Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of El Morro National Monument
2005-2010. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of El Morro National Monument
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 multi-year program was initiated to complete vegetation mapping at ELMO, consisting of two major tasks. Phase I was the development of a classification system. Phase II was the production of a digital vegetation map. Prior work by Dr. Anne Cully was used as base information for the classification. Additional data was collected to expand upon the vegetation types at ELMO. The described types are based on the floristic alliance and association units maintained by NatureServe (U.S. National Vegetation Classification; NVC). To classify vegetation, we used 32 plots collected by Anne Cully in 2001, in addition to 47 observation points collected in 2005. These plots were compared to existing vegetation types within the NVC and assigned an appropriate type. A total of 22 plant-association descriptions are detailed in this report. From these 22 plant associations, we derived 18 vegetation map units. An additional two map units show bare rock and other unvegetated surfaces, such as roads and buildings, and one is a “Weedy Forbs/Prairie Dog Colony” map unit.
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- Assemblage
- Units
- ELMO , SCPN , 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