Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Great Basin National Park
2003-2009. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Great Basin National 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. A five-year, four phase program was initiated to complete the task of classifying and mapping the vegetation at GRBA. Phase one was conducted by a combination of botanists and ecologists from NPS, MOJN I&M, GRBA, and NatureServe who collected 340 classification plots, observation points, and rapid assessment points across much of the park. In phase two, all of the field data was analyzed by NatureServe to classify 105 associations and 31 GRBA-specific vegetation types using the revised U.S. National Vegetation Classification (rUSNVC). The field methods used for developing the classification at GRBA followed the methodology outlined by the NVIP methods (TNC and ESRI 1994b and Lea 2011). Vegetation sampling was conducted during three field seasons, starting with a fire fuels study that collected vegetation data using NVIP methods in the summer of 2003, continued with a two week field trip by NatureServe in 2008, and completed by NPS staff in the summer of 2009. Plot size and shape requirements were consistent with NVIP guidelines (TNC and ESRI 1994b) and were determined by the physiognomy of the community being sampled
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- Assemblage
- Units
- GRBA , MOJN , 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