Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Curecanti National Recreation Area
2002-2005. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Curecanti National Recreation Area
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 team collected vegetation and environmental data from 281 vegetation classification plots and 99 observation points. Supplemental fuels data were collected during the project in sagebrush, Gambel oak, mixed mountain shrubland, pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and quaking aspen communities. Assessment of map accuracy entailed sampling 1,037 additional data points. Fieldwork and mapping were completed between 2001 and 2005. Analysis of the plot data revealed 131 National Vegetation Classification plant associations, alliances, or ‘park special’ vegetation types within the recreation area and environs, 56 of which are shared with the adjacent Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Twenty-one associations were documented exclusively from accuracy assessment data, the remainder from vegetation plots, observation points, and field notes.
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- Assemblage
- Units
- CURE , NCPN , 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