USGS NLCD Tree Canopy 2001. Percent tree canopy cover is a measure of local tree density that has a variety of applications in wildlife habitat analysis, fire behavior modeling, carbon accounting, and hydrologic analysis. Using medium spatial resolution imagery (30m) from Landsat, we have produced consistent, seamless per-pixel estimates of percent tree canopy cover ranging from 0 to 100 percent. This dataset is part of the larger National Land Cover Database (NLCD) that also includes information on land cover, percent imperviousness, and percent shrub/grass. The NLCD effort is coordinated by a partnership of federal agencies called the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium (www.mrlc.gov).