Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Rocky Mountain National Park
2002-2004. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Rocky Mountain 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. For ROMO, we decided that a spatial-historical model coupled to a 30-meter digital elevation model (DEM) of the Park would be more predictive of vegetative diversity and more efficient than a linear transect approach. A working group of Park, CNHP, NatureServe and BOR ecologists / botanists / geographers familiar with the region selected the model’s driving variables; those thought to influence vegetation response. To classify the vegetation, we sampled 623 representative plots located throughout the 267,000-acre (108,000 ha) park during the summer of 2003. Analysis of the plot data using ordination and clustering techniques produced 172 distinct plant associations, 19 of which were newly described. These include 14 NVC associations, and 5 local types.
- Type
- Assemblage
- Units
- ROMN , ROMO , 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