Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, University of Georgia USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics Metadata created 3-13-07; data released 2005 vector digital data http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/liri/lirigeodata.zip doi:10.5066/F7HT2M8B Little River Canyon NPRES Vegetation Map Data Detailed vegetation mapping for natural resource inventory and management. The Shapefile was imported to a file geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics. 20011011 ground condition Complete None planned Little River Canyon National Preserve and environs -85.698620 -85.560066 34.510417 34.280605 None Vegetation Map National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus Vegetation ISO 19115 Topic Category biota None Little River Canyon NPRES None Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae None None Tommy Jordan / Marguerite Madden Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, University of Georgia Assoc Director / Director mailing address

Dept of Geography/University of Georgia

Athens GA 30602 USA 706-542-2372 706-542-2379 706-542-2388 tombob@uga.edu mmadden@uga.edu 0900 - 1700 M-F Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000 As of November 2, 2007, no independent accuracy assessment has been performed on the vegetation data. Unknown Unknown Horizontal accuracy is designed to meet NMAS for the published map scale (1:13,000) - horizontal accuracy of well-defined points is approximately 4-5 meters. It should be noted that many of the polygon edge represent fuzzy boundaries or ecotones and, while interpreted as accurately as possible, these boundaries do not correspond to the same accuracy standards as the well-defined points described in the National Map Accuracy Standards. N/A Unknown Unknown photo 12,000 Color-infrared aerial photographs 20011011 ground condition photos Unknown Vegetation polygons were delineated from 1:12,000 color aerial photographs recorded on October 31, 2001. The overlays were orthorectified to photogrammetric control and then converted to vector GIS Layers. After editing, the individual photo coverages were edgematched and attributed to create the final GIS vegetation layer. unknown Metadata imported. C:\DOCUME~1\TJORDA~1.CRM\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml3E9.tmp unknown Metadata imported. C:\DOCUME~1\tombob\LOCALS~1\Temp\xmlC.tmp unknown The shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics. 201102 Metadata imported. 201102 Vector G-polygon 1802 Universal Transverse Mercator 16 0.999600 -87.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000100 0.000100 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 LIRI_VegPolys Feature class attribute table National Park Service OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Poly_ID Unique identifier for each polygon NPS Unique plot code. MapUnit_ID Code used to represent the Map Unit NPS Map unit code. MapUnit_Name Full Map Unit name NPS Map unit association common name. X_Centroid X Coordinate (UTM Easting) of the centroid of the polygon ESRI Easting coordinate. Y_Centroid Y Coordinate (UTM Northing) of the centroid of the polygon ESRI Northing coordinate. Acres Area (unknown units) ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Hectares Perimeter (unknown units) ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Length Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.. rc_VegPolys_tVegMapInfo Defines relationship between Veg polygons and basic vegetation attributes National Park Service Little River Canyon National Preserve (Canyon Map) Vegetation Map Community Legend Needle-Leaved Temperate Evergreen Forest 6327 Shortleaf Pine Early-Successional Forest 8462 Loblolly Pine - Sweetgum Mid to Late-Successional Forest 6011 Loblolly Pine Early to Mid-Successional Forest 7119 Virginia Pine - Shortleaf Pine - Chestnut Oak Forest 2591 Virginia Pine Successional Forest Submontane Deciduous Forest 7192 Silktree (Albizia julibrissin) Successional Forest 4539 American Beech - White Oak - (Chestnut Oak)/Mountain Laurel - Catawba Rhododendron Bluff 4539:Qp/K Chestnut Oak/Mountain Laurel Bluff in northern Alabama 8428 White Oak - (Tuliptree - Sweetgum)/Chalk Maple/ Sweet-shrub