Vegetation Maps & Data
Each map will have map classes at a variety of levels in the NVCS hierarchy(opens in new tab) from Macrogroup down to Association. More recent maps generally conform to the Survey of California Vegetation Standards (PDF)(opens in new tab).
Available Vegetation Maps(opens in new tab) Viewed in online BIOS map viewer
Mojave Desert Vegetation for DRECP(opens in new tab) Viewed in online BIOS map viewer
Vegetation Classification and Mapping Reports
Northern California and Sierra Nevada
- Classification of the Vegetation Alliances and Associations of Sonoma County, California, Volume 1 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Classification of the Vegetation Alliances and Associations of Sonoma County, California, Volume 2 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Sonoma County Fine Scale Vegetation and Habitat, 2017 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Classification and Mapping of Mendocino Cypress (Hesperocyparis pygmaea) Woodland and Related Vegetation on Oligotrophic Soils, Mendocino and Sonoma Counties, California (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Vegetation Map and Classification of Knoxville Wildlife Area, Napa County, California (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Vegetation Map and Classification of Pine Creek and Fitzhugh Creek Wildlife Areas, 2008 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
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Classification of Modoc and Lassen Counties, California 2021 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
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Mapping Standards, Field Data Collection, and Accuracy Assessment for Vegetation Mapping in Modoc and Lassen Counties, California 2021 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
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Vegetation Map of a Portion of Modoc and Lassen Counties, California for the Bureau of Land Management (Applegate Field Office) 2021 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
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Map of a Portion of and Lassen County, California for the Bureau of Land Management (Eagle Lake Field Office) 2021 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Vegetation map of Napa Co. using the Manual of CA Vegetation classification and comparison to other maps, 2004 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills Vegetation Project: Vegetation Mapping Report, 2011 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills Classification, 2007 – Volume 1 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills Classification, 2007 – Volume 2 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Vegetation Map and Classification of Slinkard Valley and Little Antelope Valley Wildlife Areas, Mono County, California 2021 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Yosemite National Park and Vegetation Classification and Mapping Report, 2012 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Vegetation Classification and Map Accuracy Assessment of the Proposed Tehachapi Pass High-Speed Rail Corridor Vegetation Map (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Hierarchical Field and Mapping Key to the Vegetation Map of the Proposed Tehachapi Pass High-Speed Rail Corridor (PDF)(opens in new tab)
Central Valley and Bay and Delta
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore Mapping Report, 2003 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore Classification Report, 2003 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Vegetation Mapping of Suisun Marsh, 1999 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Suisun Marsh Change Detection and Map Update, 2000 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Suisun Marsh Change Detection and Map Update, 2003 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Suisun Marsh Change Detection and Map Update, 2006 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2009 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2012 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2015 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, 2007 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Update 2016 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Mapping Standard and Land Use Categories for the Central Valley Riparian Mapping Project, 2012 Group Level (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Vegetation Alliances and Associations of the Great Valley Ecoregion, California 2012 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- East Sacramento Valley Natural Vegetation Mapping Standards, 2013 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Accuracy Assessment of the East Sacramento Valley Natural Vegetation Map, 2013 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Fine-scale mapping of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Area and East Sacramento Valley Final Report (PDF)(opens in new tab)
Central Coast and Range
California Deserts
- Vegetation Map and Classification of Fish Slough Inyo and Mono Counties, California 2014 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- MDEP Central Mojave Vegetation DB Report, 2004 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP Mapping Report, 2013 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP Map and Accuracy Report, 2013 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP, 2014-16 additions (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP, 2020 additions (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP, 2021 additions (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 1998 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Johnson Valley fine-scale vegetation map metadata report, 2014 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
- Peninsular Bighorn Sheep Habitat, 2016 (PDF)(opens in new tab)
Southern California Coast
VegCAMP was directly involved in preparing the above reports. See this link for vegetation reports produced by or for other organizations(opens in new tab).