NCCN Inventory Vascular Plants Mount Rainier National Park
Rochefort RM. NCCN Inventory Vascular Plants Mount Rainier National Park. 2000-2007. National Park Service
Vascular plant inventory of Mount Rainier National Park, 2000-2007. The objectives for the vascular plant inventory were: 1) improve the quality of the species verification by increasing the number voucher specimens and 2) to verify the presence of sensitive plants that were listed as occurring within the park. The vascular plant inventory for Mount Rainier National Park was conducted between 2000 and 2007. Initially, the park had a vascular plant species list of 959 species, 56% of which were verified by herbarium specimens, 39% were documented by scientific studies, and the remaining 5% were unverified but were on the list based on species ranges. Our objectives for the vascular plant inventory were: 1) improve the quality of the species verification by increasing the number voucher specimens and 2) to verify the presence of sensitive plants that were listed as occurring within the park. Data mining was the first step of the project and involved in-person and on-line searches of 9 collections. Data mining located 1,099 specimens which increased the voucher-based verifications by 14%. Field inventories of undersurveyed areas and likely habitats of sensitive species were conducted from 2004 to 2007 in partnership with the University of Washington. These Botany Forays resulted in a final vascular plant species list of 973 species, verified at the 97% level: 74% by vouchers, 23% by scientific studies, and only 3% are unverified.
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- Project
- Authors
- Rochefort, Regina
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MORA
- Keywords
- Alpine, Botany, Crystal Lakes, Data mining, Fern, foray, Forb, Grass, Herbarium, Inventory, MORA, Mount Rainier National Park, Mowich Lake, NCCN, North Coast and Cascades Network, Owyhigh Lakes, Plant, Sedge, shrub, Skagit Valley College, Specimen, Stevens' Ridge, Subalpine, Sunrise, Tatoosh, The Palisades, Tree, University of British Columbia, University of Washington, Vascular, Vegetation, vine, Voucher
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic plants , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities
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- Vascular plant inventory of Mount Rainier National Park
- Vascular Plant Inventory of Mount Rainier National Park tabular data