Vegetation - Western San Diego County [ds2964]

The classification presented herein is the result of a detailed analysis of data collected throughout the western San Diego County study area. Under contract to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), Biologists from AECOM, Conservation Biology Institute, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (VegCAMP) collaborated on these analyses, the definition of the classifications, and preparation of this manual.

This classification study was conducted in a manner consistent with the recommendations for standardized data collection and analysis by CDFW VegCAMP and the methods used in the preparation of A Manual of California Vegetation, 2nd ed. (Sawyer; Keeler-Wolf; Evens 2009), published by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS). This projects classifications is in accordance with this larger work.