Information of all locations included in this data package.

We extracted location information from all taxanomic groups and saved as one file here. Note that some aquatic sites do not have lat/long information though.

neon_location

Format

A data frame with the following columns:

  • location_id: Location id.

  • siteID: NEON site code.

  • plotID: Plot identifier (NEON site code_XXX).

  • latitude: The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, WGS84) of the geographic center of the reference area.

  • longitude: The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, WGS84) of the geographic center of the reference area.

  • elevation: Elevation (in meters) above sea level.

  • nlcdClass: National Land Cover Database Vegetation Type Name for terrestrial sites.

  • aquaticSiteType: Type of aquatic systems ('lake', 'river', 'stream').