Vegetation Communities in Relation to Environmental Gradients in Shenandoah National Park

Products: * updated to version 1.1 ( see Release Notes for v1.1) Project overview presentation (MS Powerpoint) Final report with community descriptions, mapping procedures, and results: Version 1.1, incorporating reviewers comments (PDF)* UPDATED List of plant species found at field plots (PDF) Vegetation community classification dendrograms (Appendix 1 PDF) USNVC classification descriptions for Shenandoah National Park, v1.1 (Appendix 2 PDF ) Key to the natural vegetation of Shenandoah National Park (Appendix 3 PDF) Accuracy assessment field form (Appendix 4 PDF) Vegetation plot metadata (Appendix 5 PDF) Accuracy assessment results (Appendix 6 PDF), and 2005 Field Form (PDF) Community Association cross-walk table (MS Excel 2003) GIS data (v. 1.1): Vegetation Associations Map (Zip compressed ESRI ArcGrid format) (metadata) Landforms (Zip compressed ESRI ArcGrid format) (metadata) Ecological gradients derived from 15m digital elevation model Large format (E-sized, 33 x 44) print maps (v1.1), by district (PDF): Vegetation Associations, North District Vegetation Associations, Central District Vegetation Associations, South District Large format (E-sized, 33 x 44) print maps (v1.1), by district (PDF), terrain shaded: Vegetation Associations, North District Vegetation Associations, Central District Vegetation Associations, South District Predicted Probability maps of individual Forest communities with AA data (park-wide, PDF) F1, CEGL004996, Central Appalachian Pine - Oak / Heath Woodland F2, CEGL006565, Chestnut Oak - Black Birch Wooded Talus Slope F3, CEGL006299, Central Appalachian / Northern Piedmont Low-Elevation Chestnut Oak Forest F4, CEGL008521, Mixed Oak / Heath Forest (Piedmont / Central Appalachian Low-Elevation Type) F5, CEGL006057, Central Appalachian Dry-Mesic Chestnut Oak - Northern Red Oak Forest F6, CEGL006075, Mid-Atlantic Mesic Mixed Hardwood Forest F7, CEGL008502, Central Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest (Yellow Birch - Northern Red Oak Type) F8, CEGL006109, Hemlock - Northern Hardwood Forest F9, CEGL008506, Northern Red Oak Forest (Pennsylvania Sedge - Wavy Hairgrass Type) F10, CEGL007710, Southern Appalachian Cove Forest (Typic Montane Type) F11, CEGL006255, Northern Blue Ridge Montane Alluvial Forest F12, CEGL006304, Central Appalachian Acidic Cove Forest (White Pine - Mixed Hardwoods Type) F13, CEGL007220, Successional Tuliptree Forest (Circumneutral Type) F14, CEGL008528, Central Appalachian Basic Boulderfield Forest (Montane Basswood - White Ash Type) F15, CEGL006237, Central Appalachian Rich Cove Forest F16, CEGL008518, Central Appalachian Montane Oak - Hickory Forest (Basic Type) F17, CEGL008516, Central Appalachian Montane Oak - Hickory Forest (Acidic Type) F18, CEGL008515, Central Appalachian Acidic Oak - Hickory Forest F19, CEGL008514, Central Appalachian Basic Oak - Hickory Forest (Submontane / Foothills Type) F20, CEGL006216, Northern Hardpan Basic Oak - Hickory Forest F21, CEGL007279, Black Locust Successional Forest Predicted Probability maps of individual Outcrop communities. *Note: most have no AA data (PDF) O1, CEGL008536, High-Elevation Greenstone Barren O2, CEGL008538, High-Elevation Acidic Heath Barren / Pavement O3, CEGL008508, High-Elevation Outcrop Barren (Black Chokeberry Igneous / Metamorphic Type) O4, CEGL008504, Central Appalachian High-Elevation Boulderfield Forest O5, CEGL003683, Central Appalachian Basic Woodland O6, CEGL006037, Central Appalachian Circumneutral Barren O7, CEGL008529, Central Appalachian Mafic Barren (Ninebark / Pennsylvania Sedge Type) Predicted Probability maps of individual Wetland communities. *Note: most have no AA data (PDF) W1, CEGL006249, Northern Blue Ridge Mafic Fen W2, CEGL007853, Central Appalachian Acidic Seepage Swamp W3, CEGL006258, Central Appalachian Woodland Seep W4, CEGL008416, Central Appalachian Basic Seepage Swamp W5, CEGL008533, High-Elevation Hemlock - Yellow Birch Seepage Swamp W6, CEGL007858, Shenandoah Valley Sinkhole Pond (Typic Type) Please refer questions or feedback on these products to John Young (jyoung@usgs.gov).