Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Big Hole National Battlefield
2010-2012. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Big Hole National Battlefield
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. A three-year, three-phase program was initiated to complete the tasks of sampling, classifying, and mapping the plant associations and vegetation alliances within BIHO. Phase-one, directed by UCBN staff in conjunction with Northwest Management Incorporated (NMI), Idaho State University (ISU), and S.M. Stoller Corporation (Stoller) resulted in the plant association and vegetation alliance classification using the National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS). Vegetation classification was based on the 2010 field sampling of 95 representative classification plots located within the boundary of BIHO. Analysis of the classification plot data by ISU and Stoller ecologists occurred in 2011. Through this process 16 distinct plant associations and four alliances were identified. Vegetation alliance and plant association local descriptions and a field key to determine each association in the field are included in this report.
- Type
- Assemblage
- Units
- BIHO , UCBN , 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