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SA008: Moss species list of the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1991

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Status: asNeeded
Period: 1991-06-01 to 1991-08-01
Version: 6
Published: 2013-12-27
EDI Package ID: knb-lter-and.2725.6
Source XML: SA008_6.xml

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Citation

Peck, J.; Schulze, M. 2013. Moss species list of the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1991 Long-Term Ecological Research Andrews Forest LTER Site. [Database]. Available: https://andrewsforest-stage.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/fsdb-data-catalog/SA008 Accessed 2026-05-10.

Abstract

Understanding patterns of distribution and abundance for individual moss species is necessary for understanding ecosystem structure and function and for ensuring proper management. To augment understanding of the ecology of individual species, mosses were examined on the forest floor, on the upper surface of downed logs, and on tree bases in forest stands in the central western Cascades of Oregon on and near the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. This study quantifies local distribution patterns and substrate affinities to a greater extent than previous studies in the same geographic area (e.g., Pike et al. 1975, Hawk et al. 1978, Binkley and Graham 1981).

Coverage

Temporal coverage: 1991-06-01 to 1991-08-01

Geographic coverage: H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

Spatial coverage:

Bounds: W -122.26172200, E -122.10084700, N 44.28196400, S 44.19770400

Purpose

No purpose entries listed in this EML file.

Project

Title: Long-Term Ecological Research

Personnel
  • Sherri L. Johnson - Principal Investigator
    US Forest Service ;Pacific NW Research Station ;3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: 541-758-7771
    Email: sherri.johnson2@usda.gov, sherri.johnson@oregonstate.edu
  • Julia A. Jones - Principal Investigator
    Oregon State University;Department of Geosciences; Wilkinson Hall 104, Corvallis, OR, 97331-5506, USA
    Phone: (541) 737-1224
    Email: Julia.Jones@oregonstate.edu, geojulia@comcast.net
    ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-8925
  • Matthew G Betts - Principal Investigator
    Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society; 201E Richardson Hall; College of Forestry; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331
    Phone: (541) 737-3841
    Email: matt.betts@oregonstate.edu
  • Michael P. Nelson - Principal Investigator
    Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society; 201K Richarson Hall; College of Forestry; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331
    Phone: 541-737-9221
    Email: mpnelson@oregonstate.edu
    ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6917-4752
  • David Bell - Principal Investigator
    Email: david.bell@usda.gov, david.bell@oregonstate.edu
Abstract
  • The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest is a living laboratory that provides unparalleled opportunities for the study of forest and stream ecosystems in the central Cascade Range of Oregon. Since 1980, as a part of the National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research (NSF-LTER) program, the Andrews Experimental Forest has become a leader in the analysis of forest and stream ecosystem dynamics.
  • Long-term field experiments and measurement programs have focused on climate dynamics, streamflow, water quality, and vegetation succession. Currently researchers are working to develop concepts and tools needed to predict effects of natural disturbance, land use, and climate change on ecosystem structure, function, and species composition.
  • The Andrews Experimental Forest is administered cooperatively by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University and the Willamette National Forest. Funding for the research program comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University, and other sources.
Funding

Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University. National Science Foundation: DEB1440409

