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Analysis was conducted in 2025 by FEMC (Elissa Schuett). </eml:para></eml:abstract><eml:shortName>Invasive Plant Treatment Outcomes (Massachusets Sprint Project)</eml:shortName><eml:personnel/><eml:keywordSet><eml:keyword>invasive plants</eml:keyword></eml:keywordSet></eml:project><eml:dataTable><eml:title>Westfield_River_Japanese_Knotweed</eml:title><eml:coverage scope="document"><eml:temporalCoverage scope="document"><eml:rangeOfDates><eml:beginDate><eml:calendarDate>2013-06-01</eml:calendarDate></eml:beginDate><eml:endDate><eml:calendarDate>2021-12-31</eml:calendarDate></eml:endDate></eml:rangeOfDates></eml:temporalCoverage></eml:coverage><eml:description>Japanese knotweed percent cover along the Westfield River, MA on three sampling occasions (2013, 2018, and 2021) to detect management effectiveness following treatment after the first observation date (after 2013). </eml:description><eml:purpose>To detect change in percent cover of Japanese knotweed following management at sites along the Westfield River, MA.</eml:purpose><eml:shortName>Z1874_4123_UIIV5Z</eml:shortName><eml:physical><eml:objectName>VMC.1874.4123</eml:objectName><eml:dataFormat><eml:formatName>mySQL</eml:formatName></eml:dataFormat><eml:citation>Massachusetts Department of Convervation and Recreation (2026) Westfield_River_Japanese_Knotweed. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/invasive-plant-treatment-outcomes--massachusets-sprint-project-/dataset/westfield_river_japanese_knotweed</eml:citation><eml:distibution><eml:online><eml:url>https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/invasive-plant-treatment-outcomes--massachusets-sprint-project-/dataset/westfield_river_japanese_knotweed</eml:url></eml:online></eml:distibution></eml:physical><eml:attributeList><eml:attribute><eml:attributeName>2013_Cover</eml:attributeName><eml:attributeLabel>2013_Cover</eml:attributeLabel><eml:storageType>text</eml:storageType><eml:measurementType><eml:nominal/></eml:measurementType></eml:attribute><eml:attribute><eml:attributeName>2018_Cover</eml:attributeName><eml:attributeLabel>2018_Cover</eml:attributeLabel><eml:storageType>text</eml:storageType><eml:measurementType><eml:nominal/></eml:measurementType></eml:attribute><eml:attribute><eml:attributeName>2021_Cover</eml:attributeName><eml:attributeLabel>2021_Cover</eml:attributeLabel><eml:storageType>text</eml:storageType><eml:measurementType><eml:nominal/></eml:measurementType></eml:attribute><eml:attribute><eml:attributeName>ID</eml:attributeName><eml:attributeLabel>ID</eml:attributeLabel><eml:storageType>text</eml:storageType><eml:measurementType><eml:nominal/></eml:measurementType></eml:attribute></eml:attributeList></eml:dataTable></eml:dataset></eml:eml>
