Frequently Asked Questions

USNVC Standard

FGDC [Federal Geographic Data Committee]. 2008. Vegetation Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-005, Version 2.   Washington, DC., USA.  Federal Geographic Data Committee.  2008.  The National Vegetation Classification Standard, Version 2.  FGDC Vegetation Subcommittee.  FGDC-STD-005-2008 (Version 2). pp. 126.

For further reading and relevant information, please refer to the following articles:

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.

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.

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.

Eyre, F.H., 1980, Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada: Society of. American Foresters, 148p.

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).

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.

Faber-Langendoen, D., T. Keeler-Wolf, D. Meidinger, C. Josse, A.S. Weakley, D. Tart, G. Navarro, B. Hoagland, S. Ponomarenko, G. Fults, and E. 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 Research Station. 222 p.

Faber-Langendoen, D., T. Keeler-Wolf, D. Meidinger, 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 84:533-561).

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.

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.

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

Jennings, M. D., D. Faber-Langendoen, O. Loucks, R. K. Peet and D. Roberts. 2009. Standards for associations an alliances of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. Ecological Monographs 79(2):173-199.

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.

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.

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