The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

A vegetation map of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park was created following the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program protocols. Vegetation map classes were crosswalked to the Natural Communities of Virginia and to the USNVC in order to provide a regional and global context for the park’s vegetation. Ten map classes represent later successional forests and cover approximately 48% (1,510 ha [3,731 ac]) of the park. These map classes can be broadly characterized based on different environmental settings, such as upland forests, alluvial floodplain forests, and non-alluvial wetlands. Early successional or transitional vegetation covers 31% (966 ha [2,387 ac]) of the land in the park. Cultural map classes cover 21% (680 ha [1,680 ac]) of the park, and include the Anderson land-use categories and other man-made or maintained areas in the park.