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    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, University of Georgia</origin>
        <origin>USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics</origin>
        <pubdate>20080326</pubdate>
        <title>Stones River National Battlefield Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <onlink>http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/stri/strigeodata.zip</onlink>
        <onlink>doi:10.5066/F7QN64Q1</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>Stones River National Battlefield Vegetation Map Data</abstract>
      <purpose>Detailed vegetation mapping for natural resource inventory and management.</purpose>
      <supplinf>The Shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics</supplinf>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20011025</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>ground condition</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>None planned</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <descgeog>Stones River National Battlefield and environs</descgeog>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-86.448429</westbc>
        <eastbc>-86.402942</eastbc>
        <northbc>35.896324</northbc>
        <southbc>35.845866</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>Vegetation Map</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus</themekt>
        <themekey>Vegetation</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>biota</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>Stones River NB</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <taxonomy>
      <keywtax>
        <taxonkt>None</taxonkt>
        <taxonkey>Standardized National Vegetation Classification System</taxonkey>
        <taxonkey>vegetation classification</taxonkey>
        <taxonkey>alliance</taxonkey>
        <taxonkey>community association</taxonkey>
      </keywtax>
      <taxoncl>
        <taxonrn>Kingdom</taxonrn>
        <taxonrv>Plantae</taxonrv>
      </taxoncl>
    </taxonomy>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>None</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Tommy Jordan / Marguerite Madden</cntper>
          <cntorg>Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, University of Georgia</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>Assoc Director / Director</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>Unknown</addrtype>
          <address>Unknown</address>
          <city>Unknown</city>
          <state>Unknown</state>
          <postal>Unknown</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>706-542-2372</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>706-542-2388</cntfax>
        <cntemail>tombob@uga.edu / mmadden@uga.edu</cntemail>
        <hours>0900 - 1700 M-F</hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <native>Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000</native>
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  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>No Accuracy Assessment has been performed as of 3/26/08.</attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>Unknown</logic>
    <complete>Unknown</complete>
    <posacc>
      <horizpa>
        <horizpar>Horizontal accuracy is designed to meet NMAS for the published map scale (1:12,000)</horizpar>
      </horizpa>
      <vertacc>
        <vertaccr>N/A</vertaccr>
      </vertacc>
    </posacc>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Unknown</origin>
            <pubdate>Unknown</pubdate>
            <title>Unknown</title>
            <geoform>photo</geoform>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <srcscale>12,000</srcscale>
        <typesrc>Color-infrared aerial photographs</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>20021102</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>photos</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Unknown</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Dataset copied.</procdesc>
        <srcused>\\MARYVILLE1\tj_laptop_c\CUGA\Geodatabase\Cumberland_Gap_Final.mdb</srcused>
        <procdate>unknown</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Metadata imported.</procdesc>
        <srcused>C:\DOCUME~1\TJORDA~1.CRM\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml19E.tmp</srcused>
        <procdate>unknown</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Metadata imported.</procdesc>
        <srcused>C:\DOCUME~1\TJORDA~1.CRM\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml1A0.tmp</srcused>
        <procdate>unknown</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Metadata imported.</procdesc>
        <srcused>C:\DOCUME~1\TJORDA~1.CRM\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml1BD.tmp</srcused>
        <procdate>unknown</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>The shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics.</procdesc>
        <procdate>201102</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Metadata imported.</procdesc>
        <procdate>201102</procdate>
      </procstep>
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  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>556</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
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  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <gridsys>
          <gridsysn>Universal Transverse Mercator</gridsysn>
          <utm>
            <utmzone>16</utmzone>
            <transmer>
              <sfctrmer>0.999600</sfctrmer>
              <longcm>-87.000000</longcm>
              <latprjo>0.000000</latprjo>
              <feast>500000.000000</feast>
              <fnorth>0.000000</fnorth>
            </transmer>
          </utm>
        </gridsys>
        <planci>
          <plance>coordinate pair</plance>
          <coordrep>
            <absres>0.000100</absres>
            <ordres>0.000100</ordres>
          </coordrep>
          <plandu>meters</plandu>
        </planci>
      </planar>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
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    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>STRI_VegPolys</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Feature class attribute table</enttypd>
        <enttypds>National Park Service</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>OBJECTID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Poly_ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Unique identifier for each polygon</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Unique plot code.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>MapUnit_ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Code used to represent the Map Unit</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Map unit code.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>MapUnit_Name</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Full Map Unit name</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Map unit association common name.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>X_Centroid</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>X Coordinate (UTM Easting) of the centroid of the polygon</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Easting coordinate.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Y_Centroid</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Y Coordinate (UTM Northing) of the centroid of the polygon</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Northing coordinate.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Acres</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Acres of feature in internal units.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Hectares</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Perimeter (unknown units)</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape_Length</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Length of feature in internal units.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE_Area</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Area of feature in internal units squared.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated..</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
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    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>rc_VegPolys_tVegMapInfo</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Defines relationship between Veg polygons and basic vegetation attributes</enttypd>
        <enttypds>National Park Service</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
    </detailed>
    <overview>
      <eaover>Stones River National Battlefield Vegetation Map Community Legend
Temperate Needle-Leaved Evergreen Forests
7124 Eastern Red Cedar - (Old Hickory species) Successional Forest
7124p Eastern Red Cedar Planted Forest
7124s Very Early Successional 7124 in Old Field

