Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of George Washington Carver National Monument

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles. A total of 237 acres (96 hectares) are within the accepted boundaries of GWCA (Figure 8). The standard minimum mapping unit for NPS vegetation mapping projects is defined as 0.5 hectare, although several mapped polygons were smaller for GWCA. Restored tallgrass prairie made up most of the current vegetation of the park, and accounted for 134 acres (54.1 ha) in eight polygons, or 56.5% of the total area. Ruderal woodland and forest was the next most abundant with 53.6 acres in eight polygons, or 22.6% of the park. Non-native ruderal grassland and ruderal shrubland accounted for 25 acres (10.1 ha or 10.5%) and 2.2 acres (0.9 ha or <1%) of the area of the park, respectively. Developed land accounts for 21.9 acres (8.9 ha), or 9.2% of the park. A total of 36 polygons were mapped, with an average area of 15.2 acres (6.1 ha).

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