Inter-Mountain Basins Shale Badland

EVT 9009
SparseSparsely vegetated
Roadless Areas (17)

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.

Utah (12)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
South RimDixie National Forest7.0%39.06
Solomon BasinFishlake National Forest3.8%303.75
Biddlecome - Rock CanyonManti-Lasal National Forest3.1%227.34
Muddy Creek - Nelson Mt.Manti-Lasal National Forest2.9%703.98
0401011Ashley National Forest2.8%342.27
Mcdonald BasinFishlake National Forest2.7%17.1
0401012Ashley National Forest2.5%460.53
Wayne WonderlandFishlake National Forest2.1%103.59
Table Cliffs - Henderson CanyonDixie National Forest1.5%117.54
0401010Ashley National Forest1.3%113.67
0401008Ashley National Forest0.7%42.3
0401009Ashley National Forest0.6%76.77

Wyoming (5)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
0401035Ashley National Forest13.7%302.4
0401036Ashley National Forest10.6%270.09
0401021Ashley National Forest8.1%168.93
0401018Ashley National Forest6.5%161.73
0401019Ashley National Forest5.5%138.06
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.