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Vegetation & Habitat Assessment
 Scientists of LGL have expertise with the studies of
- Inventories of plant species (including mosses)
- Inventories of fungi/mushrooms and lichens
- Vegetation mapping and classification
- Ecosystem mapping
- Rare and endangered plant species
- Rare and endangered plant associations
The objectives of our projects often include
 Assessments of Habitat Suitability for various animals - Habitat modeling
- Effects of development and/or disturbance on vegetation
- Effects of development and/or disturbance on individual (rare or otherwise important) plant species
- Ecosystem classification for baseline studies and inventories
- Determination of sensitive ecosystems
- Development of mitigation and restoration strategies for disturbed habitats
- Recultivation and monitoring
 Typical projects include:
- Assessment of projected impacts on rare and endangered plant species and rare plant associations in areas slated for development
- Assessment of the impacts to rare and endangered plant species and rare plant associations along linear structures (pipelines, right-of-way, highways, etc.)
- Restoration of altered/disturbed habitats
- Assessment of the effectiveness of vegetation management
 Specialized methodology
- GPS
- Vegetation sampling equipment
- Habitat evaluation procedures
- GIS
- Habitat modeling
- Multivariate statistical analyses: Ordination (Principal Components, Canonical Correlation, (Detrended) Correspondence Analysis); Classification (various clustering techniques, TWINSPAN).
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