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Terrestrial Condition Assessment (TCA) Grassland Encroachment (Map Service)

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posted on 2024-10-01, 13:11 authored by U.S. Forest Service
The indicator uses areas identified as grasslands using LANDFIRE�s Biophysical Settings (BpS) raster dataset (US_140BPS_20180618) along with a cross-walk based on Reeves MC, Mitchell JE (2011) Extent of coterminous US rangelands: quantifying implications of differing agency perspectives. Rangel Ecol Manage 64:1�12 to identify BpS units that are likely to be grasslands during pre-European times. Presence of conifer tree species was developed using USGS National Landcover Database 2011 (NLCD) legend class �42 � Evergreen Forest�. The Evergreen forest class represents �areas dominated by trees generally greater than 5 meters tall, and greater than 20% of total vegetation cover. More than 75% of the tree species maintain their leaves all year. Canopy is never without green foliage.��

�Grassland conifer encroachment is identified where raster pixels are identified as both �grasslands� and NLCD �Evergreen Forest�

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Funding

USDA-FS

History

Data contact name

USFSEnterpriseContent

Data contact email

SM.FS.data@usda.gov

Publisher

U.S. Forest Service

Theme

  • Geospatial

Geographic Coverage

{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"type": "Feature", "properties": {}, "geometry": {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-125.6836, 24.287], [-66.0059, 24.287], [-66.0059, 52.1605], [-125.6836, 52.1605], [-125.6836, 24.287]]]}}]}

ISO Topic Category

  • environment

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

Forestry, Wildland Management

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:96 - Forest Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:059 - Management Activities

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

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    Keywords

    TCAGTACUSFSGrasslandConiferGrasslandsOpen Data

    Licence

    CC BY 4.0

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