' R package, these data sets allow for Floristic Quality Assessment metrics to be calculated. For information on FQA see Spyreas (2019) <doi:10.1002/ecs2.2825>. Both packages were developed for the USACE by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Environmental Laboratory. |
| License: | CC0 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 2.10) |
| Suggests: | dplyr, testthat (≥ 3.0.0) |
| Config/testthat/edition: | 3 |
| Encoding: | UTF-8 |
| LazyData: | true |
| RoxygenNote: | 7.2.3 |
| URL: | https://github.com/EcoModTeam/fqadata |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/EcoModTeam/fqadata/issues |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Packaged: | 2025-04-29 20:04:02 UTC; irisfoxfoot |
| Author: | Iris Foxfoot [aut], Todd Swannack [cre], U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center [cph, fnd] |
| Maintainer: | Todd Swannack <tswannack@gmail.com> |
| Repository: | CRAN |
| Date/Publication: | 2025-04-30 08:00:02 UTC |
Citations for Floristic Quality Assessment Databases
Description
A data set containing citations for the regional Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) databases contained in this package, as well as information on approval status, and notes regarding the proper application of the regional database.
Usage
fqa_citations
Format
A data frame
- fqa_db
Regional FQA database
- recommended
Indicates if the regional FQA database was recommended for use by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- notes
Notes on the limitations or recommended usage of the regional FQA database
- citation
A citation for the regional FQA database
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Regional Floristic Quality Assessment Databases
Description
A data set containing regional Floristic Quality Assessment databases.
Each of these databases has been approved or approved with reservations for use
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Paired with the fqacalc R package, these
data sets allow for Floristic Quality Assessment metrics to be calculated.
Usage
fqa_db
Format
A data frame
- name
Latin name for species, either accepted name or synonym
- name_origin
Indicates if the name is the accepted scientific name or a synonym
- acronym
A unique acronym for each species. Not always consistent between FQA databases
- accepted_scientific_name
The accepted botanical nomenclature
- family
Taxonomic family of species
- nativity
Nativity status. Native, introduced, and undetermined are possible values
- c
Coefficient of Conservatism (C Value)
- w
Wetness Coefficient
- wetland_indicator
Wetland indicator status
- physiognomy
Structure or physical appearance of species
- duration
Lifespan of species
- common_name
Common name(s) for species
- fqa_db
Regional FQA database
Source
See fqa_citations