Indicator
Relative Abundance of Deciduous Riparian Vegetation
Basics
Relative Abundance of Deciduous Riparian Vegetation
Riparian Deciduous
Outcome
Program
Each Unit (number)
VP5: Relative Abundance - Of the total amount of undisturbed vegetation in the Tahoe Basin: Maintain at least four percent deciduous riparian vegetation.
Percent of the “undisturbed” vegetation dominated by deciduous riparian vegetation.
This Indicator is reported in the following LT Info areas:
Status

Estimated percent of land area occupied by deciduous riparian vegetation in the Lake Tahoe Region. Changes in the percent cover are a result of different interpretations of the baseline amount of undisturbed vegetation and changing mapping techniques/resolution, not necessarily actual changes in vegetation type. Sources: (USDA, 2010)

Data provided by the USDA Forest Service, R5 Remote Sensing Lab. Access detailed datasets on Tahoe Open Data, including, vegetation type summary, vegetation spatial data, and detailed vegetation attributes.

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Abundance Of Riparian Deciduous
General

Program Deciduous Riparian Vegetation Monitoring

Approach

Vegetation types associated with deciduous riparian vegetation (montane riparian, aspen, and mix hardwood/conifer) were queried and enumerated from the most recently available vegetation map (U.S. Forest Service - Remote Sensing Lab Pacific Southwest Region: TMU_Strata_07 [published 2009]). The Tahoe vegetation map is periodically updated with new satellite data and/or modelled and calibrated using field-based forest inventory and analysis data to assess the extent of different vegetation types and associated forest structure characteristics for the Region (USDA, 2009; Warbington et al., 2011).

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