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LANDFIRE (LF) existing vegetation layers describe the following elements: Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Existing Vegetation Canopy Cover (EVC), and Existing Vegetation Height (EVH). These layers are created using predictive landscape models based on extensive field-referenced data, satellite imagery and biophysical gradient layers using classification and regression trees. LF potential vegetation layers describe the following elements: Bio-Physical Settings (BPS) and Environmental Site Potential (ESP). These layers are created using predictive landscape models based on extensive field-referenced data and biophysical gradient layers using classification and regression trees.

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Existing Vegetation Potential Vegetation
Existing Vegetation Cover - vertically projected percent cover of the live canopy layer for a specific area
Existing Vegetation Height - average height of the dominant vegetation
Existing Vegetation Type - complexes of plant communities representing NatureServe's terrestrial Ecological Systems classification
Existing Vegetation Type National Vegetation Classification - an existing vegetation type layer that represents the distribution of vegetation groups based on the USNVC classification
Biophysical Settings - vegetation system that may have been dominant on the landscape pre Euro-American settlement
Biophysical Settings Models and Descriptions (non-spatial) - state-and-transition models representing pre-settlement vegetation system dynamics reference conditions for each biophysical setting
Environmental Site Potential - vegetation system that could be supported at a given site based on the biophysical environment
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LF Reference Database (LFRDB) - consists of vegetation and fuel data from geo-referenced sampling units nationwide.
 

 
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