Historical Reconnaissance Vegetation Inventory Maps for Alberta

Historical Reconnaissance Vegetation Inventory maps provide a broad vegetation inventory for Alberta's Green and White Areas. The maps depict forestry and agricultural vegetation cover types, including native and introduced species, height, and density, at scales of 1:100,000 and 1:250,000. This series is not updated and is provided by the Government of Alberta in PDF and TIF formats within ZIP files.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical vegetation cover types based on forestry and agricultural classifications mentioned in the description
• Study changes in native and introduced plant species based on the inventory's vegetation types
• Assess wildlife habitat resources based on the Current Vegetation Cover for Wildlife Resource Inventory
• Compare vegetation height and density across different regions based on the mapped attributes

Strengths

• Maps depict both forestry and agricultural vegetation cover types, including height and density
• Inventory covers both native and introduced vegetation species in the province
• Product can be viewed on a computer, printed, or plotted in part or in whole

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is not available as geo-referenced rectified images or GIS-ready data

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Time Range

Contains a range of publication dates

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:44:49.772667; freshness should be verified

Geography

Green Area and White Area of Alberta