HFBS Vegetation From Original Surveys 1976 - 1977

This feature class contains vegetation polygons for the upland areas on the island of Hawaii (Big Island). This map was orignally plotted on 1:24000-scale map sheets, using aerial photos taken in the years 1976-1977. Thus this map represents a snapshot of the vegetation at this time. The original mapping project was part of the the Hawaii Forest Bird Survey, and consequently only bird habitat areas of interest (495,454 ha or 47% of the island) were mapped. This dataset has the most detailed level of mapping, including information on canopy cover, canopy height, dominant tree species composition, species association type, dominant understory composition, and other information pertaining to the map unit.