Vegetation in the Littoral Zones of Lake Istokpoga - 2005

This polygon feature class identifies the extent and type of llittoral vegetation for Lake Istokpoga mapped by SFWMD scientists from December 2005 aerial photography. The Vegetation communities were mapped using digital aerial imagery acquired from a Leica ADS40 camera in December of 2005 at a scale of 1 foot pixel resolution. Vegetation species and communities were groundtruthed. A combination of automated image classification and manual photointerpretation were used to classify emergent and floating vegetation communities in accordance with the Florida Land Use, Cover and Forms Classification System (FLUCCS).