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Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Carlsbad Caverns National Park - Open Format Data Package

Published by National Park Service | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 25, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-02-05T00:00:00Z
These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

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accessLevel public
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                                            [
  "010:24"
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contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "NPS IRMA Help",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
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}
description These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.
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identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2314498
issued 2022-02-05T00:00:00Z
keyword 
                                            [
  "Accuracy Assessment",
  "Botanical Survey",
  "CAVE",
  "Carlsbad Caverns National Park",
  "Classification",
  "Database",
  "Habitat Types",
  "Imagery",
  "NVC",
  "NVCS",
  "National Vegetation Classification",
  "Plots",
  "Releve",
  "Remote Sensing",
  "USNVCS",
  "Vegetation",
  "Vegetation Inventory",
  "Vegetation Map",
  "Vegetation Mapping"
]
landingPage https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2314498
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
modified 2022-02-05T00:00:00Z
programCode 
                                            [
  "010:118",
  "010:119"
]
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "National Park Service",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
spatial -104.6848,32.0408,-104.3708,32.1992
temporal 1999-09-29/2006-08-27
theme 
                                            [
  "Data Package"
]
title Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Carlsbad Caverns National Park - Open Format Data Package

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