Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Whitman Mission National Historic Site
2010-2011. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Whitman Mission National Historic Site
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. The sampling area included all of WHMI and the land trust area. Private lands in the environs were not visited. NMI field crews were trained and led by ecologists with experience sampling plant communities in national parks and other landscapes. The sampling goal was to collect between three and five classification plots in every vegetation alliance/plant association within the WHMI project area. However, some common associations were sampled more often and some rare types were sampled less often. An effort was made to achieve good spatial distribution of classification plots across the landscape and to capture the full range of variation of each plant association. Once a representative plant community was located, a Relevé macroplot was laid out to capture stand characteristics.
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- Assemblage
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- UCBN , VMI , WHMI
- 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