Monitoring salt marsh vegetation at Colonial National Historical Park: 2014 summary report
Nicosia EL. 2015. Monitoring salt marsh vegetation at Colonial National Historical Park: 2014 summary report. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/NCBN/NRDS—2015/791. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (NCBN) began monitoring salt marsh vegetation on a biennial basis at Colonial National Historical Park (COLO) in 2008. This report summarizes the fourth year of vegetation data collected at COLO during the summer of 2014. Vegetation monitoring at five sites was conducted July 14-18, 2014. The percent cover of each vegetation species and non-vegetation cover type within each 1 m2 plot (n = 242) was visually estimated using a revised Braun-Blanquet method. Twenty-four vegetation species and two non-vegetation cover types were observed. During the data QC process, it was determined that the percent cover of dead vegetation and bare ground was overestimated during the 2014 field season; therefore these data were removed from the summary presented in this report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Nicosia, Erika
- Date of Issue
- 2015-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- COLO , NCBN , NRSS
- Keywords
- COLO, Colonial National Historical Park, I&M, inventory and monitoring program, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Salt Marsh, Vegetation, Vital Signs