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         Land Cover: USFS Veg Size, Sonoma Creek Sub-basin 1999 | 
     
 
 
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   Caption:  This chart shows vegetation coverage by size classes in the Sonoma Creek sub-basin, derived from a 1999 Landsat image by the U.S. Forest Service. Forested areas are sparse in lower sub-basin Calwaters.  Upper sub-basin Calwaters have approximately 50% forest area.  The forested areas mainly contain medium trees with few large, medium large, and small trees.  The vegetation classification is accurate at a one-hectare scale and is suitable for stand classification.   Click on Map to see spatial data.  Vegetation is classified according to diameter at breast height (DBH): Giant > 50", Very Large = 40-50" DBH, Large = 30-39.9" DBH, Medium/Large = 20-29.9" DBH, Medium = 12-19.9" DBH, Small = 5-11.9" DBH, Saplings = 1-4.9" DBH, Non-Forest = No trees, shrubs, grass, bare soil.  Click on Info Links for more information.
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