Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
2008-2010. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical 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 three-year, four phase program was initiated to complete the task of mapping and classifying the vegetation at PUHO. Phase one conducted by PACN staff in 2008, collected 42 field plots and 13 observation points. In phase two, NatureServe’s Western Regional Office used this field data in conjunction with data collected at two other West Hawai‘i parks to classify 20 new plant associations for PUHO based on the revised US National Vegetation Classification (rUSNVC). Phase three, directed by Cogan Technology, Inc produced a digital vegetation map and supporting accuracy assessment (AA) materials. In the final phase, PACN staff collected 82 accuracy assessment points in 2009/10 used to check and finalize the map. Field crews were led by PACN ecologists with plant community sampling experience in the Hawaiian Islands and other landscapes. The list of ecological systems, vegetation alliances, and component plant associations prepared by NatureServe ecologists provided a starting point for naming the plant communities sampled in the field. The sampling goal was to collect between three and five classification plots in every plant association within the PUHO project area.
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- Assemblage
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- PACN , PUHO , 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