Chaparral

Caution

Overall Condition

Unknown

Overall Trend

Moderate

Overall Confidence
Metric Condition Trend Confidence
1. Percent Conserved

Percent of baseline chaparral conserved


Good

Improving

Moderate
2. Ecological Integrity

Percent of chaparral in high integrity class based on the percent shrub cover


Concern

Unknown

Moderate
3. Fire Frequency

Percent of chaparral that has burned 2 or more times in a 30-year period


Caution

Declining

Moderate
Current Status
Overall, combining the three metrics, the Chaparral Vegetation Community Indicator was given a current condition status of Caution. While the percent of chaparral conserved (Metric 1) is meeting targets, ecological integrity (Metric 2) and fire frequency (Metric 3) have not reached desired conditions. The amount of chaparral conserved has increased compared to the 1995 baseline vegetation mapping. Ecological integrity was mapped using 2014 light detecting and ranging (lidar) and aerial imagery. A trend in ecological integrity is not currently available because data are not available for another time period. Future reports will identify a trend by repeating these analyses with additional years of data. The confidence for all metrics was Moderate because of uncertainty in vegetation mapping. Mapping for many areas in the County has not been updated since the 1990s. As more information becomes available, additional metrics on the composition of native and nonnative plants and the acreage restored or enhanced will be added.
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Species Information

Metric 1 - Percent Conserved

Good

Overall Condition

Improving

Overall Trend

Moderate

Overall Confidence

Metric 2 - Ecological Integrity

Concern

Overall Condition

Unknown

Overall Trend

Moderate

Overall Confidence

Metric 3 - Fire Frequency

Caution

Overall Condition

Declining

Overall Trend

Moderate

Overall Confidence

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