Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Grand Teton National Park
2002-2007. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Grand Teton National 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. To classify the vegetation, 635 representative plots located throughout the approximately 550,087 acre (222,613 ha) project area (parks + environs) were sampled during the summers of 2002 and 2003. Analysis of the plot data using ordination and clustering techniques produced 167 distinct plant associations, 10 of which were newly described at Grand Teton National Park. In addition, 40 unique plant associations known only from the park (i.e. Park Specials) were also described. Our field sampling goals were to have 3-5 plots per plant association with less well-understood and more diverse associations receiving more sampling. All plots were to be spread across GRTE to capture diversity. Plot sampling was conducted during the summers of 2002 and 2003 by WYNDD and GRTE staff, respectively. This combined effort resulted in 167 plots sampled in 2002 and 248 plots sampled in 2003. An additional 220 plots were added to the total by incorporating 78 plots provided by the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, 115 plots from the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and 27 pre-existing GRTE plots. All plots provided similar high-quality data, with the National Forest plots located predominantly in the environs portion of the project area.
- Type
- Assemblage
- Units
- GRTE , GRYN , 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