GIS Shapefile - Vegetation for private lands, block group, Baltimore City

Block group summary of private land vegetation (forest and grass). The private land area consists of all parcels not classified as "Exempt Commerical." A cursory analysis of the parcel data indicated that errors of omission were present due to insufficient parcel data in certain block groups. Vegetation data used in this analysis came from the MD DNR Forest Service IKONOS derived Strategic Urban Forest Assessment (SUFA) vegetation layer. The amount of private land forest, grass, and total vegetation was summarized on a block group level. In addition the normalized private land forest, grass, and total vegetation was summarized at block group level by dividing by the area of private land.