Study Area Description
  • Long-Term Ecological Research
    The Andrews Forest is situated in the western Cascade Range of Oregon, and covers the entire 15,800-acre (6400-ha) drainage basin of Lookout Creek. Elevation ranges from 1350 to 5340 feet (410 to 1630 m). Broadly representative of the rugged mountainous landscape of the Pacific Northwest, the Andrews Forest contains excellent examples of the region's conifer forests and associated wildlife and stream ecosystems. These forests are among the tallest and most productive in the world, with tree heights of often greater than 250 ft (75 m). Streams are steep, cold and clean, providing habitat for numerous aquatic organisms.
Associated Party
  • Mark D Schulze
    Role: Principal Investigator
    H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; PO Box 300, Blue River, OR, 97413
    Phone: 541-822-6336
    Email: mark.schulze@oregonstate.edu
  • W. Arthur McKee
    Role: Other Researcher
    Flathead Lake Biological Station ;The University of Montana ;300 Bio Station Lane, Polson, MT, 59860-9659, USA
    Phone: 406-982-3301
    Email: Art.McKee@umontana.edu
  • Steven A. Acker
    Role: Other Researcher
    USFS
    Email: steven.acker@usda.gov
  • Kari B. O'Connell
    Role: Other Researcher
    Oregon State University Center for Research in Lifelong STEM Learning, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: (541) 737-1289
    Email: kari.oconnell@oregonstate.edu
  • JeriLynn Eloise Peck
    Role: Creator
  • Mark D Schulze
    Role: Creator
    H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; PO Box 300, Blue River, OR, 97413
    Phone: 541-822-6336
    Email: mark.schulze@oregonstate.edu
Contact
  • Information Manager
    Andrews Forest LTER Program, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331
    Email: hjaweb@fsl.orst.edu
  • Donald L. Henshaw
    Pacific Northwest Research Station; Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab; 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331
    Email: hja_admin@fsl.orst.edu
Publisher
  • Andrews Forest LTER Site
    Role: Publisher
    Forest Ecosystems and Society Department in Forestry, Oregon State University, 201K Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331-5752
    Phone: (541) 737-8480
    Email: lterweb@fsl.orst.edu
Study Description

Understanding patterns of distribution and abundance for individual moss species is necessary for understanding ecosystem structure and function and for ensuring proper management. To augment understanding of the ecology of individual species, mosses were examined on the forest floor, on the upper surface of downed logs, and on tree bases in forest stands in the central western Cascades of Oregon on and near the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. This study quantifies local distribution patterns and substrate affinities to a greater extent than previous studies in the same geographic area (e.g., Pike et al. 1975, Hawk et al. 1978, Binkley and Graham 1981). Field Methods - SA008

Methods

Method Steps

Field Methods - SA008
  • Nomenclature follows Anderson, L.E., H.A. Crum, and W.R. Buck. 1990. List of the mosses of North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93: 448-499. Sampling took place from June to August, 1991. Cover was estimated visually to the nearest 1% (within a 20- by 50-cm Daubenmire (1959) frame) for each species on 30 microplots on the forest floor, 30 on logs, and 15 on tree bases at each of the 15 sites. The Daubenmire frame was systematically placed on the forest floor (with logs and rocks avoided) every 5 m along three parallel transects within a 50-m plot. Frames were also placed on downed logs that had just begun to lose some of their bark; logs were chosen so that decay was as uniform as possible. Because bryophyte communities on the tops and sides of logs differ, only the upper surface was sampled. Finally, frames were placed to lean against the bases of overstory trees (with the 20-cm side down); the north side of trees was arbitrarily chosen for consistency. Cover was then averaged by species and substrate for all microplogs within a site. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to assess the relationship between elevation and total cover of each species in each stand. Constancy was computed as the percentage of sites in which a species occurred out of the 15 sites examined.
  • Frequency on each substrate at each site was computed as the percentage of microplots containing the species divided by the total number of microplots for the substrate and site. Species substrate affinities were assigned only when average cover across all sites was greater than 1%. Substrate affinities are shown for species that occur on one substrate at least twice as often as on the next most common substrate. These substrate rankings were based on the species' frequency on that substrate across all sites.
  • Vouchers were deposited in the Oregon State University Herbarium, Corvallis, Oregon.

Sampling

Study Extent
  • Sampling frequency: once only
Sampling Description
  • Observations were made in 15 permanent 0.25-ha forest study areas in and near the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest (Hawk et al. 1978, Franklin and Van Pelt 1990) near Blue River, Oregon, in the western Cascades. These sites were chosen to span the range of the environmental gradient discussed by Zobel et al. (1976), extending from warm and dry to cold and wet sites. Four of the 15 sites were mature forest, 130 to 150 years old, and the other 11 sites were old-growth forest, more than 400 years old.
Spatial Sampling Units
  • Andrews Experimental Forest (HJA)
    W -122.26172200, E -122.10084700, N 44.28196400, S 44.19770400
    Altitude: 1631 to 1631 meter
Software

No software entries listed in this EML file.

