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Systems of CONUS and Puerto Rico on the LANDFIRE Legend. NatureServe Central Databases. Version 2.0. Arlington, VA. Data

current as of 28 August 2018.

1 NatureServe is an international organization including NatureServe regional offices, a NatureServe central office,

U.S. State Natural Heritage Programs, and Conservation Data Centres (CDC) in Canada and Latin America and the

Caribbean. Ecologists from the following organizations have contributed the development of the ecological systems

classification:

United States Central NatureServe Office, Arlington, VA; Eastern Regional Office, Boston, MA; Midwestern Regional Office, Minneapolis, MN; Southeastern Regional Office, Durham, NC; Western Regional Office, Boulder, CO; Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Montgomery AL; Alaska Natural

Heritage Program, Anchorage, AK; Arizona Heritage Data Management Center, Phoenix AZ; Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission Little

Rock, AR; Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC; California Natural Heritage Program, Sacramento, CA; Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Fort Collins, CO; Connecticut Natural Diversity Database, Hartford, CT; Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Smyrna, DE; District of Columbia

Natural Heritage Program/National Capital Region Conservation Data Center, Washington DC; Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL;

Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Social Circle, GA; Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN; Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, FL; Hawaii Natural Heritage Program, Honolulu, Hawaii; Idaho Conservation Data Center, Boise, ID; Illinois Natural Heritage

Division/Illinois Natural Heritage Database Program, Springfield, IL; Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center, Indianapolis, IN; Iowa Natural Areas

Inventory, Des Moines, IA; Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory, Lawrence, KS; Kentucky Natural Heritage Program, Frankfort, KY; Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Baton Rouge, LA; Maine Natural Areas Program, Augusta, ME; Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, KY;

Maryland Wildlife & Heritage Division, Annapolis, MD; Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Westborough, MA;

Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Lansing, MI; Minnesota Natural Heritage & Nongame Research and Minnesota County Biological Survey,

St. Paul, MN; Mississippi Natural Heritage Program, Jackson, MI; Missouri Natural Heritage Database, Jefferson City, MO; Montana Natural

Heritage Program, Helena, MT; National Forest in North Carolina, Asheville, NC; National Forests in Florida, Tallahassee, FL; National Park

Service, Southeastern Regional Office, Atlanta, GA; Navajo Natural Heritage Program, Window Rock, AZ; Nebraska Natural Heritage Program, Lincoln, NE; Nevada Natural Heritage Program, Carson City, NV; New Hampshire Natural Heritage Inventory, Concord, NH; New Jersey

Natural Heritage Program, Trenton, NJ; New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, Albuquerque , NM; New York Natural Heritage Program,

Latham, NY; North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh, NC; North Dakota Natural Heritage Inventory, Bismarck, ND; Ohio Natural Heritage Database, Columbus, OH; Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, Norman, OK; Oregon Natural Heritage Program, Portland, OR;

Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory, PA; Rhode Island Natural Heritage Program, Providence, RI; South Carolina Heritage Trust, Columbia, SC; South Dakota Natural Heritage Data Base, Pierre, SD; Tennessee Division of Natural Heritage, Nashville, TN; Tennessee Valley

Authority Heritage Program, Norris, TN; Texas Conservation Data Center, San Antonio, TX; Utah Natural Heritage Program, Salt Lake City,

UT; Vermont Nongame & Natural Heritage Program, Waterbury, VT; Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA; Washington Natural Heritage Program, Olympia, WA; West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, Elkins, WV; Wisconsin Natural Heritage Program, Madison,

WI; Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Laramie, WY

Canada

Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, Sackville, New Brunswick,

Canada; British Columbia Conservation Data Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada; Manitoba Conservation Data Centre. Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre, Peterborough, ON, Canada; Quebec Conservation Data Centre, Quebec, QC, Canada;

Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre, Regina, SK, Canada; Yukon Conservation Data Centre, Yukon, Canada

Latin American and Caribbean

Centro de Datos para la Conservacion de Bolivia, La Paz , Bolivia; Centro de Datos para la Conservacion de Colombia, Cali,Valle, Columbia;

Centro de Datos para la Conservacion de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador; Centro de Datos para la Conservacion de Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala , Guatemala; Centro de Datos para la Conservacion de Panama, Querry Heights , Panama; Centro de Datos para la Conservacion de Paraguay, San

Lorenzo , Paraguay; Centro de Datos para la Conservacion de Peru, Lima, Peru; Centro de Datos para la Conservacion de Sonora, Hermosillo,

Sonora , Mexico; Netherlands Antilles Natural Heritage Program, Curacao , Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico-Departmento De Recursos Naturales Y Ambientales, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands Conservation Data Center, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

NatureServe also has partnered with many International and United States Federal and State organizations, which have also contributed significantly to the development of the International Classification. Partners include the following The Nature Conservancy; Provincial Forest

Ecosystem Classification Groups in Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Parks Canada; United States Forest Service; National GAP Analysis

Program; United States National Park Service; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; United States Geological Survey; United States Department of Defense; Ecological Society of America; Environmental Protection Agency; Natural Resource Conservation Services; United

States Department of Energy; and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Many individual state organizations and people from academic institutions

have also contributed to the development of this classification.

