Created: Dec. 28, 1999
Roger del Moral, UW Dept. of Botany, database creator/photographer
Metadata Liaison: Geri Ingram
Project Lead: Laura Lins
System Admin: Jim Gossett
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Plants Field Label |
Dublin Core |
Comments |
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Title Latin |
Title |
Most commonly known scientific epithet |
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Accession Number |
Resource Identifier |
Written on each 35 mm. slide |
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Photographer |
Creator |
Roger del Moral (always) |
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Publisher |
Publisher |
UWDOB (always expands via macro to University of Washington Department of Botany |
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Copyright |
Rights |
(mailto: Roger del Moral) ? |
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Plant Status |
Description |
A small set of controlled vocabulary terms: Native (to the state) Weed (introduced accidentally) Ornamental (escaped) Naturalized ornamental |
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Growth form |
Description |
A small set of controlled vocabulary terms, including: Tree, shrub, shrub-mat, mat, prostrate, rhizome, fern, rosette, erect, tufted, bulb, annual, biennial, insectivore, floating, vine |
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Notes |
Description |
Specifics of the view: a small set of controlled vocabulary terms including: Aspect, leaves, fruit, flower, cones, seed and stem |
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Plant Names |
Subject |
Scientific or common names |
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Successional Status |
Description |
Possibly 3 controlled terms, expanded via macro as: P = pioneer, gets to disturbed sites rapidly C = climax, found in stable vegetation S = seral, invades after first species, does not persist |
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Wetland status |
Description |
This is a field primarily used to determine whether a site in which a plant is typically found is considered protected by wetland policy. There are 5 controlled terms, expanded via macro as: UPL = upland, never in wetlands FACU = facultative upland, seldom in wetlands FAC = facultative, indifferent, presence does not indicate presence or absence of wetland FACW = facultative wetland, usually in wetland OBL = obligate, always in a wetland |
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Climate indicator |
Description |
6 categories describe the climate: Alpine, subalpine, upper montane,lower montane, Lowlands, dry interior |
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Moisture indicator |
Description |
Again, a few terms will be allowed, including: xeric (very dry), dry, moderate, moist, wet, hydric (very wet). |
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Nutrient indicator |
Description |
6 terms describe the nutrient status of the soil: Poor, moderate and rich (“Klinka indicators); and low, medium and high (as determined by Professor del Moral |
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Typical habitat |
Description |
Describes the ecological community in which the species is typically found (not geographic, and not policy-oriented); e.g., lowland deciduous forests |
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Synonymy |
Title |
This field contains a superceded name for the plant. After a suitable “Use-for” function is in place in the simple search client, this entire column may be found obsolete. e.g., Alnus vindis ~= Alnus sinuata (Syn.) |
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Plant Family |
Description |
Family name in which this genus is found |
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Location |
Coverage |
The general location of the photo, which helps define the range or habitat. To aid cross-database searching, this will be translated to form of geographic name used in Mount St. Helens “location” field. There are only these categories: Cascades, Cougar Mt. E. Cascades, Enchantments, Mt. Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Mima Mounds, Olympics, N. Cascades, Puget Sound, Seattle, Tiger Mt., Wenatchees, Whidbey Is., NE Olympics, and W. Olympics. (Spellings and abbreviations will be consistent within and across databases, possibly translated by macro on input.) |
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Collection |
Source |
Slide collection: Plants of Western Washington (expanded by macro) |
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Date |
Date |
Publication date (year image published on Web); YYYY |
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File Format |
Format |
MIME type for this image: JPEG |
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Type |
Type |
SillImage |
Roger del Moral initially assigns all metadata to an Excel spreadsheet for upload. Jim Gossett writes macros to expand static codes to controlled terms and phrases. Laura Lins is responsible for scanning and linking images, editing and completing metadata, and overall project coordination.