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Vegetation Class Descriptions

Check the individual National Park Unit's page for Vegetation Class Descriptions

  • Acadia National Park
  • Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
  • Assateague Island National Seashore
  • Badlands National Park
  • Colorado National Monument
  • Congaree Swamp National Monument
  • Devils Tower Beds National Monument
  • Effigy Mounds Beds National Monument
  • Fire Island National Seashore
  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Fort Laramie National Historic Site
  • Fort Necessity National Battlefield
  • Friendship Hill National Historic Site
  • Glacier National Park
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
  • Isle Royale National Park
  • Jewel Cave National Monument
  • Johnstown Flood National Memorial, PA
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  • Natural Bridges National Monument
  • Rock Creek Park
  • Scotts Bluff National Monument
  • Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
  • Theodore Roosevelt National Park
  • Tuzigoot National Monument
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park
  • Voyageurs National Park
  • Walnut Canyon National Monument
  • Wind Cave National Park
  • Wupatki National Monument
  • Zion National Park

  • Other National Park Units which currently have vegetation sampling and classification schemes in association with the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program include: Joshua Tree National Park. Other parks are in various stages of completion. See the Project Status page for further details.





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