Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (VegCAMP), California Department of Fish and Wildlife 20050822 vector digital data ftp://ftp.dfg.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/100_199/ds172.zip http://bios.dfg.ca.gov/ This Vegetation Map of the San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area in San Diego County, California is based on vegetation samples collected in the field in 2002 and 2005 and on photo interpretation of a 2000 Color Infrared (CIR) Image. The map legend is based on classification of the plots and follows the hierarchical National Vegetation Classification System (USGS-NPS 2005) and Manual of California (Sawyer and Keeler-Wolf 1995). Types are cross-walked to California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR) and Holland types. No report was produced; this metadata serves to document the entire project. WHAT EACH RECORD REPRESENTS: Each record represents the attributes of the individual polygon in the map layer, including vegetation type, structural information, and disturbance information. The map represents vegetation as it existing prior to the 2002 Pines Fire. Polygons are attributed to the lowest level of the classification hierarchy allowed by the image resolution and comfort level of the photo interpreter. Thus, individual polygons are mapped to the Formation, Alliance or Association level. Several "mapping units" not in the vegetation classification were also used in the mapping classification (=map legend). The hierarchical classification and crosswalk allow mapping at coarser levels or in different systems (e.g., CWHR). If mapping at the Formation level (the "1000s" in the spreadsheet), please consider including the California juniper types 2106, 2171, 2172 and 2173 in the 4000s (Evergreen Shrubland). This juniper is considered a tree in the national classification, but is more shrub-like and its desert affinities make California juniper types fit more logically into the Evergreen Shrubland Formation. The map was created to aid in preparation of a management plan for the Wildlife Area by Jones and Stokes Associates under contract to DFG; to focus selection of animal monitoring points; to allow monitoring of vegetation change over time; and to allow modeling of habitat for sensitive or otherwise important species. The 174 vegetation field samples were marked using Garmin 12 XL GPS units and can serve as long-term monitoring points. Additionally, eight digital ground-level photographs were taken facing 8 cardinal directions (N, NE, E, SE, etc.) at each sample location. (The vegetation sample and ground photo datasets are available through the Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program.) DATA ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS: No accuracy assessment of this map has been performed, although other maps using similar methodology have roughly 80% accuracy. Most of the sample points were at the higher elevations on Vulcan Mountain or in the lower elevations; the mid-elevations in the western portion of the WLA were largely inaccessible and so map accuracy may be lower in this area. The minimum mapping unit was 1 acre (1/2 acre for wetland types). KNOWN CAVEATS OF THE DATA: The CIR image on which this map is based predated the 2002 Pines Fire, which burned much of the western half of the Wildlife Area. Although most of the sampling was post-fire, the map represents pre-fire vegetation types. Notes about locally significant vegetation types are included in the crosswalk spreadsheet. DATA COMPILATION HISTORY: The Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program of the Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch directed the 2005 field data collection, data entry, and conducted data analysis and delineation and attribution of the map. METHODS INCLUDING SPATIAL DATA CAPTURE METHODS: This Vegetation Map was based 174 stand-based vegetation samples collected according to the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and DFG Rapid Assessment (RA) protocol (see www.cnps.org) and on photo interpretation of a 2000 Color Infrared (CIR) 1:12,000 Image. A total of 22 RAs were collected during the spring of 2002 by CNPS staff and volunteers as part of the San Dieguito River Parkway project (Evens and San 2005). The other 152 RAs were collected by DFG staff and contractors (Todd Keeler-Wolf and Diana Hickson from the Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program of the Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch; Teresa LeBlanc and Kari Lewis of the Lands and Facilities Branch; Meredith Osborne, Theresa Stewart, Kim McKee, John Ekhoff, and Brad Henderson of the South