Scotts Bluff National Monument, Field Plots Data Base for Vegetation Mapping

The database consists of 3 parts - (1) Physical Descriptive Data, (2) Species Listings, and (3) Strata Descriptive Data. The purpose of the field plots was to provide National Parks with the necessary tools to effectively manage their natural resources.

Plot data is collected and analyzed to develop a classification (using the Standardized National Vegetation Classification System) and description of vegetation types in preparation for photointerpretation and mapping of the monument's vegetation types. Field sampling was conducted using releve plots. Information for this metadata was obtained from the site 'biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/scbl/metascblfield.html' and put into NASA Directory Interchange Format.