Vegetation Classification System for South Florida National Parks (Revised March 1997)
South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park, Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, Big Cypress National Preserve, South Florida Water Management District. 1997. Vegetation Classification System for South Florida National Parks (Revised March 1997)
Based on a review of several vegetation classification schemes developed by researchers of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, including a classification scheme devised by Craighead ( 1971 ), the following Vegetation Classification System was developed by the South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park (ENP), the Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS) at the University of Georgia, Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) for use in mapping the vegetation of Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park (BISC) and the SFWMD Water Conservation Areas.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- South Florida Natural Resources Center; Everglades National Park; Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science; Big Cypress National Preserve; South Florida Water Management District
- Date of Issue
- 1997-03
- Units
- BICY , BISC , EVER , SFCN
- Keywords
- Forest, prairies and marshes, Savanna, scrub, Shrublands