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Accuracy Assessment Matrix

Table 3.  Results of thematic accuracy assessment sampling at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site.
  Alliance-Level Vegetation Map Designation    
Accuracy assessment observation Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica seasonally flooded forest alliance Cephalanthus occidentalis seasonally flooded shrubland Dactylis glomerata–Rumex acetosella herbaceous alliance Eastern Red Cedar woodland Liriodendron tulipifera forest alliance Modified Successional Forest Quercus alba – (Quercus rubra, Carya spp.)  forest alliance Quercus prinus – (Quercus coccinea, Quercus velutina) forest alliance Quercus rubra– Quercus prinus woodland alliance Vaccinium formosum– Vaccinium fuscatum seasonally flooded shrubland alliance Total Percent Correct
Acer rubrum–Fraxinus pennsylvanica seasonally flooded forest alliance 9                   9 100
Cephalanthus occidentalis seasonally flooded shrubland   1                 1 100
Dactylis glomerata–Rumex acetosella herbaceous alliance     8               8 100
Eastern Red Cedar woodland       1             1 100
Liriodendron tulipifera forest alliance 1       5   1       7 71.43
Modified Successional Forest         2 3         5 60
Quercus alba–(Quercus rubra, Carya spp.) forest alliance             10 1     11 90.91
Quercus prinus–(Quercus coccinea, Quercus velutina) forest alliance               4     4 100
Quercus rubra–Quercus prinus woodland alliance                 1   1 100
Vaccinium formosum– Vaccinium fuscatum seasonally flooded shrubland alliance                   5 5 100
Total 10 1 8 1 7 3 11 5 1 5 52  
Percent correct 90 100 100 100 71.43 100 90.91 80 100 100    
Total Points Correct        47
Percent correct 90.38%
Kappa Index 88.77%
90% C.I. for Kappa Index     ± 8.16%

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