Interior Western North American Temperate Ruderal Shrubland

EVT 9328
ShrubExotic tree-shrub
Roadless Areas (15)

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.

California (3)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Dobie FlatModoc National Forest8.3%505.8
Damon ButteModoc National Forest3.6%367.2
LavasModoc National Forest1.9%194.22

New Mexico (1)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Arroyo MontosoSanta Fe National Forest1.4%35.37

Oregon (2)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Deschutes / Steelhead CanyonOchoco National Forest4.1%183.69
Metolius BreaksDeschutes National Forest3.2%143.28

Utah (7)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Coal HollowManti-Lasal National Forest2.2%54.99
0401032Ashley National Forest1.8%48.15
PyramidsFishlake National Forest0.9%49.59
PavantFishlake National Forest0.8%145.8
Steves MountainFishlake National Forest0.8%77.22
418016Uinta National Forest0.8%112.14
Beehive PeakFishlake National Forest0.4%99.72

Wyoming (2)

AreaForestCoverageHectares
Battle CreekMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest1.6%39.06
0401036Ashley National Forest1.3%33.93
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.