| State Biodiversity Database Survey |
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| Contact: Linda Pearsall (Program Head, NC Nat. Heritage Prog.) |
| Organization: NC Natural Heritage Program |
| State: NC |
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| NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?) |
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| NAME | Linda Pearsall |
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| TITLE | Program Head, NC Nat. Heritage Prog. |
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| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION | NC Natural Heritage Program |
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| ADDRESS | PO Box 27687 |
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| CITY, STATE, ZIP | Raleigh, NC 27611 |
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| TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE | Phone: (919)733-7701 |
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| | Fax: (919)715-3085 |
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| ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) | NC Natural Heritage Program, Div. of Parks & Recreation |
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| DATABASE NAME | Biological and Conservation Database |
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| DATABASE ACRONYMS | BCD |
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| DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): |
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| Information about natural communities and rare species occurrences
in North Carolina, and on significant natural areas of the state.
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| PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Conservation planning and environmental review; species evaluation.
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| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.): |
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| DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: | 1800's - present, 1996 |
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| IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): | Yes |
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| EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: | |
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| HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED? |
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| Continually Updated |
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| WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: | |
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| COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: | |
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SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.): | |
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| State of North Carolina. Point locations for species;
natural areas are polygons and natural communities.
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| BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: |
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| THEME |
SPECIES |
TYPE |
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| Species Distribution |
Mammals |
Bibliography |
| Management |
Fish |
Surveys |
| Life History |
Birds |
Museum Collections |
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Reptiles |
Anecdotal |
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Amphibians |
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Plants |
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Terrestrial Invertebrates |
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PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location): |
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| Endangered |
Threatened |
Natural Community |
| Biodiversity |
Biological Diversity |
Landuse Planning |
| Conservation Rare Species |
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE |
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| Other; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Sensitive species information has limited distribution
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS: |
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| DATA ACCURACY: |
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| DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): |
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| Varies |
| QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: |
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| Professional judgement
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| ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: |
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| DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: |
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| DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): |
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| YES, point/location information |
| YES, vector/polygon information |
| YES, by administrative boundary; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: |
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| Administrative Boundary: County, Quad
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| ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): |
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| Rare species and significant natural community occurrences are
tracked.
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| DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): |
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| Linda Pearsall, Program Head |
| NC Natural Heritage Program |
| Division of Parks and Recreation |
| PO Box 27687 |
| Raleigh, NC 27611-7687 |
| Phone:( 919) 733-4181 Fax:( 919) 715-3085 |
| Email/FTP/WWW Address: |
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| CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): |
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| Other; see comments. |
| Local use only; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: |
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Local use: USGS 7.5 min. quadrangles
Other: Point locations without identification are
available in GIS format.
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| DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.): |
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| ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
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| COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: |
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