Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage 200702 vector digital data http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/bowa/bowa.zip http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/?p=default&b=base1&q=http%3A%2F%2Fgis1.usgs.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fnvcp%2FBooker_T_Washington_NM%2FMapServer&x=-8875406.4029&y=4455189.817900002&l=15&v= http://gis1.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nvcp/Booker_T_Washington_NM/MapServer Karen D. Patterson 200806 document doi:10.5066/F7PZ56RQ This shapefile is an vegetation map of Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia. It was developed by The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage in cooperation with North Carolina State University's Center for Earth Observation for the Northeast Region of the National Park Service. The data was created following general guidelines set forth by the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program. Map classes are crosswalked to the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) or level II of the Andersons land use land cover classification system. Crosswalks to the USNVC were determined on February 20, 2007. The map is based on field work performed in the summer of 2002 and photo interpretation of aerial photo mosaics produced by North Carolina State University Center for Earth Observation from photography obtained in October 2001 and February 2002. This data set was created for Booker T. Washington National Monument for use in natural resource management. 20020219 Date of aerial photography Complete None planned Booker T. Washington National Monument and environs -79.740443 -79.717855 37.125557 37.104970 ISO 19115 Topic Category environment National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus Vegetation None vegetation association vegetation classification National Park Service vegetation map vegetation alliance vegetation formation National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus Booker T. Washington National Monument National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus BOWA None Virginia Franklin County, Virginia None Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae plants None None Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage Ecologist mailing and physical

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Richmond Virginia 23219 USA 804-786-5990 Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.1.1332 The vegetation classification attribute of all polygons except those representing cultural / anthropogenic land use (i.e. agricultural fields, roads, built-up areas), was validated in the field by a VADNH Ecologist. At least 80% of each polygon was observed in the field and a classification was assigned. No formal thematic accuracy assessment was completed. Polygon geometry and topology were validated with ESRI ArcGIS v. 9.2 to find and correct any voids, slivers, overlapping polygons, or self-intersections. Any multipart polygons were converted to single-part polygons. Shapefile covers entire park area A preliminary vegetation map was created by viewing leaf-on (data captured 10-22-2001) and leaf-off (data captured 2-19-2002) digital photo mosaics, both in two and three dimensions. Areas of homogenous vegetation, land cover, and land use were delineated using ArcMaps onscreen digitizing tools. The minimum mapping unit was 0.5 hectares (1.25 acres). Polygons were attributed to the formation-level of the USNVC or Level II and Anderson's land use and land cover classification. All polygons were visited during map validation and field reconnaissance in the Summer of 2002 and data were collected from six quantitative vegetation plots and 51 qualitative observations. Data were combined with data from other areas of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain to refine the USNVC for the region. The draft formation-level vegetation map was then revised based on field information and reattributed with the association names from the refined USNVC. 20070214 Vector G-polygon 60 Universal Transverse Mercator 17 0.999600 -81.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000004 0.000004 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257222 bowa_veg_map_association_2002 attribute table from shapefile table Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. POLYGONID Unique identifer for each of the 60 vegetation polygons. Identifers are whole numbers but are not sequential due to editing of map after assigning polygonid Karen D. Patterson, Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. 1 81 LOCAL_NAME A common or colloquial name for the map class. These names follow the Natural Communities of Virginia (Fleming et al 2006) or, if no appropriate name exists in Fleming et al (2006), the Association common name from the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) was used, or a park-specific common name was assigned. Nonstandard, park-specific units representing disturbed, cultural, or exotic vegetation were defined by Ecologists at the Division of Natural Heritage. Names for map classes not representing natural or semi-natural vegetation follow the Anderson level II land use and land cover classification scheme (Anderson et. al 1976). Patterson, Karen D. March 2007. Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia. Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2007/XXX. National Park Service. Philadelphia, PA. Acidic Oak - Hickory Forest Acidic Oak - Hickory Forest Fleming, G.P., P.P. Coulling, K.D. Patterson, and K. Taverna. 2006. The natural communities of Virginia: classification of ecological community groups. Second approximation. Version 2.2. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. <http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/nctoc.shtml> Inner Piedmont / Lower Blue Ridge Basic Mesic Forest Inner Piedmont / Lower Blue Ridge Basic Mesic Forest Fleming, G.P., P.P. Coulling, K.D. Patterson, and K. Taverna. 2006. The natural communities of Virginia: classification of ecological community groups. Second approximation. Version 2.2. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. <http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/nctoc.shtml> Cultural Meadow Cultural Meadow Karen D. Patterson, Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. Dense Hardwood Regeneration Dense Hardwood Regeneration Karen D. Patterson, Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. Other Urban or Built-Up Land Other Urban or Built-Up Land Anderson, J.R., E.E. Hardy, and J.T. Roach. 1976. Land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensing data. Geological Survey Professional Paper 964. United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. Piedmont / Mountain Alluvial Forest Piedmont / Mountain Alluvial Forest Fleming, G.P., P.P. Coulling, K.D. Patterson, and K. Taverna. 2006. The natural communities of Virginia: classification of ecological community groups. Second approximation. Version 2.2. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. <http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/nctoc.shtml> Successional Tuliptree Forest Successional Tuliptree Forest NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Successional Virginia Pine Forest Successional Virginia Pine Forest NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Anderson, J.R., E.E. Hardy, and J.T. Roach. 1976. Land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensing data. Geological Survey Professional Paper 964. United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. White Pine Plantation White Pine Plantation NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. COMMENT Comments that make distinctions between polygons of a map class. Karen D. Patterson, Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage No domain defined. FORM_CODE Code for Formation level of the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification) NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Formation Code NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. FORM_NAME Formation Name from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification) NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Formation Name NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. ALLIA_CODE Code for the Alliance level of the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification) NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Alliance Key NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. ALLIAN_SCI Alliance name from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification) NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Alliance Name NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. ALLIAN_ENG Alliance name with Latin names translated to English from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification) NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Alliance Translated Name NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. ASSOC_CODE A unique identifier code for the Association level of the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification). Code is standard Global Element Code from Natureserve Central databases NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Elcode NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. ASSOC_SCI Association Name from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification) NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Global Name NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. ASSOC_ENG Association Name with Latin names translated to English from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification) NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007. Association Translated Name NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. WETLAND Field to indicate what USFWS System level is represented by the map class. Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. FWS/OBS-79/31. 103 pp. System Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 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