Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fort Caroline National Memorial

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. Field work and ground truthing for Fort Caroline National Memorial took place on November 4, 2014 and February 12, 2015. Field visits were aimed at giving specific attention to representative habitats, rare and important communities, areas that have been managed, disturbed, or invaded, and plots previously surveyed by NatureServe to collect data on canopy species composition, diagnostic species for the National Vegetation Classification System, and terrain, similar to NatureServe’s “Quick Plot” surveys. Field crews carried paper field maps with the UTM grid coordinates, elevations, roads, rivers, initial vegetation polygons with CEGL codes, and points of interest superimposed on CIR photographs. They also used a Trimble Geo 6000 Xh Global Positioning System (GPS) handheld receiver loaded with similar GIS layers. On some trips, an Apple iPad 4 with a geoPDF replaced paper field maps. The geoPDF gave the user both a higher level of detail of the original CIR compared paper maps, along with the ability to determine location in real-time using the device’s internal GPS relative to the overlay of the line work.