Ecology
The Ecology Program maps natural vegetation communities using Ecological Systems in the Montana Land Cover layer in partnership with the Spatial Analysis Lab and wetland and riparian communities to National Wetland Inventory standards using aerial photography in the Montana Wetland and Riparian layer in partnership with the Ecological Mapping Monitoring and Analysis (EMMA) group at the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West. Both of these data layers are part of the Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure for Montana. Additionally, the program documents the distribution and status of a variety of biological communities, with emphasis on those that are communities of conservation concern.
Wetland and Riparian Information
Montana Land Cover Information
Primary Web Applications
Land Cover and Vegetation Community Mapping
- Land Cover - View in Map Viewer
- Land Cover - Downloadable from Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure Layer
- Ecological Site Reviewer
- Montana's Use of the National Vegetation Classification Standards
- U.S. National Vegetation Classification Database and Explorer
- U.S. National Vegetation Classification
- National Vegetation Classification Standard, Version 2.0
- Overview of 2008 Revisions to National Vegetation Classification Standard
- Standards for Associations and Alliances of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification
- Vegetation Mapping by the Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Montana
- Landfire's Existing Vegetation Type National Vegetation Classification Mapping