Small Stream Forest 8488 Northern Red Oak - Basswood - Carolina Shagbark Hickory/Southern Sugar Maple - Chalk Maple/Oakleaf Hydrangea Forest 8430 White Oak-(Chestnut Oak)/ Oakleaf Hydrangea - Mapleleaf Viburnum Forest 8430:Qa 8430 dominated by White Oak, at Little River Canyon 8430:Qp 8430 dominated by Chestnut Oak, at Little River Canyon 8430:Cx 8430 dominated by Hickory (Pignut and/or Mockernut), at Little River Canyon 8430:Qp/K 8430 dominated by Chestnut Oak with Mountain Laurel understory, associated with rocky cliffs at Little River Canyon 7244 White Oak - (Southern Red Oak - Mixed Oak) - Pignut Hickory Forest 8431 Chestnut Oak - (Scarlet Oak)/Sand Hickory/Vaccinium arboreum - Vaccinium pallidum Forest and Woodland Temporarily Flooded Decicuous Forest 4098 White Oak - (Scarlet Oak - Post Oak - Black Oak)/Mountain Laurel Temporarily Flooded High-Energy River Terrace Forest 7330 Sweetgum - (Tuliptree) Floodplain Forest Seasonally Flooded Forest 7388 Red Maple - Sweetgum/Sedge spp./Sphagnum spp. Upland Depression Pond Saturated Deciduous Forest 7443 Red Maple - Blackgum Forested Acid Steep, co-dominated by White Oak in Little River Canyon Mixed Evergreen-Deciduous Forest 8427 Shortleaf Pine - Mesic Oak (White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Post Oak - Black Oak) Forest 7493 Shortleaf Pine - Dry Oak (Chestnut Oak - Southern Red Oak ) Forest 7500 Shortleaf Pine - Xeric Oak (Post Oak - Chestnut Oak - Southern Red Oak) Forest Temporarily Flooded Mixed Evergreen-Deciduous Forest 7546 Loblolly Pine - Tuliptree/Spicebush Bottomland Forest Needle-Leaved Evergreen Woodland 3618 Loblolly Pine - (Shortleaf Pine)/Little Bluestem Woodland Temperate Cold-Deciduous Shrubland 8568 Wisteria Vine Shrubland (Exotic) Temporarily Flooded Deciduous Shrubland 3895 Smooth Alder - Yellowroot Rocky Bar and Shore 8495 Bushy St. John's-wort- Smooth Alder Riverscour Cobblebar Saturated Mixed Evergreen-Deciduous Bog 3914 Smooth Alder - Smooth Azalea/Green Pitcherplant Seepage Bog Medium-Tall Sod Temperate Grasslands 4044 Successional Broomsedge in former fields or pastures, with other pioneer or "weedy" perennial grasses and herbaceous species 4048 Cultivated meadow dominated by Fescue (Lolium spp.) and other exotic and native grasses and forbs Low Temperate Perennial Forb 4622 Nuttalls' Rayless goldenrod - Woodland Tickseed - Liatrus Alabama Cumberland Sandstone Glade 4622x Alabama Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Complex, with Virginia Pine and shrubs Other Categories Ag Agriculture BP Beaver Pond CC Clear Cut Dd Dead HI Human Influence Hdw Hardwoods, Sweetgum and other hardwoods remaining after pine canopy is dead PI Pines PIt Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) PIv Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) PIx Mixed Pines Qx Mixed Oaks RK Rock ROW Right-of-Way RR Railroad Rd Road Sb Shrub, Woody Shrubland W Water WFP Wildlife Food Plot Modifiers :bb Blackberry Thicket :Cx Hickories (Carya spp.) :Dd Dead :Hdw Hardwoods, Sweetgum and other hardwoods remaining after pine canopy is dead :K Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) :Lt Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) :PI Pines :PIe Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata) :PIt Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) :PIv Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) :PIx Mixed Pines :Qa White Oak (Quercus alba) :Qp Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus) :Qp/K Chestnut Oak with Mountain Laurel understory (Quercus prinus/Kalmia latifolia) :Qx Mixed Oaks :Qxr Mixed Oak, and other hardwoods regenerating, with a dense subcanopy in a thin pine forest :r Regeneration - small trees, very young stand :Rh Rhododendron spp. :sb Shrub, woody shrublands :SV Sparse Vegetation :t Thinned Forest :tt Very thinned forest, scattered tall trees Buffer Classes Ag Agriculture C/I Commercial/Industry Cc Clear Cut CF Coniferous Forest Lwn Lawn MF Mixed Forest Rd Road Res Residential RO Rock Outcrop RR Railroad SS/OF Shrub/Sapling/Old Field Successional SS/OF/d Shrub/Sapling/Old Field Successional disturbed W Water MMU = 0.5 ha USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

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