Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Oregon Caves National Monument
2007-2013. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Oregon Caves National Monument
This reference is an assemblage of field data collected as part the baseline vegetation inventory for the park unit. Typical files here are vegetation plot data, accuracy assessment data, field photos, PDF showing locations of vegetation plots and accuracy assessment data, and other data for this type. To classify the vegetation, we sampled 142 representative classification plots throughout the 1,820.8 hectare (4,499.3 acre) project area using traditional phytosociological methods (i.e., relevé sampling). The relevé plots were located and sampled primarily in 2009 and 2010. We identified 397 different vascular plant species in the classification plots, including many that were not previously recorded on the monument’s species list. We classified the plot data into 34 plant associations using accepted statistical analyses.In 2009, 79 classification plots were sampled and many plant taxa (110) were encountered that were not on the ORCA plant species list. We used a Microsoft Access relational database modified from the USGS-NPS NVIP Plots v2 database (Plots v3 was not yet released). We captured the cover of all species within three tree, three shrub, and one herbaceous strata/stratum.
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- KLMN , ORCA , VMI
- Keywords
- Accuracy Assessment, botanical survey, Classification, Geodatabase, Habitat Types, Imagery, National Vegetation Classification, NVC, NVCS, Plots, Releve, Relevé, Remote Sensing, USNVCS, Vegetation, Vegetation Inventory, Vegetation Map, Vegetation Mapping