A sedge, grass and rush inventory of seven parks in the National Capital Region
Engelhardt K, Tessel S, Adams S. 2008. A sedge, grass and rush inventory of seven parks in the National Capital Region. NPS/NCRN/NRTR—2008/090. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Vascular plant inventories have been completed for many National Parks in the United States. Although the inventories are thorough, sedges, grasses and rushes are often underrepresented owing to difficulties in identifying species and in timing surveys to capture flowering, a must for many species that are hard to identify from vegetative characteristics. Information on graminoids is important, however, in documenting trends in the flora and fauna, such as the presence of rare, threatened or endangered species that are in need of special protection, and in understanding and maintaining the natural goods and services National Parks can provide. Therefore, the primary goal of this project was to conduct an inventory of grasses, sedges and rushes at Catoctin Mountain Park, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, National Capital Parks East (excluding Ft. Washington and Piscataway), Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Rock Creek Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, and Great Falls Park of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. In doing so, the inventory will provide park managers, NPS policy-makers, and the public with scientifically sound information on the nature and status of some of the biological resources that the National Parks within the National Capital Region support.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Engelhardt, K.A.M.; Tessel, S.; Adams, S.
- Date of Issue
- 2008-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CATO , CHOH , GRFA , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , NACE , NCRN , ROCR
- Keywords
- biota inventory, edge, graminoid, Grass, Inventory, National Capital Region, plant inventory, Rush