Ecological Systems Midsize Report

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NOTE: this document contains descriptions of Ecological Systems designated as on the

LANDFIRE ReMap legend as of late 2015 when auto-keys were completed and delivered.

These are the systems found in CONUS and Puerto Rico; the document does not include

systems in Hawai’i or Alaska. The systems are organized by the NVC hierarchy to aid in

navigation to the geography of interest; then alphabetically by name within a

Macrogroup.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. FOREST & WOODLAND .................................................................................................... 13

1.A. Tropical Forest & Woodland ............................................................................................ 13 1.A.1. Tropical Dry Forest & Woodland ...........................................................................................................13

1.A.1.Ea. Caribbean-Mesoamerican Dry Forest & Woodland .................................................................................. 13 M134. Caribbean Coastal Lowland Dry Forest .................................................................................................................. 13

CES411.421 Caribbean Coastal Dry Evergreen Forest ........................................................................................................... 13 CES411.419 Caribbean Semi-deciduous Lowland Forest ....................................................................................................... 14 CES411.287 South Florida Hardwood Hammock................................................................................................................... 15 CES411.369 Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock................................................................................ 16 CES411.368 Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock .............................................................................. 16

M294. Caribbean Dry Limestone Forest .............................................................................................................................. 17 CES411.457 Caribbean Edapho-Xerophilous "Mogote" Complex ......................................................................................... 17 CES411.465 Caribbean Submontane/Montane Karstic Forest ................................................................................................ 18

1.A.2. Tropical Lowland Humid Forest .............................................................................................................19 1.A.2.Eg. Caribbean-Mesoamerican Lowland Humid Forest ................................................................................... 19

M281. Caribbean Lowland Humid Forest ........................................................................................................................... 19 CES411.500 Caribbean Lowland Moist Serpentine Woodland .............................................................................................. 19 CES411.426 Caribbean Seasonal Evergreen Lowland Forest ................................................................................................. 20 CES411.427 Caribbean Seasonal Evergreen Submontane/Lowland Forest ............................................................................ 21 CES411.424 Caribbean Wet Submontane/Lowland Forest ..................................................................................................... 22

1.A.3. Tropical Montane Humid Forest .............................................................................................................23 1.A.3.Eg. Caribbean-Mesoamerican Montane Humid Forest ................................................................................... 23

M598. Caribbean Montane Humid Forest ........................................................................................................................... 23 CES411.455 Caribbean Montane Wet Elfin Forest ................................................................................................................. 23 CES411.429 Caribbean Montane Wet Serpentine Woodland ................................................................................................. 24 CES411.451 Caribbean Montane Wet Short Shrubland .......................................................................................................... 25 CES411.445 Caribbean Riparian Forest and Shrubland .......................................................................................................... 26 CES411.430 Caribbean Wet Montane Forest .......................................................................................................................... 26

1.A.4. Tropical Flooded & Swamp Forest .........................................................................................................27 1.A.4.Ed. Caribbean-Central American Flooded & Swamp Forest .......................................................................... 27

M618. Caribbean Floodplain Forest..................................................................................................................................... 27 CES411.420 Caribbean Floodplain Forest .............................................................................................................................. 27

M617. Caribbean Swamp Forest .......................................................................................................................................... 28 CES411.366 South Florida Bayhead Swamp .......................................................................................................................... 28 CES411.273 South Florida Hydric Hammock ........................................................................................................................ 29 CES411.486 South Florida Pond-apple/Popash Slough .......................................................................................................... 29

1.A.5. Mangrove ...................................................................................................................................................30 1.A.5.Ua. Atlantic-Caribbean & East Pacific Mangrove............................................................................................ 30

M005. Western Atlantic & Caribbean Mangrove ............................................................................................................... 30 CES411.444 Caribbean Coastal Mangrove ............................................................................................................................. 30

1.B. Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland ........................................................................ 31 1.B.1. Warm Temperate Forest & Woodland ...................................................................................................31

1.B.1.Na. Southeastern North American Forest & Woodland................................................................................... 31 M007. Longleaf Pine Woodland ............................................................................................................................................ 31

CES203.254 Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland .................................................................. 31 CES203.281 Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland ................................................................................... 32 CES203.265 Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods ....................................................... 34 CES203.382 Central Florida Pine Flatwoods .......................................................................................................................... 35



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CES203.496 East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland .................................................................... 36 CES203.375 East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods .......................................................................................... 37 CES203.284 Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill .......................................................................................................................... 38 CES411.381 South Florida Pine Flatwoods ............................................................................................................................ 39 CES411.367 South Florida Pine Rockland.............................................................................................................................. 40 CES203.536 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods ................................................................... 41 CES203.293 West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland .............................................................. 42 CES203.191 West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods ................................................................ 44

M885. Southeastern Coastal Plain Evergreen Oak - Mixed Hardwood Forest ................................................................ 45 CES203.464 Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland ......................................................................... 45 CES203.261 Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Maritime Forest ................................................................................................. 46 CES203.503 East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest ............................................................................................................ 48 CES203.513 Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest ..................................................................................................................... 49 CES203.537 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Maritime Forest ............................................................................................... 50 CES203.560 Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest ....................................................................................... 51 CES203.494 Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock ............................................................................................. 53 CES203.466 West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland ................................ 54

