Vegetation Classification for the Nature Reserve of Orange County

The ultimate goal of this project is to create an updated fine‐scale vegetation map for about 58,000 acres of
Orange County, consisting of the 37,000‐acre Orange County Central and Coastal Subregions Natural Community
Conservation Plan (NCCP)/Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Habitat Reserve System; approximately 9,500 acres of
associated NCCP/HCP Special Linkages, Existing Use Areas, and Non‐Reserve Open Space; and approximately
11,000 acres of adjoining conserved open space (study area). The project consisted of three phases.Phase 1:
To update vegetation mapping, the Natural Reserve
of Orange County (NROC) proposes to use Manual of California Vegetation (MCV) methods (2009), which will be
implemented in two stages:
Stage 1 – Development of a vegetation classification system for the Central and Coastal Subregions of
Orange County that is consistent with the MCV.
Stage 2 – Application of the vegetation classification system to create a vegetation map through photointerpretation
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