Vegetation Information for the MORU Vegetation Inventory Project
Marriott H, McAdams A, Stutzman D, Drake J, Grossman D. 1998. Vegetation Information for the MORU Vegetation Inventory Project
This report presents the results of the vegetation classification portion of the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The major goal of this portion of the project was to classify and describe all plant communities found within the study area. In addition, vegetation data were used by the photointerpreter to determine relationships between signatures on aerial photos and vegetation types on the ground, and in some cases, to correlate habitat characteristics and vegetation types for predictive modeling. Sampling strategy and field methods are described for vegetation sampling. The vegetation classification, field key to the vegetation types, and descriptions of each type are also included. As a supplement to this report, the raw plot data are included as original field forms and in electronic form in the PLOTS database (a Microsoft Access database).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Marriott, Hollis; McAdams, Amanda; Stutzman, Diane; Drake, Jim; Grossman, Dennis
- Date of Issue
- 1998-03
- Units
- MORU , VMI
- Keywords
- Accuracy Assessment, Aerial Photography, alliances, Associations, community association, Digital Orthophoto, Digital Spatial Database, DOQ, DOQQ, Field Data, flight line, GIS, GPS, habitat mapping, Inventory Projects, Landcover, Landscape, National Park, National Park Service Inventory, National Vegetation Classification Standard, National Vegetation Classification System, NVCS, Orthophoto, Plots, U.S. National Vegetation Classification, USNVC, USNVCS, Vegetation Inventory, Vegetation Inventory Report, Vegetation Map Report, Vegetation Mapping, Vegetation Plots