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Forest Inventory & Analysis
National Office
U.S. Forest Service
1601 North Kent Street,
Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22209

(703) 605-4177

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Data

Raw and summarized Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) lichen indicator data are available from the FIA Data and Tools page. Click on the FIADB version 3 text link, and look for LICHEN… files combined or under each state. Documentation for these files is available from the same web page – click on ‘Documentation…phase 3.’ Alternatively, on the Data and Tools page click on ‘P3 data’ in the top bar, then click on ‘FIADB version 3 download.’ All files are provided in CSV format directly or as zipped files. Data include files with individual species abundance (LICHEN LAB) on plots, as well as plot visit notes (LICHEN VISIT) and plot level summaries.

The FIA master species file REF_LICHEN_SPECIES under ‘reference tables’ can be downloaded from the same page or from here. This file is needed to decode the species numbers to names, in the LICHEN LAB files available for download. A log of lichen taxonomic usage, file REF_LICHEN_SPECIES_NOTES under ‘reference tables’ can be downloaded from the same page or from here. This file documents changes in lichen names over time and should be consulted when using data from multiple years.

Raw data files in PC-ORD compact data format and off-frame data (e.g., those not on the FIA grid) may be made available by special arrangement with the indicator advisor, with permission from the FIA region.

Raw and summarized Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) lichen indicator data are available from the FIA Data and Tools page. Click on the FIADB version 3 text link, and look for LICHEN… files combined or under each state. Documentation for these files is available from the same web page – click on ‘Documentation…phase 3.’ Alternatively, on the Data and Tools page click on ‘P3 data’ in the top bar, then click on ‘FIADB version 3 download.’ All files are provided in CSV format directly or as zipped files. Data include files with individual species abundance (LICHEN LAB) on plots, as well as plot visit notes (LICHEN VISIT) and plot level summaries.

The FIA master species file REF_LICHEN_SPECIES under ‘reference tables’ can be downloaded from the same page or from here. This file is needed to decode the species numbers to names, in the LICHEN LAB files available for download. A log of lichen taxonomic usage, file REF_LICHEN_SPECIES_NOTES under ‘reference tables’ can be downloaded from the same page or from here. This file documents changes in lichen names over time and should be consulted when using data from multiple years.

Raw data files in PC-ORD compact data format and off-frame data (e.g., those not on the FIA grid) may be made available by special arrangement with the indicator advisor, with permission from the FIA region.

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Last Modified: February 15, 2005