Submontane Cold-Deciduous Forest
4697 Nashville Basin Sugarberry, Northern Hackberry - Elm species - Black Walnut Successional Forest
4697s Very Early Successional 4697 in Old Field
3876 Nashville Basin Shingle Oak - Shumard Oak - Chinquapin Oak Forest
7699 Southern Interior Low Plateau Chinquapin Oak - (Shumard Oak - Post Oak) / Redbud / Rusty Blackhaw Forest (At Stones River may be 50% Post Oak - 50% Shagbark and Carolina Shagbark Hickories)
7808 Nashville Basin Shumard Oak - Chinquapin Oak - Shagbark, Carolina Shagbark Hickory

Temporarily Flooded Cold-Deciduous Forest
4690 Southern Interior Box Elder - (Sycamore - Cottonwood - Silver Maple - Green Ash) Riparian Forest
2427 Green Ash - American Elm - Sugarberry/Possum-haw Southern Floodplain Forest
2103 Black Willow Riparian Forest

Planted/Cultivated Forest and Savannah
FORpm Forest; Planted; maintained by mowing
SAVd Derived Savannah; mowed; (7808, 4697, and 7124 species) formally maintained by mowing
SAVpm Savannah; Planted, maintained by mowing

Temperate Shrubland
3807 Upland Chinese Privet Shrubland
4732 Blackberry Greenbriar - Herbaceous Thicket
SSb Early Successional Shrubs, Saplings and Vines

Temporarily Flooded Shrubland
3899 Carolina Willow Temporarily Flooded Streamside Thicket and Levee Thicket
3837 Chinese Privet Temporarily Flooded

Cedar Glades and Barrens Complex
4340 Nashville Basin Limestone Glade, Annual Herbaceous; Barrens Dropseed - Poverty Dropseed - Panicgrass (4346 may also be present)
4346 Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Ephemeral Pool: Sedum - Limestone Flameflower - Gladecress - Nostoc
3938 Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Margin Shrubland: Eastern Red Cedar / Fragrant Sumac - Glade Privet - Golden St. John's Wort
7124x Eastern Red Cedar Successional Forest - Glade Complex (7124 with 4340, 4346, and 3938)

Herbaceous Vegetation (Maintained by Mowing)
Lwn Lawn with occasional trees
4044 Field dominated by native grasses and forbs
4048 Field dominated by Lolium spp. and other exotic and native grasses and forbs
Hay Hayfield with Lolium spp., Sericia lespedeza
OF Old Field formerly cleared for agriculture. "Weedy" herbaceous species, woody shrubs and vines, tree saplings and occasional limestone outcrops.
OFwt Old Field, seasonally wet; with sedges and small seasonal ponds
Wt Seasonal Wetland, sedges and Juncus spp.
NRU Native Plant Restoration Site (Upland)
NRB Native Pland Restoration Site (Bottomland)
5131 Big Bluestem Grassland with sparse trees (Eastern Red Cedar, Chinquapin Oak)

Semi-Permanently Flooded Perennial Forb
7835 Floating Water Primrose Marsh

Temporarily Flooded Perennial Forb
4286 Water-Willow Rocky Bar and Shore

Additional Categories
Ag Agriculture Field (Soybeans, Cotton, Corn) AM Artillery Monument Bld Building Cem Cemetery Dmp Old Trash Dump EW Raised Earthwork GP Gravel Pit HI Human Influence (e.g. Old or Present Homesite) HM Hazen Monument Rb Road Embankment Rd Road, Parking Lot RR Railroad W Water

Special Modifiers
:Aa Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) :Cx Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata) and Carolina Shagbark Hickory (C. carolinea-septentrionalis) :Fa White Ash (Fraxinus americana) :Jv Eastern Red Cedar (Juniper virginiana) :Mp Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) :Ps Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) :Qi Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria) :Qm Chinquapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) :Qs Post Oak (Quercus stellata) :Qx Mixed Oaks :Sa Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) :Sb Shrubs, saplings :f Old Fence Row :fh Old Fence Rows and Hog Lots South of Artillery Monument :m Mowed

Buffer Categories
Ag Agriculture Field AF Athletic Field C/I Commercial/Industrial CF Coniferous Forest DF Deciduous Forest GF Golf Course Lwn Lawn MF Mixed Forest Rd Road, Parking Lot Res Residential RK/sv Rock with Sparse Vegetation SS/OF Shrub/Sapling/Old Field Successional SS/OF/d Shrub/Sapling/Old Field Successional Disturbed W Water</eaover>
      <eadetcit>MMU = 0.5 ha</eadetcit>
    </overview>
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    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis</cntorg>
          <cntper>USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
          <state>Colorado</state>
          <postal>80225</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(303) 202-4220</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>303-202-4219</cntfax>
        <cntemail>gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
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The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time.  The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived.  It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular.  Any related graphics (if available) are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not approriate to use the related graphics as data.

The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data.  It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service servers and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way.  Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey and National Park Service.</distliab>
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                <networkr>http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/stri.html</networkr>
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    <metd>20080630</metd>
    <metrd>20110214</metrd>
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        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis</cntorg>
          <cntper>USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
          <state>Colorado</state>
          <postal>80225</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(303) 202-4220</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>303-202-4219</cntfax>
        <cntemail>gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov</cntemail>
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