Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage 200802 vector digital data http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/rich/rich.zip Karen Patterson 200806 document doi:10.5066/F7QZ27XJ This shapefile is an vegetation map of Richmond National Battlefield Park, 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 September 27, 2007. The map is based on field work performed in the summer of 2002-2006 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 Richmond National Battlefield Park for use in natural resource management. 20020228 Date of aerial photography Complete None planned Richmond National Battlefield Park and environs -77.433229 -77.234395 37.602360 37.347199 None vegetation map vegetation association National Park Service vegetation classification vegetation alliance vegetation formation National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus vegetation ISO 19115 Topic Category environment National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus Richmnd National Battlefield Park National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus RICH Geographic Names Information System Chesterfield County, Virginia Hanover County, Virginia Henrico County, Virginia none Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae 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 9.2.4.1420 The thematic accuracy of the vegetation map was assessed using a stratified random sampling approach, stratifying 71 samples among USNVC map classes. Sample size was determined by class abundance and frequency as recommended in section 4.4.2 of the USGS/NPS Vegetation Mapping Program standards, with one regional modification to accommodate the vegetation pattern seen in the park. Polygons were validated in the field by VADNH staff. Three cultural map classes, Cultural Meadow, Forested Earthworks, and Open Earthworks, and all Anderson II land use classes were excluded from the accuracy assessment. Successional Black Walnut Forest and Successional Shrub Swamp were also excluded since they each were represented by a single, very small polygon that was thoroughly surveyed during the mapping phase of the project. The Kappa index for the vegetation map was 84.4% +/- 10.2%, with the overall percent accuracy calculated as 85.9%. Examination of the errors associated with each observation shows that they can be attributed to below minimum mapping unit inclusions of other vegetation types within the target polygons or to the difficulty of assigning a vegetation classification to very disturbed, transitional vegetation. Additionally some of the mapping errors may have been due to the difficulty of distinguishing deciduous types on aerial photography, since many deciduous signatures are virtually identical. Polygon geometry and topology were validated with ESRI ArcGIS v. 9.2 to find and correct any voids, slivers, overlapping polygons, or self-intersections. Shapefile covers entire park area A preliminary vegetation map was created by viewing leaf-on (data captured 10-23-2001) and leaf-off (data captured 02-28-2002) 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 Level II and Anderson's land use and land cover classification. The preliminary vegetation map served as a guide for field reconnaissance during the summers of 2002-2006. Data were collected from 11 quantitative vegetation plots and qualitative observations throughout the park. 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 extensively revised to better reflect vegetation units based on field information and using the following ancillary data layers; topographic maps and digital raster graphics (DRGs), National Wetland Inventory maps, County soil surveys, and the digital soil survey data (SSURGO). The edited polygons were reattributed with the association names from the refined USNVC. Seventy-one thematic accuracy assessment points were randomly placed within the vegetation map, following a stratified random sampling plan. The Kappa Index for the final vegetation map was 84.5 +/- 10.2%, with an overall accuracy of 85.9%. 20060718 Vector G-polygon 185 Universal Transverse Mercator 18 0.999600 -75.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000064 0.000064 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257222 rich_veg_map_association_2002 Shapefile attribute 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. POLYGON_ID Unique identifer for each of the 185 polygons. Identifers are sequential whole numbers. Karen Patterson, Vegetation Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. 1 185 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 (NVC) 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, K.D. February 2008. Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Richmond National Battlefield Park. Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2008/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> Beaver Wetland Complex Beaver Wetland Complex NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 27 September 2007. Coastal Plain / Piedmont Acidic Seepage Swamp Coastal Plain / Piedmont Acidic Seepage Swamp 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 Coastal Plain / Piedmont Small-Stream Floodplain Forest Coastal Plain / Piedmont Small-Stream Floodplain 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 NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 27 September 2007. Forested Earthworks Forested Earthworks Karen Patterson, Vegetation Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. Loblolly Pine - Hardwood Forest Loblolly Pine - Hardwood Forest NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 27 September 2007. Loblolly Pine Plantation Loblolly Pine Plantation NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 27 September 2007. Mesic Mixed Hardwood Forest Mesic Mixed Hardwood 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> Coastal Plain Mixed Oak / Heath Forest Coastal Plain Mixed Oak / Heath 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> Open Earthworks Open Earthworks Karen Patterson, Vegetation 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. Successional Mixed Scrub Successional Mixed Scrub Karen Patterson, Vegetation Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. 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 27 September 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. Non-Riverine Saturated Forest Non-Riverine Saturated 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> Non-Riverine Saturated Forest - pine subtype Non-Riverine Saturated Forest - pine subtype Karen Patterson, Vegetation Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. Residential Residential 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. Successional Red-cedar Forest Successional Red-cedar Forest NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 27 September 2007. Successional Black Walnut Forest Successional Black Walnut Forest NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 27 September 2007. Successional Shrub Swamp Successional Shrub Swamp Karen Patterson, Vegetation Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. COMMENT Comments that make distinctions between polygons of a map class. Karen Patterson, Vegetation Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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. FWS/OBS-79/31. 103 pp. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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