Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
2000-2011. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Cumberland Gap 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. Ecologists from NatureServe and the Natural Heritage Network established 36 permanently marked one-hectare circular plots within the park in a grid system and another 24 circular plots in unique ecological areas that were not covered by the initial grid-based plot layout. In addition, ecologists established 41 observation points/quickplots inside the park boundary. The permanently marked plots are available to be used by researchers on studies ranging from bird point counts to individual plant monitoring. Ecologists collected and vouchered 139 specimens representing approximately 133 species, varieties, and subspecies new to the park. These vouchers were added to the existing list of vouchers already collected. The vouchers were delivered to NPS with the delivery of this report and will reside with the rest of the collection at the University of North Carolina Herbarium. The species count for the park stands now at 882 documented species (not including subspecies and varieties). NatureServe ecologists estimate that close to 100% of the vascular species of the park are documented. The most highly ranked species in terms of global rarity in the park is Ovate catchfly.
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- Assemblage
- Units
- CUGA , CUPN , 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