Description
Virginia Tech Ailanthus Roadside Survey.
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McAvoy T J (2017): Virginia Tech - Virginia - Ailanthus altissima Roadside Survey. v1.0. United States Geological Survey. Dataset/Metadata. https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=vt-ailanthus&v=1.0
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Keywords
Metadata; invasive plants; introduced plants; weeds
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Geographic Coverage
Tree-of-heaven is an invasive, nonnative species that invades newly disturbed areas and forms large monospecific stands. It was surveyed from a vehicle along 5,175 km of roads in Virginia in 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011. Fifty-eight percent of every 1.6-km road segment had at least one tree-of-heaven. Mean density of tree-of-heaven throughout the roads surveyed in Virginia was 39 km(-1).
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [36.545, -83.618], North East [39.285, -75.915] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
A single tree species, Ailanthus altissima was surveyed for this research study.
| Species | Ailanthus altissima (Tree of heaven) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2004-05-01 / 2004-09-30 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2005-05-01 / 2005-09-30 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2010-05-01 / 2010-09-30 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2011-05-01 / 2011-09-30 |
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Project Data
Tree-of-heaven is an invasive, nonnative species that invades newly disturbed areas and forms large monospecific stands. It was surveyed from a vehicle along 5,175 km of roads in Virginia in 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011.
| Title | Road Survey of the Invasive Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) in Virginia |
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| Funding | This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Cooperative Agreement 09-CA-11420004-70 and grant no. 10-DG-11083150-004 |
| Study Area Description | 5,175 km of roads in Virginia in 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011. |
| Design Description | See associated publication |
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Sampling Methods
See associated publication.
| Study Extent | 5,175 km of roads in Virginia in 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011. |
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Method step description:
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Bibliographic Citations
- McAvoy, Thomas J., Snyder, Amy L., Johnson, Nels, Salom, Scott M., and Loke T. Klok. 2012. Road Survey of the Invasive Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) in Virginia. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 5:506-512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/IPSM-D-12-00039.1
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=vt-ailanthus |
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