UAV and Ground Data for Two Valencia Orange Rootstock Trials in Florida

301 UAV images and ground measurements for 1,291 Valencia orange trees across two rootstock trials. Data includes 305 total files, with images captured under both partially sunny and overcast conditions on May 12, 2021, at a research farm in Fort Pierce, Florida. Ground measurements were collected in 2020 and 2021.

Use Cases

• Train a computer vision model on UAV images to classify tree health or growth patterns using the sunny and overcast image sets.
• Analyze the relationship between rootstock selections and ground measurements like tree size or yield across the 1,291 individual trees.
• Use the composite labeled images for orientation to match individual tree imagery to corresponding ground data records in the Excel spreadsheets.
• Compare orthorectified image data from the 80% side-overlap flights with on-the-ground measurements to assess canopy development.

Strengths

• Includes 301 high-resolution UAV images at 5472 x 3648 pixels.
• Covers 1,291 individual trees across two distinct trials (Valencia 5-16 and 17-28).
• Provides paired data with ground measurements for each trial in separate Excel files.
• Images captured under two lighting conditions (partially sunny and overcast) on the same day for comparison.

Limitations

• Ground data collection was not simultaneous; Trial 5-16 data is from 2020 and Trial 17-28 from 2021, limiting direct temporal comparison.
• UAV imagery is from a single day in 2021, offering no multi-temporal growth analysis.
• The dataset is geographically limited to one research farm in Florida, which may not represent other growing conditions.

Provenance

Source

Department of Agriculture, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory.

Collection Method

Collected via DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone flights with 80% overlap and individual tree ground measurements.

Time Range

2020-2021.

Freshness

Data last updated March 2026, though primary collection occurred in 2020-2021.

Geography

Picos Road farm, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA (27.437115254946757, -80.42786069428246).