FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT - DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN (USA)

This article is excerpted from K.D. Herman, L.A. Masters, M.R. Penskar , A.A. Reznicek, G.S. Wilhelm, and W.W. Brodowicz. 1996. Floristic qua lity assessment with wetland categories and computer applications for the State of Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildl ife Division, Natural Heritage Program, Lansing. 21 p. + Appendices. W ork on the Floristic Quality Assessment for Michigan was initiated in 1990, developed by the Michigan Natural Heritage Program in cooperatio n with the authors, and published in partnership with the Michigan Dep artment of Natural Resources and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, N atural Resources Conservation Service. The Floristic. Quality Assessme nt measures the floristic significance of any given area throughout Mi chigan. Further applications and a Michigan plants database are provid ed in the full report. A computer application and disk are also part o f the document. Limited copies of the Floristic Quality Assessment pub lication, with the computer program application, are available from th e Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division, Natural Heritage Program, P.O. Box 30444, Lansing, MI 48909-7944 USA. Questio ns regarding this article may be directed to Ms. Kim Herman.