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1970 Vegetation landcover

On-the-ground inventory using manual survey methods.

Variables
Overstory Class
  • Label: Over_class
  • Definition: The digitizer's classification of broad overstory forest type
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Variables (legacy): 

aspen_dbh_1

  • Label: Primary aspen dbh
  • Definition: The primary size class of aspens.
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • 0 = No aspen
    • 1 = Seedlings
    • 2 = Aspen saplings <5 feet tall
    • 3 = Aspen saplings between 5 and 15 feet tall
    • 4 = Sparse aspens 4 to 7 inches in dbh
    • 5 = Dense aspens 4 to 7 inches in dbh
    • 6 = Sparse aspens 7 to 10 inches in dbh
    • 7 = Dense aspens 7 to 10 inches in dbh
    • 8 = Sparse trees >10 inches in dbh
  • Missing values: None specified

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aspen_dbh_2

  • Label: Secondary aspen dbh
  • Definition: The secondary size class of aspens.
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • 0 = No aspen
    • 1 = Seedlings
    • 2 = Aspen saplings <5 feet tall
    • 3 = Aspen saplings between 5 and 15 feet tall
    • 4 = Sparse aspens 4 to 7 inches in dbh
    • 5 = Dense aspens 4 to 7 inches in dbh
    • 6 = Sparse aspens 7 to 10 inches in dbh
    • 7 = Dense aspens 7 to 10 inches in dbh
    • 8 = Sparse trees >10 inches in dbh
  • Missing values: None specified

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Bracken_ht

  • Label: Bracken height
  • Definition: The common heights of bracken fern in the polygon. A polygon may contain several height classes (e.g. 1, 3)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: Feet
  • Maximum: 4
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: 1
  • Missing values: None specified

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mid_class

  • Label: Midstory class
  • Definition: The digitizer's classification of broad midstory forest type
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

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Over_class

  • Label: Overstory class
  • Definition: The digitizer's classification of broad overstory forest type
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

Methods: 

On-the-ground inventory using manual survey methods. Digitized using ArcGIS tools in 10/2014. Note that the original survey methods and georegistration were both coarse and data should not be treated as spatially-precise.

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