Southern Vancouverian Lowland Ruderal Shrubland

EVT 9326
ShrubExotic tree-shrub
Roadless Areas (19)

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.

Oregon (17)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Williams CreekUmpqua National Forest39.5%933.75
Bull Of The WoodsWillamette National Forest29.4%6.12
LastUmpqua National Forest11.5%355.95
Mt. HagenWillamette National Forest7.5%194.49
Cougar BluffUmpqua National Forest7.4%166.77
Opal CreekWillamette National Forest4.9%108.27
Medicine Creek AppendageUmpqua National Forest3.9%11.88
Limpy RockUmpqua National Forest3.4%94.32
LarchMt. Hood National Forest3.3%174.33
Charlton ButteWillamette National Forest1.8%22.05
ElkhornWillamette National Forest1.8%67.5
EagleMt. Hood National Forest1.6%107.82
Three SistersDeschutes National Forest1.4%42.93
CharltonDeschutes National Forest1.0%29.07
BearwallowsDeschutes National Forest0.9%27.45
Roaring RiverMt. Hood National Forest0.8%90.09
Calf - Copeland CreekUmpqua National Forest0.7%45.54

Washington (2)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Silver StarGifford Pinchot National Forest3.9%121.23
Norse PeakWenatchee National Forest1.7%68.76
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.