Land Cover Analysis: Qualitative Land Cover, Quantitative Land Cover, Biometry

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Land Cover AnalysisQualitative Land Cover,
Quantitative Land Cover, Biometry

• Justin Kraft, Evan Goldstein, Liz Byerts, Maggie
  Lawrence,
• Callie Haselden, Jessica Hollingsworth, Claire
  Mott-Smith,
• Gabe Fechter, Dorian Taylor, Vladimir Korepanov

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Research Question

• What is the land cover classification of a
• 900 m2 quadrat of Lake Munson Park?
• To answer this question, we evaluated the
  Qualitative Land Cover, Quantitative Land Cover
  and Biometry of a 30m x 30m site using the
  Modified UNESCO Classification (MUC) System.

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Forming Sample Site
Site Name Lake Munson Perimeter Location
Tallahassee, FL Global Positioning System
Technology Centre Point 302157.635
North 84183.170 West
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Modified UNESCO Classification

• MUC Class 0231
• MUC Land Cover Type Name Closed Forest, Mainly
  Deciduous, Cold-Deciduous without Evergreen,
  Temperate Lowland and Submontane Broad-Leaved
• Comments Broad-leaved trees are up to 50 meters
  tall. Epiphytes are primarily algae and crustose
  lichens.

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Directional Views From Centre Point
N W E S
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Biometry

• Dominant Species Live Oak Tree

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Average Tree Height and Circumference of the
Dominant Species

• Small Specimen 40.0ft, 51.5cm
• Medium Specimen (1) 54.5ft, 248cm
• Medium Specimen (2) 60.4ft, 166cm
• Medium Specimen (3) 52.0ft, 78cm
• Large Specimen 66.0ft, 309cm

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Biometry

• Co-Dominant Species Magnolia

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Average Tree Height and Circumference of the
Co-Dominant Species

• Small Specimen 9.7ft, 10.5cm
• Medium Specimen (1) 13.4ft, 14.5cm
• Medium Specimen (2) 23.5ft, 47cm
• Medium Specimen (3) 19.5ft, 32.5cm

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Canopy and Ground Cover

• Tree Canopy 57.5
• Canopy Type 100 Deciduous
• Ground Observations 20 Green Cover, 77.5 Brown
  Cover
• Ground Vegetation Type 17.5 Graminoid, 32.5
  Forb, 12.5 Other Green

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