M008. Southern Mesic Mixed Broadleaf Forest .................................................................................................................. 55 CES203.079 Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest ....................................................................................................... 55 CES203.481 East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest ......................................................................................... 56 CES203.477 East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Slope Forest ...................................................................... 57 CES203.556 East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest ......................................................................................... 59 CES203.242 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest .................................................................................. 60 CES203.502 Southern Coastal Plain Limestone Forest........................................................................................................... 61 CES203.476 Southern Coastal Plain Mesic Slope Forest........................................................................................................ 62 CES203.280 West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest .............................................................................................. 64

1.B.1.Nc. Californian Forest & Woodland .................................................................................................................. 65 M009. Californian Forest & Woodland ............................................................................................................................... 65

CES206.935 California Central Valley Mixed Oak Savanna .................................................................................................. 65 CES206.922 California Coastal Closed-Cone Conifer Forest and Woodland ......................................................................... 66 CES206.937 California Coastal Live Oak Woodland and Savanna ........................................................................................ 67 CES206.936 California Lower Montane Blue Oak-Foothill Pine Woodland and Savanna ..................................................... 68 CES206.920 Central and Southern California Mixed Evergreen Woodland ........................................................................... 69 CES206.923 Mediterranean California Lower Montane Black Oak-Conifer Forest and Woodland ....................................... 69 CES206.919 Mediterranean California Mixed Evergreen Forest ............................................................................................ 70 CES206.909 Mediterranean California Mixed Oak Woodland ............................................................................................... 71 CES206.938 Southern California Oak Woodland and Savanna .............................................................................................. 72

1.B.1.Nd. Madrean-Balconian Forest & Woodland .................................................................................................... 73 M015. Balconian Forest & Woodland .................................................................................................................................. 73

CES303.656 Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland .................................................................................. 73 CES303.660 Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland ......................................................................................... 74 CES303.038 Edwards Plateau Mesic Canyon ......................................................................................................................... 75 CES303.657 Llano Uplift Acidic Forest, Woodland and Glade .............................................................................................. 76

M010. Madrean Lowland Evergreen Woodland ................................................................................................................. 78 CES305.795 Madrean Encinal ................................................................................................................................................ 78 CES301.730 Madrean Juniper Savanna .................................................................................................................................. 81 CES305.797 Madrean Pinyon-Juniper Woodland ................................................................................................................... 83

M011. Madrean Montane Forest & Woodland ................................................................................................................... 85 CES305.796 Madrean Lower Montane Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland ................................................................................ 85 CES305.798 Madrean Upper Montane Conifer-Oak Forest and Woodland ........................................................................... 87

1.B.2. Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland ......................................................................................................88 1.B.2.Na. Eastern North American Forest & Woodland ............................................................................................ 88

M883. Appalachian-Interior-Northeastern Mesic Forest ................................................................................................... 88 CES202.593 Appalachian (Hemlock)-Northern Hardwood Forest ......................................................................................... 88 CES202.887 South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest .......................................................................................................... 90 CES202.373 Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest................................................................................................. 91 CES202.029 Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest ............................................................................................ 92 CES202.342 Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest ....................................................................................................................... 93

M502. Appalachian-Northeastern Oak - Hardwood - Pine Forest & Woodland ............................................................. 95 CES202.359 Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland .................................................................................... 95 CES202.598 Appalachian Shale Barrens ................................................................................................................................ 95 CES202.596 Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest ................................................................................... 96 CES202.591 Central Appalachian Dry Oak-Pine Forest ......................................................................................................... 97 CES202.600 Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland .............................................................................................. 98 CES202.452 Northeastern Interior Calcareous Oak Forest ................................................................................................... 100



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CES202.592 Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest ................................................................................................... 101 CES202.590 Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens ................................................................................................................... 102 CES203.475 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Hardwood Forest ........................................................................................... 103 CES203.302 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Maritime Forest ............................................................................................. 104 CES203.269 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Barrens ......................................................................................... 104 CES202.331 Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland ............................................................................ 105 CES202.886 Southern Appalachian Oak Forest .................................................................................................................... 107 CES202.457 Southern Ridge and Valley / Cumberland Dry Calcareous Forest ................................................................... 108

M882. Central Midwest Mesic Forest ................................................................................................................................ 109 CES202.693 North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest ..................................................................................................... 109 CES202.696 North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest ............................................................................................... 110 CES202.043 Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest ......................................................................................................... 111

M012. Central Midwest Oak Forest, Woodland & Savanna ............................................................................................ 112 CES202.047 North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland ..................................................................................... 112 CES202.046 North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland .......................................................................... 113 CES202.698 North-Central Interior Oak Savanna ................................................................................................................ 115 CES202.727 North-Central Oak Barrens .............................................................................................................................. 115

M014. Laurentian-Acadian Mesic Hardwood - Conifer Forest ....................................................................................... 117 CES201.565 Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest ..................................................................................... 117 CES201.566 Acadian-Appalachian Montane Spruce-Fir Forest ........................................................................................... 117 CES202.028 Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest ...................................................................................... 118 CES201.564 Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwood Forest .............................................................................................. 119 CES201.563 Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood Forest ..................................................................................... 120 CES103.020 Laurentian-Acadian Sub-boreal Aspen-Birch Forest ....................................................................................... 121 CES103.426 Laurentian-Acadian Sub-boreal Mesic Balsam Fir-Spruce Forest ................................................................... 121 CES202.704 Paleozoic Plateau Bluff and Talus ................................................................................................................... 123

