Vegetation Association Descriptions for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Castle Mountains National Monument
Evens JM, Sikes K, Curtis J, Curley C, Schulz K, Ratchford J. 2020. Vegetation Association Descriptions for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Castle Mountains National Monument. Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
The National Park Service’s (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) program has determined vegetation inventory and mapping to be an important resource for parks; it is one of 12 baseline inventories of natural resources to be completed for all 270 national parks within the NPS I&M program. The Mojave Desert Network Inventory & Monitoring (MOJN I&M) began its process of vegetation inventory in 2009 for four park units as follows: Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAKE), Mojave National Preserve (MOJA), Castle Mountains National Monument (CAMO), and Death Valley National Park (DEVA). Vegetation inventory and mapping is a multi-step process, the final products of which include a vegetation classification, ecological descriptions and field keys of the vegetation types, and geospatial vegetation maps based on the classification. The results of the vegetation classification in a separate document. Based on the classification results, of the 240 associations identified in the four parks, this report describes local association descriptions for 145 new associations that have been added to the USNVC (i.e., those with a sample size of at least 3).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Evens, Julie; Sikes, Kendra; Curtis, Joslyn; Curley, Catherine; Schulz, Keith; Ratchford, Jaime
- Date of Issue
- 2020
- Publisher
- Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
- Units
- CAMO , DEVA , LAKE , MOJA , MOJN
- Keywords
- association, California Native Plant Society, CNPS, Mojave Desert, MOJN, National Vegetation Classification Standard, U.S. National Vegetation Classification, USNVC, Vegetation, vegetation classification, Vegetation Inventory, Vegetation mapping
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Riparian Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Desert Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Shrubland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex
See also
- Vegetation Alliance Descriptions for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Castle Mountains National Monument
- Field Key to the Vegetation Alliances of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Castle Mountains National Monument
- Vegetation classification at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Mojave National Preserve, Castle Mountains National Monument, and Death Valley National Park: Final report