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Ecological and Dendrological Data Collected Across Anne Arundel County, Maryland in 2019

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2018-10-01
End Date
2022-06-01

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Clifton, Z.J., Cashman, M.J., Landacre, B.D., Bernhardt, C.E., Wiedenhoeft, A.C., and Erickson, D., 2023, Ecological, Geomorphological, Sedimentological, and Geochemical Records of Pre- and Post-Colonial Riparian Ecosystems in Anne Arundel County, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZJM9FL.

Summary

This data release includes data collected in the pursuit of identifying pre- and post-colonial riparian ecosystems found throughout Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA. Two comma-delimited tables are included. The first documents pollen records at various depths identified within sediment samples taken throughout the county's floodplains. The other describes morphological information identifying tree species found buried in-situ throughout the county.

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Countywide_Pollen_Records.csv 6.08 KB text/csv
Countywide_stump_sample_ID.csv 1.71 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to aid Anne Arundel County's Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration's management plans regarding restoration practices and general design philosophy within the county. An appropriate use of this data is to inform restoration design within the western portions of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain.

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  • USGS Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia Water Science Center

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