M159. Laurentian-Acadian Pine - Hardwood Forest & Woodland ................................................................................ 124 CES201.561 Acadian Sub-boreal Spruce Barrens................................................................................................................. 124 CES201.562 Acadian Sub-boreal Spruce Flat ....................................................................................................................... 124 CES103.075 Laurentian Jack Pine-Red Pine Forest .............................................................................................................. 125 CES201.718 Laurentian Pine-Oak Barrens ........................................................................................................................... 125 CES201.719 Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine-(Oak) Forest ............................................................................................. 126 CES103.425 Laurentian-Acadian Sub-boreal Dry-Mesic Pine-Black Spruce-Hardwood Forest .......................................... 126 CES103.424 Northern Dry Jack Pine-Red Pine-Hardwood Woodland ................................................................................. 127

M016. Southern & South-Central Oak - Pine Forest & Woodland ................................................................................. 128 CES205.896 Bastrop Lost Pines Forest and Woodland ........................................................................................................ 128 CES205.682 Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland .......................................................................................................... 129 CES203.072 Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest ........................................................................................................................... 130 CES203.506 East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest ............................................................................. 131 CES203.483 East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest ..................................................................... 133 CES203.482 East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland ............................................................... 134 CES205.679 East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland ........................................................................... 135 CES203.071 Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest ..................................................................... 136 CES202.306 Ouachita Montane Oak Forest.......................................................................................................................... 137 CES202.707 Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland ................................................................................................................ 138 CES202.708 Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest............................................................................................................ 138 CES202.325 Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland ....................................................................................... 139 CES202.313 Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland .............................................................................. 140 CES202.268 Piedmont Hardpan Woodland and Forest......................................................................................................... 141 CES202.319 Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland ............................................................................................... 143 CES202.332 Southern Appalachian Low-Elevation Pine Forest .......................................................................................... 144 CES203.241 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest ..................................................................... 146 CES202.898 Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest ..................................................................................... 147 CES202.339 Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest and Woodland .............................................................................. 148 CES203.378 West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest .............................................................................................. 150 CES203.056 West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland ............................................ 151

1.B.2.Nb. Rocky Mountain Forest & Woodland ....................................................................................................... 152 M501. Central Rocky Mountain Dry Lower Montane-Foothill Forest ........................................................................... 152

CES306.959 Middle Rocky Mountain Montane Douglas-fir Forest and Woodland ............................................................. 152 CES306.805 Northern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest ........................................................... 154 CES306.958 Northern Rocky Mountain Foothill Conifer Wooded Steppe ........................................................................... 156 CES306.030 Northern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna ............................................................... 158 CES303.650 Northwestern Great Plains-Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna ............................................ 161 CES306.955 Rocky Mountain Foothill Limber Pine-Juniper Woodland .............................................................................. 164

M500. Central Rocky Mountain Mesic Lower Montane Forest ...................................................................................... 166 CES204.086 East Cascades Mesic Montane Mixed-Conifer Forest and Woodland ............................................................. 166



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CES306.802 Northern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest .................................................................. 167 CES306.837 Northern Rocky Mountain Western Larch Savanna ......................................................................................... 168

M020. Rocky Mountain Subalpine-High Montane Forest ............................................................................................... 169 CES304.776 Inter-Mountain Basins Aspen-Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland ............................................................... 169 CES304.790 Inter-Mountain Basins Subalpine Limber-Bristlecone Pine Woodland ........................................................... 171 CES306.807 Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Woodland and Parkland ....................................................................... 173 CES303.957 Northwestern Great Plains Highland White Spruce Woodland ........................................................................ 175 CES306.813 Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland................................................................................................. 176 CES306.814 Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple Ravine Woodland ....................................................................................... 178 CES306.820 Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest .......................................................................................................... 179 CES306.960 Rocky Mountain Poor-Site Lodgepole Pine Forest .......................................................................................... 181 CES306.828 Rocky Mountain Subalpine Dry-Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland ....................................................... 182 CES306.830 Rocky Mountain Subalpine Mesic-Wet Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland ...................................................... 183 CES306.819 Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Limber-Bristlecone Pine Woodland ..................................................... 184

M022. Southern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Forest .............................................................................................. 186 CES306.823 Southern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland ................................... 186 CES306.825 Southern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland .......................................... 188 CES306.649 Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Savanna........................................................................................ 190 CES306.648 Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland .................................................................................... 191

1.B.2.Nc. Western North American Pinyon - Juniper Woodland & Scrub ............................................................ 194 M026. Intermountain Singleleaf Pinyon - Juniper Woodland ......................................................................................... 194

CES304.082 Columbia Plateau Western Juniper Woodland and Savanna ............................................................................ 194 CES304.773 Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland ............................................................................................................ 196 CES304.772 Inter-Mountain Basins Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany Woodland and Shrubland ........................................... 199 CES304.782 Inter-Mountain Basins Juniper Savanna ........................................................................................................... 201

