Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Effigy Mounds National Monument
2001-2004. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Effigy Mounds 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. Photointerpreters, ecologists, and botanists collaborated to describe National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS) plant associations (communities) and determine how best to map them using aerial photographs. The team collected 63 vegetation plot samples for analysis, defining 15 NVCS plant communities. Two plant communities were added based on less formal sampling data, affirming 17 NVCS plant communities at EFMO. An additional 10 vegetation units were classed at the NVCS Formation level depicting human disturbance and cultivated lands. Of 47 map classes developed for the mapping project, 30 represent the 17 NVCS plant communities. Plant communities, primarily forested types, were subdivided to provide resource managers and researchers information the plant community level could not provide. These map class phases typically define recurring variations within a plant community and suggest an index to disturbance history and integrity of the plant community. Another 9 map classes represent the 10 NVCS Formation level vegetation units, and an additional 8 map classes depict general land cover.
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- Assemblage
- Units
- EFMO , HTLN , 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