Vegetation - Garcia River - Mendocino County - 2005 [ds722]

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) contracted Aerial Information Systems, Inc (AIS) to develop a vegetation map covering approximately 23,800 acres (~37 square miles) of the Garcia River Watershed east of Point Arena. The mapping area is split by the north coast and outer north coast range floristic provinces as defined by The Jepson Manual - Higher Plants of California, Hickman.

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