Coast Region; Kurt Campbell and Nancy Cione of Jones and Stokes Associates; and Patrick McConnell of San Diego State University) during the period January 2005 to May 2005. The RA data were entered into an Access database and analyzed using a cluster analysis program in the software PC-Ord by Todd Keeler-Wolf and Diana Hickson. Based on the resulting groupings, plots were classified primarily into types that had already been identified in the San Dieguito River Parkway project (Evens and San 2005) or in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park project (Keeler-Wolf et al.1998), although several new types were defined (see http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/ContextDocs.aspx?cat=BIOS&sub=ds172 [Login is required to see document]). The classification follows the National Vegetation Classification System (USGS-NPS 2005) and the Manual of California (Sawyer and Keeler-Wolf 1995). Types are cross-walked to California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR) and Holland (1986) types in the referenced spreadsheet. Botanical nomenclature follows the Jepson Manual (Hickman 1993). The map layer was delineated by Evan Keeler-Wolf, Todd Keeler-Wolf, and Diana Hickson using heads-up digitizing in ArcView 3.2 over a year 2000 Color-Infrared, 1:12,000 image obtained from the San Diego Association of Governments. Diana and Todd attributed the polygons using a linked Access database, and aided by the 174 field sample points, which represent 19% of the 912 mapped polygons. The layer was reprojected to Teale Albers NAD 83 from the CIR Image's native State Plane (Zone 6, NAD 83) projection. The CIR image predated the 2002 Pines Fire, which burned much of the western half of the Wildlife Area. Although most of the sampling was post-fire, the map represents pre-fire vegetation types and structure. NATIVE DATA FORMAT: ArcView 3.2 shapefile and Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. REFERENCES: Evens, J. and S. San. 2005. Vegetation alliances of the San Dieguito River Park region, San Diego County, California. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, California. California Native Plant Society website. www.cnps.org 10/11/2005. Hickman, J. 1993. The Jepson Manual: higher plants of California. University of California Press, California. Holland, R. 1986. Preliminary descriptions of the terrestrial natural communities of California. Unpublished report. State of California. The Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game, Natural Heritage Division, Sacramento, CA. Keeler-Wolf, T., K. Lewis, and C. Roye. 1998. Vegetation Mapping of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Environs. Report to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game, Natural Heritage Division, Sacramento, CA. Mayer, K. and William F. Laudenslayer, Jr, eds.1988. A Guide to Wildlife Habitats of California. State of California, Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA. Sawyer, J. and T. Keeler-Wolf. 1995. A Manual of California Vegetation. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, California. USGS - NPS 2005. The National Vegetation Classification Standard (NVCS), USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/nvcs.html 10/11/2005. 20050822 publication date Complete Unknown -116.630956 -116.454309 33.181153 33.062582 None vegetation ISO 19115 Topic Category environment biota None California San Diego County San Felipe Valley None DFW 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 Diana Hickson by email or by phone at 916-327-5956. Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Diana Hickson Senior Botanist mailing and physical

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Sacramento CA 95814 (916) 327-5956 Diana.Hickson@wildlife.ca.gov Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270 Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (VegCAMP), California Department of Fish and Wildlife 20050822 Final Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 912 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds172 Vegetation - San Felipe Valley [ds172] OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. NVCSNAME The standardized name of the vegetation description used in the National Vegetation Classification System (see http://usnvc.org/). Since the NVCS does not have categories for human land use or otherwise unvegetated land, those descriptions were drawn from the California Wildlife Habitat Relationship. NVCSLEVEL The standardized level of the vegetation description used in the National Vegetation Classification System (see http://usnvc.org/). MAPCLASS The finest level of vegetation type mapped (alliance, association, or mapping unit); or land use for polygons that are not natural vegetation, per the mapping classification. MAPCLASSCODE Code for each vegetation type mapped. MapClassCodes are defined in the MapClass field. HETEROGEN Heterogeneity of polygon. 