M027. Southern Rocky Mountain-Colorado Plateau Two-needle Pinyon - Juniper Woodland ................................... 203 CES304.766 Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Shrubland .................................................................................................... 203 CES304.767 Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Woodland ................................................................................................... 206 CES306.834 Southern Rocky Mountain Juniper Woodland and Savanna ............................................................................ 208 CES306.835 Southern Rocky Mountain Pinyon-Juniper Woodland ..................................................................................... 211

1.B.2.Nd. Vancouverian Forest & Woodland ............................................................................................................ 213 M886. Southern Vancouverian Dry Foothill Forest & Woodland ................................................................................... 213

CES204.085 East Cascades Oak-Ponderosa Pine Forest and Woodland .............................................................................. 213 CES204.845 North Pacific Dry Douglas-fir-(Madrone) Forest and Woodland ..................................................................... 215 CES204.852 North Pacific Oak Woodland ........................................................................................................................... 216

M023. Southern Vancouverian Montane-Foothill Forest ................................................................................................. 217 CES206.918 California Montane Jeffrey Pine-(Ponderosa Pine) Woodland ........................................................................ 217 CES206.917 Klamath-Siskiyou Lower Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland ....................................................... 219 CES206.914 Klamath-Siskiyou Upper Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland ....................................................... 220 CES206.916 Mediterranean California Dry-Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland .................................................... 221 CES206.915 Mediterranean California Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland ........................................................... 222 CES206.928 Mediterranean California Mesic Serpentine Woodland and Chaparral ............................................................ 223 CES204.101 Sierran-Intermontane Desert Western White Pine-White Fir Woodland ......................................................... 225

M024. Vancouverian Coastal Rainforest ........................................................................................................................... 226 CES206.921 California Coastal Redwood Forest ................................................................................................................. 226 CES204.846 North Pacific Broadleaf Landslide Forest and Shrubland ................................................................................ 227 CES204.098 North Pacific Dry-Mesic Silver Fir-Western Hemlock-Douglas-fir Forest ...................................................... 228 CES204.842 North Pacific Hypermaritime Western Red-cedar-Western Hemlock Forest ................................................... 229 CES204.073 North Pacific Lowland Mixed Hardwood-Conifer Forest ................................................................................ 230 CES204.001 North Pacific Maritime Dry-Mesic Douglas-fir-Western Hemlock Forest ...................................................... 231 CES204.002 North Pacific Maritime Mesic-Wet Douglas-fir-Western Hemlock Forest ...................................................... 232 CES204.097 North Pacific Mesic Western Hemlock-Silver Fir Forest ................................................................................. 233 CES204.841 North Pacific Seasonal Sitka Spruce Forest ..................................................................................................... 234 CES204.883 North Pacific Wooded Volcanic Flowage ........................................................................................................ 236

M025. Vancouverian Subalpine-High Montane Forest .................................................................................................... 236 CES206.913 Mediterranean California Red Fir Forest ......................................................................................................... 236 CES206.910 Mediterranean California Subalpine Woodland ............................................................................................... 238 CES204.837 North Pacific Maritime Mesic Subalpine Parkland .......................................................................................... 239 CES204.838 North Pacific Mountain Hemlock Forest ......................................................................................................... 239 CES206.911 Northern California Mesic Subalpine Woodland ............................................................................................. 240 CES206.912 Sierra Nevada Subalpine Lodgepole Pine Forest and Woodland ..................................................................... 241

1.B.2.Ne. North American Great Plains Forest & Woodland .................................................................................. 242 M151. Great Plains Forest & Woodland ............................................................................................................................ 242

CES205.688 Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland ............................................................................................... 242 CES303.680 Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine ........................................................................................................... 243



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CES303.681 Northwestern Great Plains Aspen Forest and Parkland .................................................................................... 244 CES303.667 Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland ............................................................................... 245

1.B.3. Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest....................................................................................................245 1.B.3.Na. Eastern North American-Great Plains Flooded & Swamp Forest ......................................................... 245

M029. Central Hardwood Floodplain Forest..................................................................................................................... 245 CES202.608 Central Appalachian River Floodplain ............................................................................................................. 245 CES202.609 Central Appalachian Stream and Riparian ....................................................................................................... 246 CES202.694 North-Central Interior Floodplain .................................................................................................................... 247 CES202.705 South-Central Interior Large Floodplain .......................................................................................................... 248 CES202.706 South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian ........................................................................................... 249

M503. Central Hardwood Swamp Forest .......................................................................................................................... 251 CES202.018 Central Interior Highlands and Appalachian Sinkhole and Depression Pond .................................................. 251 CES202.454 Interior Highlands Unglaciated Flatwoods ....................................................................................................... 252 CES202.605 North-Central Interior and Appalachian Rich Swamp ..................................................................................... 253 CES202.700 North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods ............................................................................................................. 253 CES203.479 South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods .................................................................................. 254 CES203.480 South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods .......................................................................... 255

M028. Great Plains Flooded & Swamp Forest .................................................................................................................. 257 CES303.676 Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain ............................................................................................................. 257 CES303.677 Northwestern Great Plains Riparian ................................................................................................................. 258 CES303.678 Western Great Plains Floodplain ...................................................................................................................... 259

