The GRSM exotic plants database is a multi-faceted, SQL-based database containing location and treatment information for the exotic invasive plant control program. The exotic plant site location information includes plant species treated, geospatial information (point and polygon), site directions, and site notes. The exotic plant treatment information includes treatment method, herbicide and adjuvant brands and amounts used, area treated, field notes, and employees present. The purpose of this database is to allow easy site re-location for multi-year treatments, easy treatment data sums and sorting for end of season and project-based reporting, tracking of long-term trends in exotic invasive species management, and to make exotic plant work scheduling more efficient. GRSM manages over 50 invasive exotic plant species in over 900 locations parkwide with treatments records in this database starting in 1994.

The National Park Service has published these data as a stand-alone export from an enterprise database. While the nature of table relationships and primary/foreign keys is detailed in this document, the National Park Service cannot provide assitance or instruction in the use of propietary software in analyzing and manipulating these data. Users should consult their software documention for instructions on manipulating these data. These GIS data are companion to a NRDT database, and users should consult NRDT documentation for instructions on viewing these data (Dietrich CH. 2005. Natural Resource Database Template Core Tables Standard. National Park Service (NPS). Geospatial Dataset-1035640.) (https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/Profile/1035640)(http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/datamgmt/applications/template/index.cfm)