First Flowering Dates for Plants on the Ridgeline of Mt. Mansfield, Vermont, USA

Occurrence
Latest version published by Vermont Center for Ecostudies on Mar 29, 2024 Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Publication date:
29 March 2024
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

The first flowering dates as recorded by Green Mountain Club Rangers on the Mount Mansfield, Vermont ridgeline near and above treeline from 1975 to 1986.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Green Mountain Club Rangers (2024). First Flowering Dates for Plants on the Ridgeline of Mt. Mansfield, Vermont, USA. Version 1.0. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=mount-mansfield-flower-phenology&v=1.0

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vermont Center for Ecostudies. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 3816eab6-c8ed-4e62-be46-5f2cf7e46f40.  Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Green Mountain Club Rangers
  • Originator
alpine zone rangers
Green Mountain Club
Vermont
Kent McFarland
  • Metadata Provider
  • Publisher
  • Point Of Contact
conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
05091 Norwich
Vermont
US

Geographic Coverage

Mount Mansfield ridgeline, Vermont, USA

Bounding Coordinates South West [44.516, -72.825], North East [44.556, -72.799]

Taxonomic Coverage

N/A

Kingdom Plantae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 0011-06-29 / 0014-06-09

Sampling Methods

First flowering date recorded each year as noted by alpine rangers on the hiking trails daily.

Study Extent Mount Mansfield ridgeline near or above treeline.
Quality Control none

Method step description:

  1. Rangers noted flowering plant and identified it while hiking on trails.