Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Moores Creek National Battlefield
2005-2011. Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Moores Creek 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. Published floristic information, the plant-species list of MOCR, and expert local knowledge, including NPS staff at MOCR, were used to refine the list. The preliminary list of associations was useful for planning, estimating the amount of field work necessary, and for assigning provisional names to vegetation plots and observation points. Plots were placed non-randomly in such a way as to sample as many of the vegetation associations as possible given the minimum number of plots for the project. Plots were deliberately placed in certain areas in order to capture the diversity of vegetation communities at the park. Plot size was variable (e.g., 10 m × 30 m, 15 m × 20 m, 20 m × 20 m, 20 m × 40 m, 20 m × 50 m) and decided at the time of sampling based on which dimension would most adequately characterize the vegetation sampled in each plot. Twelve vegetation plots were sampled in MOCR in November 2005.
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- Assemblage
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- MOCR , SECN , 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