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Photo of Veg Panel members at Semi-annual meeting

Veg Panel at 2026 ESA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah

ESA’s Vegetation Classification held a special session highlighting the history and applications of the USNVC as well as how to provide instruction in the college classroom. Members also presented a poster and hosted a booth in the Exhibit Hall. The Panel met for its semi-annual meeting during the ESA Annual Meeting (Meeting Notes).

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Vegetation Panel Field Trip Participants in Serpentine Woodland, Potomac, Maryland

Veg Panel at ESA 2025 Baltimore, Maryland

ESA’s Vegetation Panel sponsored a field trip to a coastal plain and serpentine woodland (pictured above) to highlight the use of the US National Vegetation Classification (USNVC). Panel members also hosted a booth in the exhibition hall. A semi-annual meeting was held on August 12 (Meeting Notes).

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Photo of Pacific Ocean from Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, California

Veg Panel at 2024 ESA Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA

At ESA’s Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California, the Vegetation Panel hosted a booth in the exhibition hall and sponsored a field trip to the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.  Participants observed classification and conservation efforts of this urban preserve.  The Panel had its semi-annual meeting (Meeting Notes) and ran a Special Session that highlighted the applications of the U.S. National…

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Panel Meeting, May 2019

The 2019 meeting of the ESA Vegetation Classification Panel in Fort Collins, CO focused on reviewing recent meetings of the USNVC Review Board, planning future education and outreach activities, providing guidance to the Panel’s Executive Committee on funding priorities, and brainstorming opportunities to improve the work of the USNVC through partnerships with organizations.

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