1 <5% Heterogeneity in polygon VegCAMP 2 5-40% heterogeneity VegCAMP 3 >40% heterogeneity VegCAMP HEIGHT Height of dominant layer. 1 <1 m 2 1-5 m 3 5-20 m 4 20-50 m 5 > 50 m TREEDBH Modal diameter at breast height of trees (if >10% tree cover present). 1 < 1" dbh 2 1-6" dbh 3 6-11" dbh 4 11-24" dbh 5 >24" dbh TOTALCOV Total vegetation cover. 1 <2% 2 2-9% 3 10-39% 4 40-59% 5 60-100% CONIFCOV Conifer cover. 1 <2% 2 2-9% 3 10-39% 4 40-59% 5 60-100% HDWDCOV Hardwood cover. 1 <2% 2 2-9% 3 10-39% 4 40-59% 5 60-100% TREECOV Total tree cover. 1 <2% 2 2-9% 3 10-39% 4 40-59% 5 60-100% SHRUBCOV Shrub cover. 1 <2% 2 2-9% 3 10-39% 4 40-59% 5 60-100% HERBCOV Herbaceous cover. 1 <2% 2 2-9% 3 10-39% 4 40-59% 5 60-100% IMPACT1 Site impact type. 1 Development 2 OHV activity 3 Exotic species competition 4 Roads/Trails 5 Erosion/runoff 6 Disking/grading 7 Grazing 8 Riparian modification IMPACT2 Site impact type. 1 Development 2 OHV activity 3 Exotic species competition 4 Roads/Trails 5 Erosion/runoff 6 Disking/grading 7 Grazing 8 Riparian modification IMPACT3 Site impact type. 1 Development 2 OHV activity 3 Exotic species competition 4 Roads/Trails 5 Erosion/runoff 6 Disking/grading 7 Grazing 8 Riparian modification IMPACT4 Site impact type. 1 Development 2 OHV activity 3 Exotic species competition 4 Roads/Trails 5 Erosion/runoff 6 Disking/grading 7 Grazing 8 Riparian modification SITEQUALIT Site quality. 1 High 2 Moderate 3 Low 4 Unknown METHODID Attribution method. 1 Based on Rapid Assessment form data from the polygon 2 Based on Releve form data from the polygon 3 Based on field reconnaissance data 4 Based on photo-interpretation 5 Other Based on other source, see Comments field. CONFIDENCE The confidence level of the attributor in attributing this polygon. 1 High confidence 2 Moderate confidence 3 Low confidence (should be QC'd) 4 Unknown COMMENTS Comments from the attributor. CALVEGNAME A crosswalk to the CalVeg vegetation system. Note that there may be a one-to-many relationship between CalVeg and NVCS. See http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=stelprdb5347192. CALVEGCODE A crosswalk to the CalVeg vegetation system. Note that there may be a one-to-many relationship between CalVeg and NVCS. See http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=stelprdb5347192. CWHRTYPE A crosswalk to the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships system. Note that there is usually a one-to-many relationship between CWHR and NVCS. See http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/cwhr/. CWHRCODE A crosswalk to the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships system. Note that there is usually a one-to-many relationship between CWHR and NVCS. See http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/cwhr/. GLOBALRANK The global rarity rank of the plant community mapped (only for alliances). See: http://www.natureserve.org/publications/ConsStatusAssess_RankMethodology.jsp. STATERANK The state rarity rank of the plant community mapped (only for alliances). See: http://www.natureserve.org/publications/ConsStatusAssess_RankMethodology.jsp. RARE Rarity of the vegetation type. Alliances and associations with state ranks of S1-S3 are considered rare. Y Rare N Not Rare U Unknown CACODE California Natural Community Codes - unique code assigned to alliances and associations. NVCSALLIANCE The standardized name for the alliance within the National Vegetation Classification System. See http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/nvcs.html. NVCSGROUP The standardized name for the group within the National Vegetation Classification System. See http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/nvcs.html. NVCSMG The standardized name for the macrogroup within the National Vegetation Classification System. See http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/nvcs.html. UID Unique identifier for each polygon. ACRES GIS-calculated area measurements of each mapped polygon. HECTARES GIS-calculated area measurements of each mapped polygon. SHAPE_Length Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Mapping types (VEGCODE) are listed in a separate document, SFVWA_Mapping_Classification.xls 20191119 Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (VegCAMP), California Department of Fish and Wildlife Diana Hickson Senior Botanist mailing and physical

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