Vegetation community monitoring at Fort Frederica National Monument, 2009
Byrne MW, Corbett SL, DeVivo JC. 2012. Vegetation community monitoring at Fort Frederica National Monument, 2009. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2012/251. 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. Information collected under this Vital Sign will be used to help managers make better-informed decisions by understanding trends and variability related to plant species, frequency of occurrence, percent cover, diversity, and distribution in the groundcover, shrub, and canopy strata. Data were collected at eight spatially-balanced random locations at the Monument. Sampling activities occurred at the Monument from 7/20 to 7/24/2009. Monitoring efforts resulted in the addition of 20 species, subspecies, or varieties to the park’s species list. Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria), wax myrtle (Morella cerifera), and laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia) were the most frequently occurring species in the shrub stratum. Wax myrtle had the highest relative cover in the shrub stratum. Yaupon holly had the highest absolute cover in the shrub stratum. Yaupon holly and wax myrtle 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
- FOFR , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- absolute cover, canopy cover, diameter at breast height, groundcover, Monitoring, nativity, relative cover, shrub, Tree, Vegetation, Vegetation Monitoring