Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
2008-2010. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Puukohola Heiau 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. 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 PUHE project area. However, some common associations were sampled more often and some rare types were sampled less often. An effort was made to achieve a good spatial distribution of plots across the landscape and to capture the full range of variation of each association. The classification data were collected between July and October 2008. Vegetation sampling included 15 classification plots and 13 observation points. PACN staff collected 57 accuracy assessment points in 2010 used to check and finalize the map.
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- Assemblage
- Units
- PACN , PUHE , 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