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National Capital Region Network Forest Vegetation Monitoring Data Package - cumulative through 2025

Published by National Park Service | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 03:56 AM | Dataset Last Updated: June 05, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This dataset represents the forest vegetation monitoring completed by the National Capital Region Network (NCRN) Inventory and Monitoring Program from 2006 through 2025. Data were collected from over 400 forest plots randomly scattered throughout the NCR. Each plot was monitored once in a four-year return cycle. Data related to forest structure and plant community composition were reported for the region and each individual park, including information about trees, shrubs, herbaceous vegetation, vines, and conditions like pests and diseases.

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description This dataset represents the forest vegetation monitoring completed by the National Capital Region Network (NCRN) Inventory and Monitoring Program from 2006 through 2025. Data were collected from over 400 forest plots randomly scattered throughout the NCR. Each plot was monitored once in a four-year return cycle. Data related to forest structure and plant community composition were reported for the region and each individual park, including information about trees, shrubs, herbaceous vegetation, vines, and conditions like pests and diseases.
distribution 
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    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "Common and taxonomical names of NCRN forest vegetation",
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  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Cycles.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "Cycle start and end years",
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    "title": "CWD.csv",
    "format": "csv",
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    "description": "NCRN coarse woody debris data",
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    "title": "Events.csv",
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    "mediaType": "text/csv",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Foliage_Conditions.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN foliage identity and condition",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Quadrat_Conditions.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Plot_Floor.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN forest vegetation plot floor cover data",
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    "title": "Plots.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN forest vegetation plot locations and coordinates",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Tag_History.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN forest vegetation tag location and history",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Herbs.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN herb identity and cover",
    "downloadURL": "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/759208?Reference=2318583"
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Saplings.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN sapling identity, distribution, and condition",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Seedlings.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN seedling identity, distribution, and height",
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  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Shrubs.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN shrub identity, distribution, and condition",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Shrub_Seedlings.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN shrub seedling identity, distribution, and height",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Stems.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN stem identity, distribution, and condition",
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    "title": "Trees.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN tree identity, distribution, and condition",
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    "description": "NCRN tree sapling identity, distribution, and condition",
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Vines.csv",
    "format": "csv",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "description": "NCRN vine identity, distribution, and host data",
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identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2318583
issued 2026-06-05T00:00:00Z
keyword 
[
  "CWD",
  "Coarse Woody Debris",
  "Exotic plants",
  "Foliage Conditions",
  "Forest Floor",
  "Forest Monitor",
  "Forest Monitoring",
  "Forest Pathogens",
  "Forest Pests",
  "Forest Vegetation",
  "Forest, Forest Ecology",
  "Herbaceous",
  "Herbs",
  "I&M",
  "IMD",
  "Invasive Plants",
  "Inventory and Monitoring Division",
  "Monitoring",
  "NCA",
  "NCR",
  "NCRN",
  "NPS",
  "National Capital Area",
  "National Capital Region",
  "National Capital Region Network",
  "National Park Service",
  "Plot Floor",
  "Quadrat Conditions",
  "Saplings",
  "Seedlings",
  "Shrub Seedlings",
  "Shrubs",
  "Stems",
  "Tag History",
  "Tree Sapling Conditions",
  "Trees",
  "Vegetation",
  "Vines"
]
landingPage https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2318583
modified 2026-06-05T00:00:00Z
programCode 
[
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  "010:119"
]
publisher 
{
  "name": "National Park Service",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
spatial -80,38.25,-76.2,40
temporal 2006-04-28/2026-01-30
theme 
[
  "Data Package"
]
title National Capital Region Network Forest Vegetation Monitoring Data Package - cumulative through 2025

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