Population Dynamics of Pink Lady Slipper in Weston MA 2014-2017

<para>The pink lady slipper (Cypripedium acaule) is an iconic understory plant of Massachusetts forests. It is easy to find and identify and is on the United States Forest Service list of white-tailed deer browse. Brian Donahue and members of the Weston Conservation Commission engaged a local garden club to start surveying trails for pink lady slippers. The project was designed to engage the community in a citizen science project that would bring community members into the discussion of conservation land management decisions. It also supports the long-term goal of linking white-tailed deer browse to lady slipper community dynamics.</para> </section> </abstract> <keywordSet> <keyword>browsing</keyword> <keyword>conservation</keyword> <keyword>deer</keyword> <keyword>population dynamics</keyword> <keyword>understory vegetation</keyword> <keywordThesaurus>LTER controlled vocabulary</keywordThesaurus> </keywordSet> <keywordSet> <keyword>populations</keyword> <keyword>disturbance</keyword> <keywordThesaurus>LTER core area</keywordThesaurus> </keywordSet> <keywordSet> <keyword>Harvard Forest</keyword> <keyword>HFR</keyword> <keyword>LTER</keyword> <keyword>USA</keyword> <keywordThesaurus>HFR default</keywordThesaurus> </keywordSet> <intellectualRights> <section> <para>This dataset is released to the public under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (No Rights Reserved). Please keep the dataset creators informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset should include proper acknowledgement.</para> </section> </intellectualRights> <licensed> <licenseName>Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal</licenseName> <url>https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html</url> <identifier>CC0-1.0</identifier> </licensed> <distribution> <online> <url function="information">https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf317</url> </online> </distribution> <coverage> <geographicCoverage> <geographicDescription>Weston MA. Coordinates based on WGS84 datum.</geographicDescription> <boundingCoordinates> <westBoundingCoordinate>-71.33</westBoundingCoordinate> <eastBoundingCoordinate>-71.27 </eastBoundingCoordinate> <northBoundingCoordinate>+42.40</northBoundingCoordinate> <southBoundingCoordinate>+42.32</southBoundingCoordinate> <boundingAltitudes> <altitudeMinimum>55</altitudeMinimum> <altitudeMaximum>55</altitudeMaximum> <altitudeUnits>meter</altitudeUnits> </boundingAltitudes> </boundingCoordinates> </geographicCoverage> <temporalCoverage> <rangeOfDates> <beginDate> <calendarDate>2014</calendarDate> </beginDate> <endDate> <calendarDate>2017</calendarDate> </endDate> </rangeOfDates> </temporalCoverage> <taxonomicCoverage> <taxonomicClassification> <taxonRankName>genus</taxonRankName> <taxonRankValue>Cypripedium</taxonRankValue> <taxonomicClassification> <taxonRankName>species</taxonRankName> <taxonRankValue>acaule</taxonRankValue> <commonName>pink lady slipper</commonName> </taxonomicClassification> </taxonomicClassification> <taxonomicClassification> <taxonRankName>genus</taxonRankName> <taxonRankValue>Odocoileus</taxonRankValue> <taxonomicClassification> <taxonRankName>species</taxonRankName> <taxonRankValue>virginianus</taxonRankValue> <commonName>white-tailed deer</commonName> </taxonomicClassification> </taxonomicClassification> </taxonomicCoverage> </coverage> <maintenance> <description> <para>completed</para> </description> </maintenance> <contact scope="document"> <positionName>Information Manager</positionName> <organizationName>Harvard Forest</organizationName> <address scope="document"> <deliveryPoint>324 North Main Street</deliveryPoint> <city>Petersham</city> <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea> <postalCode>01366</postalCode> <country>USA</country> </address> <phone phonetype="voice">(978) 724-3302</phone> <electronicMailAddress>hf-im@lists.fas.harvard.edu</electronicMailAddress> </contact> <publisher scope="document"> <organizationName>Harvard Forest</organizationName> <address scope="document"> <deliveryPoint>324 North Main Street</deliveryPoint> <city>Petersham</city> <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea> <postalCode>01366</postalCode> <country>USA</country> </address> <phone phonetype="voice">(978) 724-3302</phone> <phone phonetype="fax">(978) 724-3595</phone> <onlineUrl>https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu</onlineUrl> </publisher> <methods> <methodStep> <description> <section> <title/> <para>A crew consisting of a scribe and a counter were assigned a series of predetermined trail segments. The scribe walked the trail while the counter walked 20 feet off the trail. Both the scribe and the counter looked for plants. Each plant found was counted and inspected for flowers and deer browse damage. Each trail got walked twice, once for each side. For each trail segment (transect), the total numbers of plants, flowers, and deer-browsed plants were recorded. Detailed census instructions are found in hf317-03-ladyslipper-protocol.pdf.</para> </section> </description> </methodStep> </methods> <project> <title>Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Harvard Forest

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(978) 724-3302 (978) 724-3595 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu https://ror.org/059cpzx98 pointOfContact The Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program examines ecological dynamics in the New England region resulting from natural disturbances, environmental change, and human impacts. National Science Foundation LTER grants: DEB-8811764, DEB-9411975, DEB-0080592, DEB-0620443, DEB-1237491, DEB-1832210. hf317-01-ladyslipper.csv lady slipper census hf317-01-ladyslipper.csv 44140 0f797a23800119f39b01b0f3b4aa1940 1 \r\n column , https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p31/hf317/hf317-01-ladyslipper.csv date date of sampling YYYY-MM-DD 1 day NA missing value collected.by name of volunteer who collected the data name of volunteer who collected the data NA missing value property property on which trail segment is located property on which trail segment is located NA missing value transect.id name of trail segment. See hf317-02-ladyslipper-maps.pdf for transect locations. name of trail segment. See hf317-02-ladyslipper-maps.pdf for transect locations. NA missing value total.plants number of pink lady slippers number 1 whole NA missing value one.flower number of plants in flower. Includes pre-burst buds, open flowers and browsed-off flowers with only a flower stalk remaining. number 1 whole NA missing value leaf.browse number of plants with deer-browsed leaves number 1 whole NA missing value flower.browse total number of deer-browsed flowers with ragged-edged flower stalk remaining number 1 whole NA missing value stem.browse total number of deer-browsed flowers where the stalks have been browsed to the base of the plant number 1 whole NA missing value entered.by person who entered the data c.c. Cacildia “Cassie” Cain j.a.a. Jason Allen Aylward m.c. Molly Cahill NA missing value entered.date date of data entry YYYY-MM-DD 1 day NA missing value notes transect notes transect notes NA missing value checked.by person who checked the data after entry c.c. Cacildia “Cassie” Cain j.a.a. Jason Allen Aylward m.c. Molly Cahill NA missing value date.checked date the data was checked YYYY-MM-DD 1 day NA missing value 544 hf317-02-ladyslipper-maps.pdf transect maps hf317-02-ladyslipper-maps.pdf 17678576 e6ec6ed37a576ed63e87ff14225e66b9 none pdf https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p31/hf317/hf317-02-ladyslipper-maps.pdf image hf317-03-ladyslipper-protocol.pdf census instructions hf317-03-ladyslipper-protocol.pdf 213187 c9312f73fc6083841befd9ae4762c9bd none pdf https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p31/hf317/hf317-03-ladyslipper-protocol.pdf document conservation long-term measurement