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Land Cover at Lake Munson
Group members
Eva Gray
Julie Soyars
Diana Hanf
Lara Schmertmann
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SITE forest surrounding Lake Munson at N
30º21.912 and W 84º8.046
PURPOSE To classify the land cover at Lake
Munson Park.
VARIABLES Independent variable Quadrat
location Dependent variable canopy species,
canopy type, ground observation, tree
height. Constants Diana was the constant for
determining ground observations, Eva was used for
determine tree height.
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Modified UNESCO Classification (MUC)

CODE 0221 Closed Forest, Mainly Deciduous,
Cold-Deciduous with Evergreens, With Evergreen
Broad-Leaved Trees and Climbers Rich in
epiphytes, including mosses. Vascular epiphytes
may be present at the base of tree stems.
Climbing vines may be common on flood plains. Ex.
Ilex aquifolium and Hedera helix in western
Europe and Magnolia spp. in North America.
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NORTH
South
West
East
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Southern Magnolia Tree
Determining the Percentage of Evergreen or
Deciduous Canopy Cover of Es (Evergreen and
Semi-Evergreen Observations) divided by total
number of canopy observations Evergreen
(3/12) X 100 25
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Pignut Hickory
Determining the Percentage of Evergreen or
Deciduous Canopy Cover of Ds (Total Canopy
Cover Observations) divided by total number of
canopy observations Deciduous (9/12) X 100
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Southern Red Oak
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Live oak
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TO CONCLUDE
The MUC classification code for the forest
surrounding Lake Munson at N 30º21.912 and W
84º8.046 is a closed forest, mainly deciduous
with some evergreen broad-leaved trees and
climbing vines (MUC code 0221). The deciduous
trees included Pignut Hickory, Southern Red Oak
and the Magnolia. These accounted for the
majority of the canopy cover Live Oaks accounted
for less than twenty percent of canopy cover.
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More proof we were there(who knew learning could
be combined with fun?!)
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Special Thanks
To Ms. Fields! For guiding us along the path of
Environmental Science!
And to the Department of Environmental Protection
Agency for materials and advice!
And to Eli Wolfe for the random comments