Imaging · collection · 2026
BioSCape: Vegetation Composition at Plots with Woody Invasives, CFR, South Africa
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/2511
This dataset contains vegetation plot data collected across the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of South Africa as part of the BioSCape (Biodiversity Survey of the Cape) project.
Description
It holds field-based measurements of vegetation composition, structure, and cover across the region's Fynbos and associated plant communities. Variables include plot center coordinates, percent cover, canopy diameter, and abundance by species.
Plots were distributed across multiple reserves and land units spanning the CFR, with field data collection occurring between September and December 2023. These data follow the protocols for environmentally stratified BioSCape vegetation surveys but differ in that they targeted locations near existing BioSCape plots, in similar surrounding vegetation to the extent possible, that also contained woody invasive species cover of approximately 20-80%.
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These data provide ground-truth observations for calibrating and validating airborne and satellite remote sensing data products across the CFR's diverse and threatened plant communities. The data are provided in comma separated values (CSV) format.
Links
Get the data
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/2511 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/bioscape/BioSCape_Veg_Plots_Species/comp/BioSCape_Veg_P… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4264213650-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Collection Bundle URL data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/BioSCape_Veg_Plots_Species_2511.zip ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG daac.ornl.gov/BIOSCAPE/guides/BioSCape_Veg_Plots_Species_Fig1.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource bioscape.io ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search?q=BioSCape_Veg_Plots_Species_2511&ac=true ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/bioscape-vegetation-composition-at-plots-with-woody-in… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4264213650-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=426752cf-5832-4ab1-9d97-c350e30d4… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4264213650-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- FIELD SURVEYS · Invasive Species · Vegetation Cover · Vegetation Species · VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Life Sciences · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Forestry sciences 72% · Satellite remote sensing 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 22 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4264213650-ORNL_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 426752cf-5832-4ab1-9d97-c350e30d4e91 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3007 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (72%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:visual-observations | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/community-dynamics/invasive-species | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-cover | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-species | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:field-surveys | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |