Abstract

ArcGIS Geodatabase Comparison of Pinus echinata (Short Leaf Pine) Provinces
Track: Agriculture
Authors: Laren Robinson, Gregory Frey, Shobha Sriharan, Djavad Djavadi, Walter Mallory

One of the four most important southern pines, shortleaf has the widest geographic range of any of its counterparts. At Virginia State University's Agricultural Research Farm, Randolph Farm, three types of Short leaf pine seeds from Virginia, Arkansas, and Missouri, were planted in plots as a short leaf pine restoration project. A geodatabase was created of the tree plots where the three types of short leaf pine were planted. First, GPS coordinates of the three plots were taken, and uploaded into Google Earth. Points and polygons were created in Google Earth, and converted into ArcMap. Layers were created on top of Chesterfield imagery to show exact location. Parameters measured were height, diameter at base, growth rate, mortality, soil type, spatial placement, and water intake. A geodatabase was created as a running record to monitor and compare the different short leaf pine seedlings from Virginia, Arkansas, and Missouri at Randolph Farm.