California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) California Native Plant Society (CNPS) 20060101 vector digital data https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/900_999/ds995.zip California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) cooperated to created a detailed vegetation inventory to assist the Bureau of Land Management in the development of long-range management decisions in the area, which has a range of uses from a wilderness study area to grazing, mining, and off-road vehicles. In the spring and summer of 2004 and 2005, a field crew of vegetation ecologists collected 570 vegetation rapid assessments. In the fallwinter of 2004-2005, these data were entered into a database and analyzed using multivariate statistical programs to develop a floristic classification, keys, and descriptions of the vegetation types identified in the area. AIS then did a fine-scale mapping based on the classification which was compared to mapping based on CalVeg methodologies. This provided a test case for the development of vegetation mapping methodologies with recommendations to the California State Vegetation Memorandum of Understanding Committee. This project serves two complementary functions. The first is to develop a detailed vegetation inventory to assist the Bureau of Land Management in the development of long-range management decisions in the area, which has a range of uses from a wilderness study area to grazing, mining, and off-road vehicles. The second is to provide a test case for the development of vegetation mapping methodologies with recommendations to the California State Vegetation Memorandum of Understanding Committee. The classification and descriptions produced herein have been used to develop detailed maps of the area’s vegetation, and these maps are compared to other existing maps in the area to test their accuracy and efficiency of production. Complete None planned -120.841435 -120.418714 36.549025 36.254024 ISO 19115 Topic Category environment biota None California None 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. California Department of Fish and Wildlife VegCAMP (Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program) Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program mailing and physical

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Sacramento CA 95811 (916) 324-9765 VegCAMP@wildlife.ca.gov Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270 The validity of a vegetation map is accomplished when its accuracy is at least 80% or greater (USGS NPS, 2005). The fine-scale map showed legitimate accuracy for its vegetation attribution, with accuracy values averaging around 86%. This was assessed by holding out 80 of the field surveys from the delineation process, and checking the type of the photointerpreter vs. the type determined by the survey. 0 None CIR imagery flown in June 2004 was used as the imagery base for the map. It is approximately 1 ft. resolution. Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 13543 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.000000003754707655900803 0.000000003754707655900803 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds995 Vegetation - Clear Creek Monocline Ridge [ds995] 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. http://usnvc.org/ NVCSLEVEL The standardized level of the vegetation description used in the National Vegetation Classification System http://usnvc.org/ MAPCLASS The finest level of vegetation type mapped (alliance, association, group or macrogroup); or land use for polygons that are not natural vegetation, per the mapping classification. CCVEG_ID ID number used by delineators VEG The code used in the mapping. Each code represents a map class DENSITY 5 cover classes used to describe the vegetative cover of the dominant stratum (tree cover for tree types, shrub cover for shrub types, etc.. Juniper Californica is considered a shrub in this map) https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=18247&inline=1 1 >60% 2 40-60% 3 25-40% 4 10-25% 5 2-10% HEIGHT Height class of the vegetation. Generally the dominant stratum, but tree height is used if tree cover > 10% https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=18247&inline=1 1 <.5 m 2 .5-2 m 3 2-5 m 4 5-15 m 5 15-35 m 6 =>35 m CLEARED high, moderate, or low impact of anthropogenic clearing (including by off-road use) https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=18247&inline=1 0 <5% 1 5-25% 2 25-50% 3 >50% EXOTICS high, moderate, or low impact of exotic vegetation https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=18247&inline=1 0 <5% 1 5-25% 2 25-50% 3 >50% UID CDFW added unique id for each polygon CALVEGNAME A crosswalk to the CalVeg vegetation system. Note that there may be a one-to-many relationship between CalVeg and NVCS 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 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 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 http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/cwhr/ GLOBALRANK The global rarity rank of the plant community mapped (only for alliances) http://www.natureserve.org/publications/ConsStatusAssess_RankMethodology.jsp. STATERANK The state rarity rank of the plant community mapped (only for alliances). 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 http://usnvc.org/ NVCSGROUP The standardized name for the group within the National Vegetation Classification System http://usnvc.org/ NVCSMG The standardized name for the macrogroup within the National Vegetation Classification System http://usnvc.org/ 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. Acres GIS-calculated area in acres Hectares GIS-calculated area in hectares Note: certain fields have been added by the Department of Fish and Game's Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program. These include crosswalks to the Wildlife Habitat Relationships and CalVeg classification systems, Global and State Ranks, CaCode and the fields relating the mapping units to the National Vegetation Classification System as it is described for California in the 2nd edition of the Manual of California Vegetation California Department of Fish and Wildlife Diana Hickson Senior Environmental Scientist Diana.Hickson@wildlife.ca.gov See access and use constraints information. 20220324 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Rosie Yacoub Rosalie.Yacoub@wildlife.ca.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time