Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Minute Man National Historic 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. Twenty-seven (27) USNVC vegetation associations were described for MIMA. The upland forests that characterize the area include three oak-dominated forest associations, a mixed pine - oak forest association, one northern hardwood forest association, and two early successional forest associations dominated by non-native tree species. Wetland forests include two floodplain forest associations and three red maple-dominated swamp associations. Upland herb-dominated areas were predominantly wooded pastures and old-field vegetation with one area of sandplain grassland. Shrub-herb wetlands included two fen associations, six herbaceous wet meadow or marsh associations (including two exotic-dominated associations), three shrub swamp associations, and one aquatic vegetation association. Thirty-nine vegetation classification plots were sampled in the park during July, August, and September of 2004. All vegetation data were collected following accepted Natural Heritage Program protocols (Strakosch-Walz 2000), with 20-m x 20-m plots in forests and woodlands, 10-m x 10-m plots in shrublands, and 5-m x 5-m plots in herbaceous vegetation. In some cases, where the stands were too narrow to accommodate square plots of standard dimensions, rectangular plots of identical area were used. All vegetation strata were sampled in each classification plot.

Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Minute Man National Historic Park

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