Vegetation Classification and Mapping of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: Project Report (Natural Resource Report NRR/HTLN/NRR?2011/346)

Kindscher, Kelly; Kilroy, Hayley; Delisle, Jennifer; Long, Quinn; Loring, Hillary; Dobbs, Kevin; Drake, Jim; National Park Service

ISBN 10: 1493696696 / ISBN 13: 9781493696697

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

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• Title: Vegetation Classification and Mapping of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: Project Report (Natural Resource Report NRR/HTLN/NRR?2011/346)
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493696696
• ISBN 13: 9781493696697
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A three-year program was initiated to complete the task of mapping and classifying the vegetation at TAPR. The Kansas Biological Survey (KBS) in conjunction with NatureServe developed a vegetation classification using the National Vegetation Classification System and produced a digital vegetation map. To classify the vegetation, plots located throughout TAPR were sampled during the summer of 2008. Additional data were obtained from vegetation plots sampled by the Inventory & Monitoring program in 2006. Analysis of the plot data by KBS produced 12 map units (eight vegetated and four land-use) which are directly matched to corresponding plant associations and land-use classes. Descriptions and a field key for all plant communities of TAPR are included in this report. Draft maps were printed, field tested, reviewed and revised.