M504. Laurentian-Acadian-North Atlantic Coastal Flooded & Swamp Forest ............................................................. 260 CES201.576 Acadian-Appalachian Conifer Seepage Forest ................................................................................................. 260 CES201.575 Laurentian-Acadian Alkaline Conifer-Hardwood Swamp ............................................................................... 260 CES201.587 Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Forest ............................................................................................................. 261 CES202.604 North-Central Appalachian Acidic Swamp ...................................................................................................... 262 CES201.574 Northern Appalachian-Acadian Conifer-Hardwood Acidic Swamp ................................................................ 263 CES203.522 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Peat Swamp ......................................................................................... 264 CES203.520 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest ...................................................... 264 CES203.374 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Lowland ....................................................................................... 265 CES203.070 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Riparian and Floodplain ................................................................................ 266

1.B.3.Nb. Southeastern North American Flooded & Swamp Forest ....................................................................... 266 M161. Pond-cypress Basin Swamp ..................................................................................................................................... 266

CES203.245 Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Wetland ............................................................................... 266 CES411.365 South Florida Cypress Dome ........................................................................................................................... 268 CES411.290 South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna ............................................................................................................ 268 CES203.251 Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome ......................................................................................... 269

M033. Southern Coastal Plain Basin Swamp & Flatwoods .............................................................................................. 270 CES203.557 East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods ................................................................... 270 CES203.193 Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods ................................................................................................................. 271 CES203.304 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest ............................................ 272 CES203.384 Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp .......................................................................................... 274 CES203.548 West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood-Pine Flatwoods ............................................................ 275 CES203.278 West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods........................................................................................ 276

M032. Southern Coastal Plain Evergreen Hardwood - Conifer Swamp ......................................................................... 277 CES203.252 Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp, Pocosin and Baygall...................................................... 277 CES203.501 Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock ........................................................................................................ 279 CES203.505 Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall ...................................................................................... 279 CES203.372 West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall .................................................................................... 280

M031. Southern Coastal Plain Floodplain Forest ............................................................................................................. 281 CES203.247 Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest .......................................................................... 281 CES203.248 Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest ......................................................................... 284 CES203.249 Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest ................................................................... 285 CES203.250 Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest ................................................................. 286 CES203.299 East Gulf Coastal Plain Freshwater Tidal Wooded Swamp ............................................................................. 288 CES203.489 East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest ................................................................................... 289 CES203.554 East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Seepage Swamp .......................................................................................... 290 CES203.559 East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest................................................................. 290 CES203.490 Mississippi River Bottomland Depression ....................................................................................................... 292 CES203.196 Mississippi River High Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest ................................................................................. 293 CES203.195 Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest .................................................................................. 294 CES203.190 Mississippi River Riparian Forest .................................................................................................................... 295 CES203.282 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Swamp ................................................................................................. 296 CES203.065 Red River Large Floodplain Forest .................................................................................................................. 297 CES203.066 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest ...................................................................... 298



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CES203.240 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp ................................................................................... 300 CES203.493 Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest ........................................................................... 301 CES202.324 Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest .................................................................................................... 302 CES202.323 Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest .............................................................................. 303 CES203.488 West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest .................................................................................. 305 CES203.459 West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp ............................................................................... 306 CES203.487 West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest ................................................................................. 307

M154. Southern Great Plains Floodplain Forest & Woodland ........................................................................................ 308 CES203.715 Columbia Bottomlands Forest and Woodland ................................................................................................. 308 CES303.651 Edwards Plateau Floodplain Terrace ................................................................................................................ 309 CES303.652 Edwards Plateau Riparian ................................................................................................................................ 310 CES205.710 Southeastern Great Plains Floodplain Forest ................................................................................................... 311 CES205.709 Southeastern Great Plains Riparian Forest ....................................................................................................... 313

1.B.3.Nc. Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Montane Flooded & Swamp Forest ........................................................ 314 M034. Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Montane Riparian & Swamp Forest ................................................................... 314

CES304.768 Columbia Basin Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland .......................................................................... 314 CES304.045 Great Basin Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland ................................................ 315 CES306.803 Northern Rocky Mountain Conifer Swamp ..................................................................................................... 316 CES306.804 Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland ............................................. 317 CES306.821 Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland............................................... 318 CES306.833 Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Woodland .............................................................................. 320

1.B.3.Nd. Western North American Interior Flooded Forest .................................................................................. 320 M036. Interior Warm & Cool Desert Riparian Forest ..................................................................................................... 320

CES206.946 California Central Valley Riparian Woodland and Shrubland ......................................................................... 320 CES206.944 Mediterranean California Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland ........................... 321 CES206.945 Mediterranean California Serpentine Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Seep ................. 322 CES302.748 North American Warm Desert Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland ....................................... 323 CES302.753 North American Warm Desert Riparian Woodland and Shrubland ................................................................. 324 CES301.990 Tamaulipan Floodplain .................................................................................................................................... 325

1.B.3.Ng. Vancouverian Flooded & Swamp Forest .................................................................................................. 327 M035. Vancouverian Flooded & Swamp Forest ................................................................................................................ 327

CES204.090 North Pacific Hardwood-Conifer Swamp ........................................................................................................ 327 CES204.869 North Pacific Lowland Riparian Forest and Shrubland .................................................................................... 328 CES204.866 North Pacific Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland ............................................................................. 329

