Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Vicksburg National Military Park
2004. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Vicksburg National Military Park
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. Ecologists collected floristic and environmental data from 45 vegetation field plots and classified and described 13 plant community types corresponding to US National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) associations from these data. Field plot data collection at VICK took place in August and September, 2004. Because VICK is relatively small and all locations within the park are relatively easy to reach by automobile and on foot, we made a reconnaissance that included the full geographic extent of the park in order to identify putative vegetation associations for plot sampling. Areas visited during reconnaissance were partly selected to ensure that plots represented a relatively complete range of the significant environmental gradients, including forest or non-forest, aspect, slope, and distance from a stream.
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- Assemblage
- Units
- GULN , VICK , 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