2009 Workshop

The documents below are form the 2009 Workshop on Introducing the New National Vegetation Classification Standard with Field Applications and Training that was held at the ESA Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM.

Presentations

• Introduction to the FGDC National Vegetation Standard with Field Applications and Training 
• Metadata
• Documentation, Description of Alliances and Associations
• A Brief Integrated View of the National Classification
• Collecting Vegetation Field Plot Data for the USNVC
• The interconnected-ness of sampling and classification

Supporting Documents

• The FGDC Vegetation Classification Standard, Version 2
• Standards for associations and alliances of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (Ecological Monographs 2009 M. D. Jennings, D Faber-Langendoen, O. L. Loucks, R. K. Peet, and David Roberts
• CNPS Cover Diagram (CNPS cover diagrams_grayscale.pdf)
• Cover Diagram Example | Cover scale comparisons
• Hierarchical plant association classification for the Bandelier National Monument vegetation map
• Keys to Bandelier National Monument Plant Associations
• Sample Association Description Abies concolor (Pseudotsuga menziesii)/Quercus gambelii /Carex rossii Forest. White Fir (Douglas fir)/Gambel Oak/Ross’ Sedge Forest