Land cover map including wetlands and invasive Phragmites circa 2017 for SE Michigan and NW Ohio
Description
The first basin-wide map of large stands of invasive Phragmites australis (common reed) in the coastal zone was created through a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and Michigan Tech Research Institute (Bourgeau-Chavez et al 2013). This data set represents a revised version of that map and was created using multi-temporal PALSAR data and Landsat images from 2016-2017. In addition to Phragmites distribution, the data sets shows several land cover types including urban, agriculture, forest, shrub, emergent wetland, forested wetland, and some based on the dominant plant species (e.g., Schoenoplectus, Typha). The classified map was validated using over 400 field visits.This map covers the coastal regions of Michgan along the southern portion Lake Huron including Saginaw Bay, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, and northeastern Ohio.
Resources
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The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5d0ce92ce4b0941bde51dd61.xml |
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Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OX21T6 |
Tags
- usgs-5d0ce92ce4b0941bde51dd61
- michigan
- lake-huron
- invasive-species
- wetlands
- land-use-and-land-cover
- ohio
- imagerybasemapsearthcover