1.B.5. Boreal Flooded & Swamp Forest ...........................................................................................................330 1.B.5.Na. North American Boreal Flooded & Swamp Forest .................................................................................. 330

M299. North American Boreal Conifer Poor Swamp ....................................................................................................... 330 CES103.724 Eastern Boreal-Sub-boreal Conifer Acidic Swamp and Treed Poor Fen .......................................................... 330

M300. North American Boreal Flooded & Rich Swamp Forest ...................................................................................... 331 CES103.588 Eastern Boreal Floodplain ................................................................................................................................ 331

2. SHRUB & HERB VEGETATION ..................................................................................... 332

2.A. Tropical Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland .................................................................. 332 2.A.1. Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland .........................................................................332

2.A.1.Ea. Caribbean-Mesoamerican Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland ................................................ 332 M671. Caribbean Dry Scrub ............................................................................................................................................... 332

CES411.422 Caribbean Coastal Thornscrub ......................................................................................................................... 332 CES411.464 Caribbean Serpentine Dry Scrub ...................................................................................................................... 333

2.A.3. Tropical Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation .........................................................................................333 2.A.3.Ee. Caribbean-Mesoamerican Dune & Coastal Grassland & Shrubland .................................................... 333

M700. Caribbean-Mesoamerican Coastal Dune & Beach ................................................................................................ 333 CES411.272 Southeast Florida Beach ................................................................................................................................... 333 CES411.447 Stabilized Caribbean Dunes ............................................................................................................................. 334

2.B. Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland ............................................................... 335 2.B.1. Mediterranean Scrub & Grassland .......................................................................................................335

2.B.1.Na. Californian Scrub & Grassland ................................................................................................................. 335 M045. Californian Annual & Perennial Grassland .......................................................................................................... 335

CES206.942 California Central Valley and Southern Coastal Grassland.............................................................................. 335 CES206.943 California Mesic Serpentine Grassland ............................................................................................................ 335

M043. Californian Chaparral ............................................................................................................................................. 336 CES206.929 California Maritime Chaparral ......................................................................................................................... 336



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CES206.926 California Mesic Chaparral .............................................................................................................................. 337 CES206.927 California Xeric Serpentine Chaparral ............................................................................................................. 338 CES206.150 Klamath-Siskiyou Xeromorphic Serpentine Savanna and Chaparral ............................................................... 339 CES206.931 Northern and Central California Dry-Mesic Chaparral .................................................................................... 341 CES206.930 Southern California Dry-Mesic Chaparral ....................................................................................................... 341

M044. Californian Coastal Scrub ....................................................................................................................................... 342 CES206.906 Mediterranean California Coastal Bluff ........................................................................................................... 342 CES206.932 Northern California Coastal Scrub ................................................................................................................... 343 CES206.933 Southern California Coastal Scrub ................................................................................................................... 343

2.B.2. Temperate Grassland & Shrubland ......................................................................................................345 2.B.2.Nb. Central North American Grassland & Shrubland................................................................................... 345

M054. Central Lowlands Tallgrass Prairie ........................................................................................................................ 345 CES202.312 Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland ........................................................................................................... 345 CES205.683 Central Tallgrass Prairie ................................................................................................................................... 346 CES202.695 North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie ................................................................................ 347 CES205.686 Northern Tallgrass Prairie ................................................................................................................................ 348 CES205.685 Southern Tallgrass Prairie ................................................................................................................................ 349 CES205.684 Texas Blackland Tallgrass Prairie .................................................................................................................... 351 CES203.550 Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie ....................................................................................................................... 352

M158. Great Plains Comanchian Scrub & Open Vegetation ........................................................................................... 353 CES303.655 Edwards Plateau Carbonate Glade and Barrens ............................................................................................... 353 CES303.041 Edwards Plateau Limestone Shrubland ............................................................................................................ 354 CES303.725 Llano Estacado Caprock Escarpment and Breaks Shrubland and Steppe ........................................................ 355

M051. Great Plains Mixedgrass & Fescue Prairie ............................................................................................................ 356 CES303.659 Central Mixedgrass Prairie ............................................................................................................................... 356 CES303.674 Northwestern Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie ................................................................................................ 357 CES303.662 Northwestern Great Plains Shrubland .............................................................................................................. 360 CES303.817 Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland ................................................................................... 362 CES303.673 Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie ............................................................................................................. 363

M052. Great Plains Sand Grassland & Shrubland ........................................................................................................... 364 CES303.670 Western Great Plains Sand Prairie ................................................................................................................... 364 CES303.671 Western Great Plains Sandhill Steppe .............................................................................................................. 366

M053. Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie ............................................................................................................... 368 CES303.668 Western Great Plains Mesquite Scrub Woodland and Shrubland .................................................................... 368 CES303.672 Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie........................................................................................................... 369

2.B.2.Nc. Eastern North American Grassland & Shrubland ................................................................................... 372 M506. Appalachian Rocky Felsic & Mafic Scrub & Grassland....................................................................................... 372

