Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Colorado National Monument
2003-2007. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Colorado 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. The total project mapping area is 12,685 hectares (31,344 acres), encompassing the monument and environs. Ecologists, botanists, and photo interpreters cooperated to identify plant associations for COLM and determine how best to map them using 1:12,000-scale, true color aerial photography. The team documented the project area’s vegetation by sampling 288 plots and 218 observation points. These data were analyzed and assigned to 67 associations of the National Vegetation Classification. Fuels data were collected for woodland and shrubland communities during sampling, but were not analyzed as part of this project. Fieldwork and mapping were completed between 2003 and 2005.
- Type
- Assemblage
- Units
- COLM , 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