August William Kuchler (born August Wilhelm Küchler; 26 July 1907 – 17 June 1999) was a German-born American geographer and naturalist who is noted for developing a plant association system that has become widely used in the United States.A. Watkins Some of this database has been digitized for integration into GIS mapping systems.A. W. Kuchler, 1996 Kuchler received his Ph.D. in geography from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1935.Honors of the Association of American Geographers In 1978, he received the Association of American Geographers' Honors award. He is the author of the book Vegetation Mapping.Vegetation mapping by Küchler, A. W. (August William), 1907-1999 Internet Archive
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References Kuchler, A(ugust) William [Wilhelm] (Germany-United States 1907-1999) Ann Watkins, Terrestrial vegetation of the U.S. by state A.W. Kuchler (1996) Potential Natural Vegetation for California, California State Resources Agency