Vegetation Community Monitoring at Moores Creek National Battlefield, 2010
Byrne MW, Corbett SL, DeVivo JC. 2012. Vegetation Community Monitoring at Moores Creek National Battlefield, 2010. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2012/250. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
In 2009, the National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Coast Network (SECN) Inventory and Monitoring Network began collecting vegetation community data as part the NPS Vital Signs monitoring program. Within each stratum, vegetation communities were sampled using a hybrid of methods used by the North Carolina Vegetation Survey nested-subplot design (Peet et al. 1998) within a circular plot similar to the Forest Inventory and Analysis protocol (Bechtold and Patterson 2005). This report summarizes vegetation community data collected at Moores Creek National Battlefield in 2010. Data were collected at seven spatially-balanced random locations at the Battlefield. Sampling activities occurred at the Battlefield from 7/10/2010 to 7/12/2010. Monitoring efforts resulted in the addition of 13 species, subspecies, or varieties to the park’s species list. Absolute canopy cover across the park was approximately 69%. Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) was the most frequently occurring species in the shrub stratum. Waxmyrtle (Morella cerifera) had the highest absolute and relative cover in the shrub stratum. Greenbriar (Smilax sp.), yellow jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens), and red maple (Acer rubrum) were the most frequently occurring species in the groundcover stratum.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Byrne, Michael; Corbett, Sarah; DeVivo, Joe
- Date of Issue
- 2012-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MOCR , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- absolute cover, canopy cover, circular plot, diameter at breast height, Frequency, frequency of occurrence, Monitoring, relative cover, Vegetation, Vegetation Monitoring