30 Years of A Manual of California Vegetation | CNPS 2026 Conference

30 Years of A Manual of California Vegetation – CNPS 2026 Conference

A historic investment in vegetation mapping and a profusion of projects have occurred over the last two decades. Projects have involved many partners and perspectives to obtain high-quality, fine-scale vegetation data, represent new vegetation alliances and map millions of acres of natural landscapes, with far-reaching applications. We celebrate this progress and the 30th anniversary of the Manual of California Vegetation (MCV).

Sponsored by Nomad Ecology.

Session Chairs:
Julie M. Evens (California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA, United States)
Leah Gardner (California State Parks, Sacramento, CA, United States)

0:00 Introduction

1:20 18.1 How the Manual of California Vegetation Instigated a Unified Approach to Define, Inventory, and Map the State’s Vegetation
Dr. Todd Keeler-Wolf (CA Dept. Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA, United States)

21:25 18.2 A Historic Investment in the Survey of California Vegetation and Keeping the Momentum
Jaime Ratchford (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA, United States)

40:03 18.3 Vegetation Inventory, Classification and Mapping Across Three Ecological Regions of California Provide Valuable Data for Land Management and Conservation
Arin Glass (Aerial Information Systems, Redlands, CA, United States )
Julie M. Evens California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA, United States)

1:01:08 18.4 State Parks Vegetation Mapping to Support Natural Resource Preservation
Leah Gardner (California State Parks, Sacramento, CA, United States)

1:16:17 18.5 Ten Years of Vegetation Change across Natural Lands of Orange County, CA
Danny L. Fry (Natural Communities Coalition, Irvine, CA, United States)
Jennifer J. Buck-Diaz (California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA, United States)

View full session details and abstracts here: https://conference.cnps.org/sessions/18-30-years-of-a-manual-of-california-vegetation/

CNPS 2026 Conference
GROWING THE MOVEMENT: Together for Native Plants
February 5-7, 2026 | Riverside, CA

California Native Plant Society is a 501c3 non-profit that brings together science, education, conservation, and gardening to power the native plant movement.

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