Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS

B42 Sand
Location: This map class appeared mainly in the northern half of the project boundary.
Photosignature: This map class was used in areas where there was a lot of sand and the vegetation was
sparse to absent. The sand appeared as a light brown, reddish color and did not have any speckling of
vegetation.
G45
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Sand.
Plant communities
NA
Group map class Inter-Mountain Basins Shale Badland (1 of 5)
Management map class Sand / Mudflat (1 of 1)
Macrogroup map class
Inter-Mountain Basins Semi-Desert Grassland and
Steppe (1 of 17)
Number of map units in park 2
Number of map units in park & environs 2
Number of map units less than 0.5 ha 1 (9.3% of total map class area)
Area of map class in park
2.8 ha / 6.9 ac
Total area of map class
2.8 ha / 6.9 ac
Proportion of land cover in park 0.0%
Proportion of map class in project environs 0.0%
Base map class accuracy user 100.0 (42.5 - 100.0), producer 100.0 (42.5 -
100.0)
Group map class accuracy user 60.2 (51.5 - 68.4), producer 62.4 (53.5 - 70.5)
Management map class accuracy user 100.0 (42.5 - 100.0), producer 100.0 (42.5 -
100.0)
Macrogroup map class accuracy user 93.0 (90.1 - 95.0), producer 77.2 (73.3 - 80.6)
Documentation for base map class
0 2003 relevés, 0 1996 relevés, 0 AA observation sites
Appendix G: Map Class summaries