Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Booker T. Washington National Monument
2005-2008. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Booker T. Washington 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. Ten map classes, representing seven USNVC associations, one nonstandard park-specific vegetation class, and two Anderson Level II land-use categories were used to map the 97-ha (239-ac) park. Vegetation map classes were determined through extensive field reconnaissance and data collection and analysis. The vegetation map classes were based on 2002 aerial photography and 2002 field sampling. Spatial data was digitized onscreen over digital orthophoto mosaics created from scanned color infrared, stereo pair 1:6,000 scale aerial photography using a 0.5-ha minimum mapping unit. Four cultural map classes covered 35% (32 ha [79 ac]) of the park: Cultural Meadow; Other Urban or Built-Up Land; Transportation, Communications, and Utilities; and White Pine Plantation. Early successional or transitional vegetation covers approximately 31% (28 ha [69 ac]) of park land: Successional Virginia Pine Forest; Successional Tuliptree Forest; and Dense Hardwood Regeneration. The remaining 34% (31 ha [77 ac]) of the park are later successional forests: Acidic Oak - Hickory Forest; Basic Mesic Forest; and Piedmont / Mountain Floodplain Forest.
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- Assemblage
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- BOWA , MIDN , 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