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Wetland Moist Soil Seed Maps for the Central Valley of California 2007-2017

We produced a series of maps of moist soil seed plants within managed wetlands in the Central Valley of California from 2007-2011 & 2013-2017. Moist soil seed plants, such as swamp timothy (Crypsis schoenoides) and watergrass (Echinochloa crusgallim), are a critical food source for migratory birds. Through field observation and digitization of high resolution imagery we identified the locations of moist soil seed plants, tall emergent vegetation, water, and other land cover. Using a Support Vector Machine classification, we classified multispectral Landsat imagery from 2007-2011 and 2013-2017. We used images from April through September to create phenology metrics. The final maps show the distribution and extent of moist soil seed plants within managed wetlands in the Central Valley of California.

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Author(s) Austen A Lorenz orcid, Kristin B Byrd orcid
Publication Date 2018
Beginning Date of Data 2007
Ending Date of Data 2017
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PMO9Q2
Citation Lorenz, A.A., and Byrd, K.B., 2018, Wetland Moist Soil Seed Maps for the Central Valley of California 2007-2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PMO9Q2.
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