Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
2004-2007. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
This reference is an assemblage of field data collected as part the baseline vegetation inventory for the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site. 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. Vegetation classification and mapping was conducted at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, creating a current digital geospatial vegetation database for the park. Sixteen vegetation associations, Alder Riverine Shrubland, Allegheny Hardwood Forest, Conifer Plantation, Dry Eastern Hemlock - Oak Forest, Eastern Hemlock - Northern Hardwood Forest, Eastern Hemlock - Tuliptree - Birch Forest, Japanese or Giant Knotweed Herbaceous Vegetation, Modified Successional Forest, Northern Hardwood Forest, Northern Red Oak - Northern Hardwood Forest, Reed Canarygrass Riverine Grassland, Sparsely Vegetated Cliff, Successional Old Field, Sugar Maple Floodplain Forest, Tuliptree - Beech - Maple Forest, and Wet Meadow, that occur within the park were identified and described in detail. These vegetation types are strongly influenced by the varied environmental settings and land use history of the park.
- Type
- Assemblage
- Units
- ALPO , ERMN , 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