Keywords
  • LTER controlled vocabulary: populations (theme), trophic structure (theme), old growth forests (theme), mosses (theme)
  • Andrews Experimental Forest site thesaurus: Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) (theme), conifers (theme)
  • LTER core research areas: populations (theme)
Taxonomic Hierarchy
  • All Organisms: All Organisms
  • Highest common category (ca. kingdom): Mosses
  • Genus: Isothecium
  • Species: Isothecium myosuroides
  • Genus: Roellia
  • Species: Roellia roellii
  • Genus: Rhizomnium
  • Species: Rhizomnium glabrescens
  • Genus: Polytrichum
  • Species: Polytrichum juniperinum
  • Species: Polytrichum commune
  • Genus: Plagiothecium
  • Species: Plagiothecium laetum
  • Species: Plagiothecium undulatum
  • Genus: Metaneckera
  • Species: Metaneckera menziesii
  • Genus: Hypnum
  • Species: Hypnum circinale
  • Genus: Homalothecium
  • Species: Homalothecium megaptilum
  • Genus: Dicranum
  • Species: Dicranum tauricum
  • Species: Dicranum fuscescens
  • Species: Dicranum scoparium
  • Genus: Claopodium
  • Species: Claopodium crispifolium
  • Species: Claopodium whippleanum
  • Genus: Atrichum
  • Species: Atrichum selwynii
  • Genus: Antitrichia
  • Species: Antitrichia curtipendula
  • Genus: Aulacomnium
  • Species: Aulacomnium androgynum
  • Genus: Eurhynchium
  • Species: Eurhynchium praelongum
  • Species: Eurhynchium oreganum
  • Species: Eurhynchium praelongum var. stokesii
  • Genus: Hylocomium
  • Species: Hylocomium splendens
  • Genus: Leucolepis
  • Species: Leucolepis menziesii
  • Genus: Plagiomnium
  • Species: Plagiomnium insigne
  • Genus: Racomitrium
  • Species: Racomitrium canescens
  • Species: Racomitrium aciculare
  • Species: Racomitrium heterostichum
  • Genus: Rhytidiadelphus
  • Species: Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus
  • Species: Rhytidiadelphus loreus
  • Genus: Rhytidiopsis
  • Species: Rhytidiopsis robusta
Data Entities
# Entity Metadata Data
1 SA00801
SA00801
Moss Species List of the Andrews Forest:
 METADATA DATA
Metadata
SA00801 - SA00801

Object name: SA00801.csv

Records: 30

Attributes: 15

File size: 3066 byte

Checksum (MD5): e4c7b21ed7d1488d8073416eb213cdb9

Format: headers=1, recordDelimiter=\r\n, fieldDelimiter=,, quoteCharacter=", orientation=column

Constraints (2)
  • primaryKey: PRIMARY
    SA00801.FAMILY, SA00801.GENUS, SA00801.SPECIES
  • notNullConstraint: NOTNULL
    SA00801.CONSTANCY, SA00801.ELEV_CORR, SA00801.FAMILY, SA00801.FLOOR_FREQ, SA00801.FORMAT, SA00801.GENUS, SA00801.GROWTHFM, SA00801.LOG_FREQ, SA00801.MAX_ELEV, SA00801.MIN_ELEV, SA00801.SPECIES, SA00801.STCODE, SA00801.TREE_FREQ
Attributes (15)
STCODE - char(5) (nominal)

ID: SA00801.STCODE

FSDB Database Study code

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Code definitions (1)
  • SA008
    FSDB Database code SA008
FORMAT - numeric(1,0) (interval)

ID: SA00801.FORMAT

Format number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Unit: number

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=1.0000 (exclusive=false), max=1.0000 (exclusive=false)

FAMILY - char(18) (nominal)

ID: SA00801.FAMILY

Taxonomic category: family

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

GENUS - char(16) (nominal)

