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Eastern Cool Temperate Urban Deciduous Forest

EVT 7905
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Roadless Areas (34)

Inventoried Roadless Areas where this ecosystem is present, identified from LANDFIRE 2024 Existing Vegetation Type spatial analysis. Coverage indicates the proportion of each area occupied by this ecosystem type.

Arkansas (4)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Indian CreekOzark-St. Francis National Forest2.2%68.58
Hurricane CreekOzark-St. Francis National Forest1.9%18
Gee CreekOzark-St. Francis National Forest1.2%39.96
East ForkOzark-St. Francis National Forest0.9%45.63

Georgia (4)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Joe GapChattahoochee National Forest1.8%37.98
Sarah's CreekChattahoochee National Forest1.6%44.46
Lance CreekChattahoochee National Forest1.6%56.88
Kelly RidgeChattahoochee National Forest1.4%48.33

North Carolina (4)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Deep Creek / Avery Creek AdditionNantahala National Forest2.3%17.46
Wilson CreekPisgah National Forest2.2%43.92
Harper CreekPisgah National Forest1.2%36.45
Lost CovePisgah National Forest1.2%29.16

Tennessee (2)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Stone MountainCherokee National Forest1.7%36.81
Sycamore CreekCherokee National Forest1.3%37.08

Virginia (8)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Kimberling Creek Addition AJefferson National Forest9.2%3.33
Beaver Dam CreekJefferson National Forest3.9%17.82
Seng MountainJefferson National Forest2.3%59.76
Little Dry Run AdditionJefferson National Forest1.7%15.12
Long SpurJefferson National Forest1.2%30.96
Broad RunJefferson National Forest0.9%41.22
Little RiverGeorge Washington National Forest0.7%72.54
Bear CreekJefferson National Forest0.6%45.81

West Virginia (11)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Glady ForkMonongahela National Forest3.2%42.3
Dry ForkMonongahela National Forest3.2%8.55
Little MountainMonongahela National Forest2.7%90.72
Mcgowan MountainMonongahela National Forest1.6%68.67
Tea Creek MountainMonongahela National Forest1.6%54.18
Little Allegheny MountainMonongahela National Forest1.6%68.58
Cranberry AdditionMonongahela National Forest1.3%57.33
Seneca CreekMonongahela National Forest1.3%113.04
North Mountain HopevilleMonongahela National Forest1.1%29.25
Middle MountainMonongahela National Forest1.0%80.37
Marlin MountainMonongahela National Forest0.9%35.55

Wisconsin (1)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
09177 - Le Roy CreekChequamegon-Nicolet National Forest1.2%41.04
Methodology and Data Sources

Ecosystem classification: Ecosystems are classified using the LANDFIRE 2024 Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) layer, mapped to NatureServe Terrestrial Ecological Systems via a curated crosswalk. Each EVT is linked to the USNVC (U.S. National Vegetation Classification) hierarchy through pixel-level co-occurrence analysis of LANDFIRE EVT and NatureServe IVC Group rasters across all roadless areas.

Vegetation coverage: Coverage percentages and hectares are derived from zonal statistics of the LANDFIRE 2024 EVT raster intersected with roadless area boundaries.

Ecosystem narratives and community species: Sourced from the NatureServe Explorer API, representing professional ecological assessments of vegetation composition, environmental setting, dynamics, threats, and characteristic species assemblages.

IVC hierarchy: The International Vegetation Classification hierarchy is sourced from the USNVC v3.0 Catalog, providing the full classification from Biome through Association levels.

Component associations: Plant community associations listed as components of each NatureServe Ecological System. Association data from the NatureServe Explorer API.

State ranks: Conservation status ranks assigned by NatureServe member programs in each state where the ecosystem occurs.