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LANDFIRE's (LF) Existing Vegetation Height (EVH) represents the average height of the dominant vegetation for a 30-m cell.
Canopy height is generated separately for tree, shrub, and herbaceous lifeforms using training data and other geospatial layers. EVH is determined by the average height weighted by species cover and based on the Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) lifeform.
LF 2016 Remap and beyond includes a 90-kilometer buffer along the 1,500 miles of the eastern and southern borders AK shares with Canada. Then with the LF 2020 update, and future updates, for the Conterminous United States (CONUS) a 90-kilometer buffer into Mexico is also included.
LF uses EVH in several subsequent layers, including the development of the fuel products.
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Attribute Data Dictionary
Comma separated value (CSV) files can be found in the LF Library.
Download DataMetadata:
| Key EVH Attributes | |
| VALUE | EVH is represented in meters and life forms are binned separately. |
| Developed-Upland Forest | 5 classes of Developed-Upland Forest |
| Developed | 7 classes of Developed vegetation |
| Developed-Roads | 1 class of Developed Roads |
| NASS Crops | 10 classes of NASS Crops |
| Tree Height | Tree Height in meters |
| Shrub Height | Shrub Height in meters |
| Herb Height | Herb Height in meters |
| Count | number of pixels for the corresponding value |
| Classnames | Display attribute, EVH is represented in meters and life forms are binned separately |
