USGS - BISON team - images and videos

Annie Simpson1, Gerald Guala1, Derek Masaki1

1 USGS Core Science Analytics Synthesis and Libraries Program, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mailstop 302, 20192, Reston, United States

Corresponding author(s): Annie Simpson (asimpson@usgs.gov)

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Abstract

Plants and animals identifiable from images and videos, taken from observations by the members of the BISON data team and members of the EcoScience Synthesis branch of USGS Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, and Libraries Program.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation

General description

Purpose: Data has been collected specifically to add taxon information with supporting voucher images to the BISON mapping project.

Project details

Project title: USGS BISON team - images and videos
Personnel: Gerald "Stinger"  Guala
Funding: in kind support from US Geological Survey.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Areas visited by personnel from the BISON and ITIS projects, generally natural areas or urban/suburban parks and roadways.
Design description: Choose organisms that can be identified from photographic or video images, take photos and latitude, longitude, elevation.

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Taxa, mostly plants, identifiable by an image. Currently:
Abutilon theophrasti
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum
Achillea millefolium
Actaea racemosa
Ailanthus altissima
Ajuga reptans
Albizia julibrissin
Alliaria petiolata
Amelanchier arborea
Anas platyrhynchos
Anemone virginiana
Apocynum cannabinum
Aralia spinosa
Arisaema triphyllum
Asarum canadense
Asclepias syriaca
Asimina triloba
Barbarea vulgaris
Berberis thunbergii
Branta canadensis
Cakile edentula
Calystegia sepium
Campsis radicans
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine concatenata
Cardamine hirsuta
Carya ovata
Celastrus orbiculatus
Celtis laevigata
Cenchrus tribuloides
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cerastium glomeratum
Cercis canadensis
Chelidonium majus
Chenopodium album
Cichorium intybus
Circaea lutetiana
Claytonia virginica
Clematis virginiana
Clinopodium vulgare
Codium fragile
Commelina communis
Cornus amomum
Cornus florida
Corydalis flavula
Dactylis glomerata
Daucus carota
Digitalis purpurea
Diospyros virginiana
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus laciniatus
Elaeagnus umbellata
Eleusine indica
Elymus hystrix
Equisetum arvense
Euonymus alatus
Fagus grandifolia
Fallopia japonica
Fucus vesiculosus
Galearis spectabilis
Geranium maculatum
Glaucium flavum
Glechoma hederacea
Gleditsia triacanthos
Halyomorpha halys
Hedera helix
Hedera hibernica
Hemerocallis fulva
Hesperis matronalis
Hibiscus moscheutos
Hybanthus concolor
Ilex opaca
Impatiens capensis
Impatiens pallida
Jeffersonia diphylla
Juglans nigra
Juniperus virginiana
Justicia americana
Kalmia latifolia
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus japonicus maritimus
Lathyrus latifolius
Leonurus cardiaca
Lespedeza cuneata
Ligustrum sinense
Linaria vulgaris
Lindera benzoin
Liriodendron tulipifera
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera tatarica
Lotus corniculatus
Lunaria annua
Lythrum salicaria
Maclura pomifera
Maianthemum racemosum
Marsilea quadrifolia
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus albus
Melilotus officinalis
Mertensia virginica
Micranthes virginiensis
Microstegium vimineum
Monarda fistulosa
Morella cerifera
Morus alba
Muscari neglectum
Obolaria virginica
Odocoileus virginianus
Papilio polyxenes
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Paulownia tomentosa
Perilla frutescens
Persicaria virginiana
Phalacrocorax auritus
Phragmites australis
Phryma leptostachya
Phytolacca americana
Pinus strobus
Pinus virginiana
Plantago lanceolata
Platanus occidentalis
Poa annua
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonatum biflorum
Polygonia interrogationis
Polystichum acrostichoides
Polytrichum juniperinum
Pontederia cordata
Ptelea trifoliata
Pueraria montana
Pycnanthemum incanum
Quercus alba
Quercus falcata
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Rhus typhina
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rosa rugosa
Rubus phoenicolasius
Sambucus nigra
Sanguinaria canadensis
Saponaria officinalis
Sassafras albidum
Scilla siberica
Sciurus carolinensis
Securigera varia
Silene caroliniana
Smilax bona-nox
Smilax rotundifolia
Sorbus decora
Stellaria pubera
Sylvilagus floridanus
Symplocarpus foetidus
Taraxacum officinale
Thalictrum thalictroides
Toxicodendron radicans
Tradescantia ohiensis
Trapa natans
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium repens
Trillium grandiflorum
Tsuga canadensis
Tussilago farfara
Typha domingensis
Typha latifolia
Uvularia perfoliata
Verbascum thapsus
Verbesina alternifolia
Veronica arvensis
Viburnum acerifolium
Viburnum prunifolium
Viola palmata
Viola pubescens
Viola sororia
Viola striata
Xanthium strumarium
Yucca filamentosa
Zenaida macroura
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia, Plantae
Common names: animals, plants

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: longitudes -79.89684 to -70.92668, latitudes 38.68552 to 42.4609
Coordinates: 38°41'7.87''N and 42°27'39.24''N Latitude; 79°53'48.62''W and 70°55'36.05''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2012 - 2014

Methods

Method step description: Images are photographed as they are spotted. Observations are not recorded unless a photo or video voucher is provided. Taxa are identified to the most specific level possible from the details available in the voucher images.
Study extent description: Study extent is opportunistic and arbitrary and determined by convenience and likelihood of species being available.
Sampling description: Preferred data method includes use of a camera with GIS and elevation estimating ability. Individuals for each species are at least 10 meters apart.
Quality control description: Gerald Guala provides the main identification services, supplemented by experts at the Smithsonian Institution as needed. 

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2014-11-24
Hierarchy level: Dataset