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    • Vegetation Classification of Plant Communities at Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge based on UNESCO system

    Metadata Updated: November 25, 2025

    The natural communities in Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge are being classified in accordance with the system developed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in cooperation with state, federal, and academic partners. The Nature Conservancy classification is a modified version of the UNESCO vegetation classification system (UNESCO 1973). A single shapefile is provided that outlines the 14 plant communities described on the refuge. Data compliments the unpublished report (Schotz 2003 - ServCat 16154. Geospatial data are presented as a Shapefile and includes the meta data file. Data are presented as NAD 27 UTM

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 25, 2025

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    Harvested from DOI FWS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 25, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/fws-servcat-142617
    Data First Published 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:18
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/fws-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 233a8121-fdac-41ce-b73f-c90c73332b2e
    Harvest Source Id f51f1f6c-4e4a-4e0a-b4e3-a5577c6dcc19
    Harvest Source Title DOI FWS DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/142617
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Program Code 010:094, 010:028
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0a25408212a0b410332ad53df55c6c8b805aa329d3b92b20cbb1259d8e554960
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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