Vegetation Inventory, Mapping, and Characterization Report, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: Volume II, Type Descriptions
Studd SE , Galvin JB , Black JS, Hubbard JA . 2025. Vegetation Inventory, Mapping, and Characterization Report, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: Volume II, Type Descriptions. Science Report. NPS/SR—2025/366. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2316015
The report contains type descriptions for 34 vegetation communities observed and described at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument during the National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Inventory. The inventory was completed by Sonoran Desert Network staff who compiled newly collected ground observations and plot data (2017–2020) with the legacy map product from a 1981 mapping project (Warren et al. 1981) to create an updated map and updated vegetation classification. The 34 vegetation community types were described using the guidelines of the United States National Vegetation Classification System and were defined as having consistent species composition, uniform physiognomy, and similar habitat conditions.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Studd, Sarah; Galvin, Jeffrey; Black, Joseph; Hubbard, J.
- Date of Issue
- 2025-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2316015
- Units
- NRSS , ORPI
- Keywords
- native plants, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, ORPI, SODN, Sonoran Desert Network, vegetation data, vegetation mapping, vegetation mapping inventory, VMI