Draft Vegetation Rapid Assessment Protocol and Field Datasheet
California Native Plant Society Vegetation Committee. 2002. Draft Vegetation Rapid Assessment Protocol and Field Datasheet. California Native Plant Society
The rapid assessment protocol is a reconnaissance-level method of vegetation and habitat sampling. It may be used to quickly assess and map the extent of all vegetation types in relatively large, ecologically defined regions. The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) has adopted this method to verify locations of known vegetation types, to gain information about new types, and to acquire general information about their composition, habitat, and site quality. Other agencies, such as California State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service, are also adopting this method for documenting vegetation patterns. The CNPS rapid assessment (RA) protocol was used by NPS field crews in mapping vegetation at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to characterize vegetation in response to questions raised by photointerpreters.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- California Native Plant Society Vegetation Committee
- Date of Issue
- 2002-02-25
- Publisher
- California Native Plant Society
- Units
- SEKI , SIEN
- Keywords
- distribution, disturbance, field form, habitat sampling, rapid assessment, species composition, standard operating procedure, vegetation sampling