Vegetation Survey Points

Source:

CDFW

Description:

This dataset shows the locations of various types of vegetation surveys taken to support the classification and mapping of vegetation throughout the State of California. Most surveys will have a vegetation name that is either accepted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (VegCAMP) and the California Native Plant Society (CNPS), or is undergoing a vetting process. The majority of the surveys have associated plant cover data related to each point. Some surveys have associated photos. The goal of this dataset is to share vegetation observations and instances of vegetation at the finest classification level (association), as most of the published maps of vegetation are at a coarser classification level (alliance). The surveys also have their related species cover values and photographs associated with them. This dataset is not comprehensive for California, and as of September 2020, it is not yet complete for surveys taken by CNPS and CDFW during completed projects.

Provenance:

Unknown/Unspecified

Subregion(s):

Central Bay, Lower South Bay, San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, South Bay, and Suisun Bay

Topic(s):

plants

Temporal Coverage:

1999-2014

Geometry Type:

Point data

File Format:

Geodatabase

Citation:

1999. CDFW. Vegetation Survey Points.

Data Usage Guidelines:

CDFW appreciates learning how our datasets are being used so that we can leverage support for classifying and mapping new areas and let users know of any updates. Please contact VegCAMP lead by email [email protected] by phone at (916) 324-9765. License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets ( https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license. Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

WRMP Primary Indicator:

7 - Percent cover, height, and patch characteristics of dominant vegetation groups.

License:

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

More details at:

https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/GIS/Vegetation-Data