REMOTE-SENSING OF VEGETATION COVER AT FOREST REGENERATION SITES

This study was initiated to examine the feasibility of using aerial an d satellite remote sensing to detect the presence of the ericaceous sh rub Kalmia angustifolia L. on disturbed black spruce (Picea mariana (M ill.) B.S.P.) sites in central Newfoundland. Two separate classificati on schemes were designed to include kalmia and other major cover types such as black spruce, alder, non-kalmia cutovers and wetlands. Discri mination revealed that kalmia could be detected and mapped with an acc uracy of 96% using the aerial remote sensing data. Over larger areas, kalmia was discriminated-in wetlands, cutovers and burns-with 82% accu racy using the satellite imagery.