Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS
Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS
Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS
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Contents<br />
Figures............................................................................................................................................................ iv<br />
Tables............................................................................................................................................................... v<br />
Acronyms.<strong>and</strong>.Abbreviations....................................................................................................................... vii<br />
Executive.Summary........................................................................................................................................ ix<br />
Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................................... xi<br />
1..Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 1<br />
1.1..Background.......................................................................................................................................... 1<br />
1.2..Scope.<strong>and</strong>.Products.............................................................................................................................. 1<br />
1.3..The.<strong>USGS</strong>-NPS.<strong>Vegetation</strong>.<strong>Mapping</strong>.Program............................................................................... 2<br />
1.4..The.National.<strong>Vegetation</strong>.<strong>Classification</strong>.St<strong>and</strong>ard.............................................................................. 3<br />
1.5..Park.Environment................................................................................................................................ 5<br />
2..Identification.<strong>and</strong>.<strong>Classification</strong>.of.Plant.Communities......................................................................... 13<br />
2.1..Methods.............................................................................................................................................. 13<br />
2.2..Results................................................................................................................................................. 18<br />
3..Base.Map.Class.Development.................................................................................................................. 23<br />
3.1..Methods.............................................................................................................................................. 23<br />
3.2..Results................................................................................................................................................. 29<br />
4..Accuracy.Assessment.<strong>and</strong>.Additional.Map.Classes................................................................................. 33<br />
4.1..Methods.............................................................................................................................................. 33<br />
4.2..Results................................................................................................................................................. 37<br />
4.3..Discussion........................................................................................................................................... 48<br />
5..Literature.Cited......................................................................................................................................... 59<br />
6..Glossary..................................................................................................................................................... 61<br />
Appendix.A:.List.of.Petrified.Forest.National.Park.vegetation.mapping.project.products...................A1<br />
Appendix.B:.Relevé.numbers..................................................................................................................... B1<br />
Appendix.C:.Global.<strong>and</strong>.local.plant.community.descriptions................................................................... C1<br />
Appendix.D:.Plant.species.list................................................................................................................ D1<br />
Appendix.E:.Plant.community.<strong>and</strong>.map.class.key................................................................................ E1<br />
Appendix.F:.Plant.community.<strong>and</strong>.map.class.crosswalk....................................................................... F1<br />
Appendix.G:.Map.class.summaries............................................................................................................ G1<br />
Appendix.H:.Accuracy.assessment.data..................................................................................................... H1<br />
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