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Controlling invasive, non-native plants is essential to the protection of Florida's biodiversity. Introduced species can displace native plants and animals, change the structure of natural communities, and impact the ecological functions of ecosystems. FNAI is contributing to the control of invasive plants by developing The Florida Invasive Plants Geodatabase (FLInv) to map exotic plant infestations on public conservation lands in Florida. FLInv is populated with existing data submitted by resource managers and supplemented by FNAI field surveys. Mapping invasive infestations is important because it allows development of management strategies which make the most efficient use of control resources. Land managers are encouraged to submit data for inclusion in FLINV. Why should your invasive plants be in FNAI's database?
Contributing Data Following FLInv standards each invasive plant infestation for a species is represented by a spatial feature (a polygon, line or point) and an associated set of tabular attributes. To accommodate contributors’ time constraints and technical capabilities, FNAI accepts this data in a variety of formats. All of the materials necessary to prepare data for submission are contained in the FLINV_Data_Collection zip file which can be downloaded below. The FLINV_Read_ Me.txt file within the zip file describes the purpose of each of the files in the package. DOWNLOAD FLINV_Data_Collection.zip (457 KB). (You may need to download the latest version of Adobe Reader to view the pdf documents.) To simplify processing, FNAI prefers data in the following formats:
E-mail complete datasets to the FLInv Invasives Data Coordinator. Viewing and Downloading Existing Data Data from the FLInv geodatabase for species designated as Category I and II Invasives by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council can be viewed on the iMapInvasives webpage at iMapInvasives. FNAI is one of the founding partners of iMapInvasives, a cooperative project to develop a national on-line, GIS-based, all-taxa invasive species mapping tool. Shapefiles of the database contents are updated quarterly and are available for download below. Polygon and point files contain distinct datasets with no duplication of infestations. The tabular data files are Excel copies of the shapefile attribute tables. The metadata provides a detailed description of the shapefiles including the details of the tabular data contained in the Excel files. Download Data
For more information on data contribution or specific data requests, or to discuss an invasive plant survey on public conservation lands, please call FNAI at 850-224-8207. To let others know about FLInv dowload the flyer. Publications Lygodium Statewide Treatment Evaluation Report A report on treatment recommendations for invasive climbing ferns. Support This project is funded by the Invasive Plant Management Section within the Division of Habitat and Species Conservation of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. |