Vegetation Classification Reports and Maps

Vegetation Maps and 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 / Sampling 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)
• Classification of Modoc and Lassen Counties, California 2021 (PDF)
• Mapping Standards, Field Data Collection, and Accuracy Assessment for Vegetation Mapping in Modoc and Lassen Counties, California 2021 (PDF)
• Vegetation Map of a Portion of Modoc and Lassen Counties, California for the Bureau of Land Management (Applegate Field Office) 2021 (PDF)
• Map of a Portion of and Lassen County, California for the Bureau of Land Management (Eagle Lake Field Office) 2021 (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)
• Southern Sierra Nevada Foothills Vegetation Sampling, 2016 (PDF)
• Fine-Scale Vegetation Map and Accuracy Assessment of the Southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, California, 2022 (PDF)
• Confusion matrix for Fine-Scale Vegetation Map and Accuracy Assessment of the Southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, California, 2022 (Excel)
• Vegetation Sampling and Mapping – Doyle-Loyalton Study Area Report, 2023 (PDF)
• Doyle-Loyalton Vegetation Accuracy Assessment Confusion Matrix (Excel)
• Vegetation Map and Classification of Slinkard Valley and Little Antelope Valley Wildlife Areas, Mono County, California 2021 (PDF)
• Yosemite National Park and Vegetation Classification and Mapping Report, 2012 (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)
• San Mateo Countywide Fine Scale Vegetation Mapping Report, 2018 (PDF)
• Vegetation Classification of Alliance and Associations in San Mateo County, California, 2021 (PDF)
• Vegetation Classification of Alliance and Associations in San Mateo County, California, Appendix D: Vegetation Descriptions, 2021 (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)
• Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2015 (PDF)
• Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2018 (PDF)
• Suisun Marsh Map Update, 2021 (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)
• Vegetation: Central Valley Flood Protection Planning Area Update 2016 (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)
• California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP, 2020 additions (PDF)
• California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP, 2021 additions (PDF)
• California Desert Vegetation for the DRECP, 2023 additions (PDF)
• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 1998 (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)
• 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 and/or consulted in the preparation of the above reports. See also, Document Library of vegetation reports produced by or for other organizations