ID: SA00801.GENUS

Taxonomic category: genus

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

SPECIES - char(15) (nominal)

ID: SA00801.SPECIES

Taxonomic category: species

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

AUTHOR - varchar(25) (nominal)

ID: SA00801.AUTHOR

Authority

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

GROWTHFM - char(1) (nominal)

ID: SA00801.GROWTHFM

Growth form

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Code definitions (2)
  • A
    Acrocarp (erect plant with teminal capsules)
  • P
    Pleurocarp (spreading plant with capsules on lateral branches)
MIN_ELEV - numeric(4,0) (interval)

ID: SA00801.MIN_ELEV

Minimum elevation where species found

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Unit: meters

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=integer, min=490.0000 (exclusive=false), max=1060.0000 (exclusive=false)

MAX_ELEV - numeric(4,0) (ratio)

ID: SA00801.MAX_ELEV

Maximum elevation where species is found

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Unit: meters

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=integer, min=510.0000 (exclusive=false), max=1570.0000 (exclusive=false)

ELEV_CORR - numeric(7,4) (ratio)

ID: SA00801.ELEV_CORR

Relationship between elevation and total cover of each species using pearson correlation coefficients.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Unit: centimeters

Precision: 0.000100

Numeric domain: type=real, min=-0.4974 (exclusive=false), max=0.6438 (exclusive=false)

CONSTANCY - numeric(3,0) (ratio)

ID: SA00801.CONSTANCY

Percentage of sites in which the species occured

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Unit: percent

Precision: 1.000000

Numeric domain: type=whole, min=7.0000 (exclusive=false), max=100.0000 (exclusive=false)

FLOOR_FREQ - char(1) (ordinal)

ID: SA00801.FLOOR_FREQ

Percentage class of frequency of microplots containing the species for the 'floor' substrate and site.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Code definitions (6)
  • 4
    10.1 - 50.0%
  • 5
    50.1 - 100.0%
  • 2
    1.1 - 5.0%
  • code
    0%
  • 1
    0.1 - 1.0%
  • 3
    5.1 - 10.0%
LOG_FREQ - char(1) (ordinal)

ID: SA00801.LOG_FREQ

Percentage class of frequency of microplots containing the species for the 'log' substrate and site.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Code definitions (6)
  • 4
    10.1 - 50.0%
  • 5
    50.1 - 100.0%
  • 2
    1.1 - 5.0%
  • code
    0%
  • 1
    0.1 - 1.0%
  • 3
    5.1 - 10.0%
TREE_FREQ - char(1) (nominal)

ID: SA00801.TREE_FREQ

Percentage class of frequency of microplots containing the species for the 'tree' substrate and site.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Code definitions (6)
  • 4
    10.1 - 50.0%
  • 5
    50.1 - 100.0%
  • 2
    1.1 - 5.0%
  • code
    0%
  • 1
    0.1 - 1.0%
  • 3
    5.1 - 10.0%
SUBSTRATE - char(12) (nominal)

ID: SA00801.SUBSTRATE

Substrate for which the species occurs at least twice as often as on the next most common substrate.

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Units
percent % dimensionless number dimensionless 100 percent; a number
centimeters cm length centimeter meter 0.01 centimeters; .01 meters
number number dimensionless number dimensionless 1 dimensionless number, i.e., ratio, count
meters m length meter meter 1 meter; SI unit of length
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General acknowledgement: Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University.

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Maintenance

Maintenance update frequency: asNeeded

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  • An update history is logged and maintained with each new version of every dataset.

Change History

  • Version1 (1995-10-02)
    Original metadata creation.
  • Version2 (2001-05-16)
    Metadata restructured and moved into SQLServer metadata database LTERMETA. Data moved into SQLServer database FSDBDATA.
  • Version6 (2013-12-27)
    Metadata link produced an error about converting int values. Dropped SQl table, restructured some of the numeric fields, enumerated STCODE and recreated table. Ran QC. Will create new EML for uploading into pasta. Taxonomies need to be enumerated.