USNVC Citation
Federal Geographic Data Committee. 2025. The National Vegetation Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-006, Version 3. Washington, DC., USA. Date, Month, Year Accessed.
References: For further reading and relevant information, please refer to the following articles (most recent first):
Faber-Langendoen, D.A. Keith, J. Loidi, E.H. Helmer, W. Willner, G. Navarro, J. Hunter,C. Liu, R.T. Guuroh, P. Pliscoff, 2025. Advancing the EcoVeg approach as a terrestrial ecosystem typology: From global biomes to local plant communities. Ecosphere 6(5): e70237. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70237
Faber-Landendoen, T. Keeler-Wolf, D. Meidinger, C. Josse, A. Weakley, D. Tart, G. Narvarro, B. Hoagland, S. Ponomarenko, G. Fults, Eileen Helmer. 2016. Classification and description of world formation types. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-346. Fort Collins, CO, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Station. 222p https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/52217.
Faber-Langendoen D, Keeler-Wolf T, Meidinger D, D. Tart, B. Hoagland, C. Josse, G. Navarro, S. Ponomarenko, J. P. Saucier, A. Weakley, P. Comer. 2014. EcoVeg: a new approach to vegetation description and classification. Ecological Monographs 84: 533–61 (erratum 85:473).
Franklin, S., D. Faber-Langendoen, M. Jennings, T. Keeler-Wolf, O. Loucks, A. McKerrow, R.K. Peet, and D. Roberts. 2012. Building the United States National Vegetation Classification. Annali di Botanica 2: 1-9.
Peet RK, Lee MT, Jennings MD, and Faber-Langendoen D. 2012. VegBank – a permanent, open-access archive for vegetation-plot data. Biodivers Ecol 4: 233–41.
Faber-Langendoen, D., D.L Tart, and R.H.Crawford. 2009. Contours of the revised U.S. National Vegetation Classification standard. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 90:87-93.
Jennings, M.D., D. Faber-Langendoen, O.L. Louckes, R. K. Peet, and D. Roberts. 2009. Standards for associations and alliances of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. Ecological Monographs 79(2) pp. 173-199.
Comer, P., D. Faber-Langendoen, R. Evans, S. Gawler, C. Josse, G. Kittel, S. Menard, M. Pyne, M. Reid, K. Schulz, K. Snow, and J. Teague. 2003. Ecological Systems of the United States: A Working Classification of U.S. Terrestrial Systems. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia.
Anderson, M., P. Bourgeron, M. T. Bryer, R. Crawford, L. Engelking, D. Faber-Langendoen, M. Gallyoun, K. Goodin, D. H. Grossman, S. Landaal, K. Metzler, K. D. Patterson, M. Pyne, M. Reid, L. Sneddon, and A. S. Weakley. 1998. International classification of ecological communities: terrestrial vegetation of the United States. Volume II. The National Vegetation Classification System: list of types. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Grossman, D. H., D. Faber-Langendoen, A. S. Weakley, M. Anderson, P. Bourgeron, R. Crawford, K. Goodin, S. Landaal, K. Metzler, K. D. Patterson, M. Pyne, M. Reid, and L. Sneddon. 1998. International classification of ecological communities: terrestrial vegetation of the United States. Volume I. The National Vegetation Classification System: development, status, and applications. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, USA
FGDC. (Federal Geographic Data Committee). 1997. Vegetation Classification Standard. FGDC-STD-005. Vegetation Subcommittee, Federal Geographic Data Committee, FGDC Secretariat, U.S. Geological Survey. Reston, VA. 58p.
Eyre, F.H., 1980, Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada: Society of. American Foresters, 148p.
Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. FWS/OBS-79/31.
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