Vegetation Classification Reports and Maps

Vegetation Maps & Data

Each map will have map classes at a variety of levels in the NVCS hierarchy from Macrogroup down to Association. More recent maps generally conform to the Survey of California Vegetation Standards (PDF).

• Map of Vegetation Mapping Projects in California that use the National Vegetation Classification System (PDF)
• Vegetation GIS Data

Available Vegetation Maps Viewed in online BIOS map viewer

Mojave Desert Vegetation for DRECP 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)
• Classification of the Vegetation Alliances and Associations of Sonoma County, California, Volume 2 (PDF)
• Sonoma County Fine Scale Vegetation and Habitat, 2017 (PDF)
• Classification and Mapping of Mendocino Cypress (Hesperocyparis pygmaea) Woodland and Related Vegetation on Oligotrophic Soils, Mendocino and Sonoma Counties, California (PDF)
• Vegetation Map and Classification of Knoxville Wildlife Area, Napa County, California (PDF)
• Vegetation Map and Classification of Pine Creek and Fitzhugh Creek Wildlife Areas, 2008 (PDF)
• Vegetation map of Napa Co. using the Manual of CA Vegetation classification and comparison to other maps, 2004 (PDF)
• Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills Vegetation Project: Vegetation Mapping Report, 2011 (PDF)
• Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills Classification, 2007 – Volume 1 (PDF)
• Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills Classification, 2007 – Volume 2 (PDF)
• Classification of the vegetation of Yosemite National Park, 2007 (PDF)
• Yosemite National Park and environs comprehensive mapping classification and photointerpretation report, 2007 (PDF)
• Vegetation Classification and Map Accuracy Assessment of the Proposed Tehachapi Pass High-Speed Rail Corridor Vegetation Map (PDF)
• Hierarchical Field and Mapping Key to the Vegetation Map of the Proposed Tehachapi Pass High-Speed Rail Corridor (PDF)

Central Valley and Bay and Delta

• Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore Mapping Report, 2003 (PDF)
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore Classification Report, 2003 (PDF)
• Vegetation Mapping of Suisun Marsh, 1999 (PDF)
• Suisun Marsh Change Detection and Map Update, 2000 (PDF)
• Suisun Marsh Change Detection and Map Update, 2003 (PDF)
• Suisun Marsh Change Detection and Map Update, 2006 (PDF)
• Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2009 (PDF)
• Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2012 (PDF)
• Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2015 (PDF)
• Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, 2007 (PDF)
• Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Update 2016 (PDF)
• Mapping Standard and Land Use Categories for the Central Valley Riparian Mapping Project, 2012 Group Level (PDF)
• Vegetation Alliances and Associations of the Great Valley Ecoregion, California 2012 (PDF)
• East Sacramento Valley Natural Vegetation Mapping Standards, 2013 (PDF)
• Accuracy Assessment of the East Sacramento Valley Natural Vegetation Map, 2013 (PDF)
• Fine-scale mapping of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Area and East Sacramento Valley Final Report (PDF)

Central Coast and Range

• Clear Creek Management Area, Joaquin Ridge, Monocline Ridge and Environs, San Benito and Fresno Counties, 2006 (PDF)
• Vegetation of the California Department of Fish and Game Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve, Kern and San Luis Obispo Counties, 2010 (PDF)
• Vegetation Map of Elk Range Adjacent to Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve and National Monument San Luis Obispo County, California (PDF)

California Deserts

• Vegetation Map and Classification of Fish Slough Inyo and Mono Counties, California 2014 (PDF)
• MDEP Central Mojave Vegetation DB Report, 2004 (PDF)
• California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP Mapping Report, 2013 (PDF)
• California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP Map and Accuracy Report, 2013 (PDF)
• California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP, 2014-16 additions (PDF)
• Johnson Valley fine-scale vegetation map metadata report, 2014 (PDF)
• Peninsular Bighorn Sheep Habitat, 2016 (PDF)

Southern California Coast

• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, 2006 (PDF)
• Western Riverside County Classification Report, 2006 (PDF)
• Western Riverside County Vegetation Mapping Update, 2015 (PDF)
• Vegetation alliance of the San Dieguito River Park Region, San Diego Co., 2005 (PDF)
• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 1998 (PDF)
• Oak Grove Vegetation Report, 2011 (PDF)
• Vegetation Classification Manual for Western San Diego County part 1, 2011 (PDF)
• Vegetation Classification Manual for Western San Diego County part 2 Stand Data, 2011 (PDF)

VegCAMP was directly involved in preparing the above reports. See this link for vegetation reports produced by or for other organizations.