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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Products available:

  • Vegetation Information
    • Vegetation Sampling and Classification Scheme (1.3M) (Full Document)
    A Vegetation Sampling and Classification Scheme Report, containing the following items:
    - Vegetation Descriptions
    - Vegetation Key
    Photo Interpretation and Map Generation Procedures (600K) (Full Document)
    A Photo Interpretation and Map Generation Procedures, containing the following items:
    - Accuracy Assessment Methods and Results
  • Field Data
    • Field Data (MDB) - contains PLOTS data, AA Data and Species List "grsmdata.mdb" (1.65M)
    MS Excel format of Physical Descriptive Data for Plots (319k)
    MS Excel format of Species List Data for Plots (1.73M)
  • Geospatial Vegetation Information
    • Plots and AA Photos (57.3M)
  • Program Tools

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