Vascular plant inventory of Mount Rainier National Park tabular data, 2000-2007.The objectives for the vascular plant inventory were: 1) improve the quality of the species verification by increasing the number voucher specimens and 2) to verify the presence of sensitive plants that were listed as occurring within the park. The vascular plant inventory for Mount Rainier National Park was conducted between 2000 and 2007. Initially, the park had a vascular plant species list of 959 species, 56% of which were verified by herbarium specimens, 39% were documented by scientific studies, and the remaining 5% were unverified but were on the list based on species ranges. Our objectives for the vascular plant inventory were: 1) improve the quality of the species verification by increasing the number voucher specimens and 2) to verify the presence of sensitive plants that were listed as occurring within the park. Data mining was the first step of the project and involved in-person and on-line searches of 9 collections. Data mining located 1,099 specimens which increased the voucher-based verifications by 14%. Field inventories of undersurveyed areas and likely habitats of sensitive species were conducted from 2004 to 2007 in partnership with the University of Washington. These Botany Forays resulted in a final vascular plant species list of 973 species, verified at the 97% level: 74% by vouchers, 23% by scientific studies, and only 3% are unverified.

Species Inventory project as-delivered dataset, geodatabase

Species Inventory project as-delivered dataset, geodatabase

These tables provide taxonomic information pertaining to the collection and analysis of vegetation data for the North Coast and Cascades Network vegetation mapping projects for Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks. Table 1 lists the plant taxa that were documented at plots during the projects. For each entry, we give the current accepted scientific name according to Hitchcock and Cronquist (2018), the name used during fieldwork and analysis, the corresponding common name, the botanic family, physiognomic lifeform category, and the number of records from each NCCN park. Table 2 documents the sub-generic level taxa we created to make floristic analysis possible for taxa with small numbers of species-level records or composed of both species-level field calls with large numbers of genus-level calls. See the main park reports for more information about the floristic analysis and lumping process.

These tables provide taxonomic information pertaining to the collection and analysis of vegetation data for the North Coast and Cascades Network vegetation mapping projects for Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks. Table 1 lists the plant taxa that were documented at plots during the projects. For each entry, we give the current accepted scientific name according to Hitchcock and Cronquist (2018), the name used during fieldwork and analysis, the corresponding common name, the botanic family, physiognomic lifeform category, and the number of records from each NCCN park. Table 2 documents the sub-generic level taxa we created to make floristic analysis possible for taxa with small numbers of species-level records or composed of both species-level field calls with large numbers of genus-level calls. See the main park reports for more information about the floristic analysis and lumping process.

Species Inventory project as-delivered dataset, geodatabase

Species Inventory project as-delivered dataset, geodatabase

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. The NAIP image is the product of merged and processed NAIP images (from 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) in order to greatly reduce shadow effects. The methodology for generating the merged NAIP is explained in detail in the mapping project report.