Field Data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Haleakala National Park

Kozar, Kelly

Vegetation plot, or relevé, data collected at the park. This assemblage includes the NPS Plots database (Microsoft Access), excel spreadsheet exports from the database, field photos, and PDF showing location of sites. This report details the methods used and results of the vegetation inventory for Haleakalā National Park (HALE). HALE’s unique vegetation spans 13,462 ha (33,265 ac) on the Hawaiian Island of Maui and includes an active volcano. The park’s dynamic landscape, huge expanse, and extreme range of elevation and climate combine to create a distinctive and exciting national park. The vegetation inventory was a team effort managed by the National Park Service (NPS), Pacific Island Network (PACN), and staffed by personnel from the NPS, University of Hawaii (UH), Cogan Technology, Inc. (CTI), NatureServe, and Kass Green & Associates (KGA). The objective of a vegetation inventory is to “produce high-quality, standardized maps and associated data sets of vegetation and other land-cover occurring within parks” in support of resource assessment, park management and conservation needs (NPS 2013c). Following completion of the first three steps, the NPS collected 220 vegetation classification plots and observation sites at HALE which were analyzed by NatureServe to create a key for 73 and descriptions for 52 of the 76 vegetation associations at HALE. To ensure data compatibility throughout the NPS and other agencies, the National Vegetation Classification Standard, Version 2 was used to characterize HALE’s vegetation.

Field Data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Haleakala National Park

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