CES202.347 Eastern Serpentine Woodland .......................................................................................................................... 372 CES201.571 Northern Appalachian-Acadian Rocky Heath Outcrop .................................................................................... 373 CES202.297 Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome ............................................................................................................. 374 CES202.294 Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald .................................................................................................. 375 CES202.327 Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit ............................................................................................................. 377 CES202.328 Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens ............................................................................................................ 378

M509. Central Interior Acidic Scrub & Grassland ........................................................................................................... 379 CES202.692 Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens............................................................................... 379 CES202.337 Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens ...................................................................................................... 380 CES202.314 Ouachita Novaculite Glade and Woodland ...................................................................................................... 381

M508. Central Interior Calcareous Scrub & Grassland .................................................................................................. 382 CES202.338 Alabama Ketona Glade and Woodland ............................................................................................................ 382 CES202.888 Bluegrass Savanna and Woodland ................................................................................................................... 383 CES202.602 Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland........................................................................................ 384 CES202.691 Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens ............................................................................... 385 CES203.353 East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Prairie and Barrens .............................................................................. 386 CES202.354 Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens ...................................................................................................... 387 CES203.549 Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain Grand Prairie............................................................................................... 388 CES202.334 Nashville Basin Limestone Glade and Woodland ............................................................................................ 389 CES202.355 Pennyroyal Karst Plain Prairie and Barrens ..................................................................................................... 391

M507. Laurentian-Acadian Calcareous Scrub & Grassland ........................................................................................... 392 CES201.721 Great Lakes Alvar ............................................................................................................................................ 392

2.B.2.Nf. Western North American Grassland & Shrubland .................................................................................. 393 M048. Central Rocky Mountain Montane-Foothill Grassland & Shrubland ................................................................. 393

CES304.792 Columbia Basin Palouse Prairie ....................................................................................................................... 393 CES204.087 North Pacific Montane Shrubland .................................................................................................................... 393 CES306.801 Northern Rocky Mountain Avalanche Chute Shrubland .................................................................................. 394



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CES306.040 Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane, Foothill and Valley Grassland .................................................... 395 CES306.994 Northern Rocky Mountain Montane-Foothill Deciduous Shrubland ............................................................... 397 CES306.961 Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Deciduous Shrubland ........................................................................... 398 CES306.806 Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Upper Montane Grassland .................................................................... 399

M168. Rocky Mountain-Vancouverian Subalpine-High Montane Mesic Meadow ........................................................ 400 CES206.940 Mediterranean California Subalpine Meadow .................................................................................................. 400 CES204.099 North Pacific Alpine and Subalpine Dry Grassland ......................................................................................... 401 CES204.100 North Pacific Montane Grassland .................................................................................................................... 401 CES306.829 Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Mesic Meadow ..................................................................................... 402 CES306.824 Southern Rocky Mountain Montane-Subalpine Grassland .............................................................................. 403

M049. Southern Rocky Mountain Montane Shrubland ................................................................................................... 405 CES306.818 Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak-Mixed Montane Shrubland .............................................................................. 405 CES306.822 Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Shrubland ..................................................................................... 407

M050. Southern Vancouverian Lowland Grassland & Shrubland ................................................................................. 408 CES206.941 California Northern Coastal Grassland ............................................................................................................ 408 CES204.089 North Pacific Herbaceous Bald and Bluff ........................................................................................................ 409 CES204.088 North Pacific Hypermaritime Shrub and Herbaceous Headland ...................................................................... 410 CES204.858 Willamette Valley Upland Prairie and Savanna ............................................................................................... 411

2.B.2.Ng. Western North American Interior Chaparral .......................................................................................... 412 M094. Cool Interior Chaparral .......................................................................................................................................... 412

CES206.925 California Montane Woodland and Chaparral.................................................................................................. 412 CES304.001 Great Basin Semi-Desert Chaparral ................................................................................................................. 413

M091. Warm Interior Chaparral ....................................................................................................................................... 414 CES302.031 Madrean Oriental Chaparral ............................................................................................................................. 414 CES302.741 Mogollon Chaparral ......................................................................................................................................... 416 CES302.757 Sonora-Mojave Semi-Desert Chaparral ........................................................................................................... 417

2.B.2.Nh. Southeastern North American Grassland & Shrubland ......................................................................... 418 M162. Florida Peninsula Scrub & Herb ............................................................................................................................ 418

CES203.380 Florida Dry Prairie ........................................................................................................................................... 418 CES203.057 Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub ........................................................................................................................ 419

M309. Southeastern Coastal Plain Patch Prairie .............................................................................................................. 421 CES203.478 Southern Coastal Plain Blackland Prairie and Woodland ................................................................................ 421 CES203.377 West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie ...................................................................................... 423 CES203.379 West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie ...................................................................................... 424

M308. Southern Barrens & Glade ...................................................................................................................................... 425 CES203.291 South-Central Saline Barrens ........................................................................................................................... 425 CES203.364 West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens ..................................................................................................... 426 CES203.371 West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade .......................................................................................... 427

2.B.4. Temperate to Polar Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation .......................................................................428 2.B.4.Na. Eastern North American Coastal Scrub & Herb Vegetation .................................................................. 428

M060. Eastern North American Coastal Beach & Rocky Shore ..................................................................................... 428 CES203.301 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Sandy Beach .................................................................................................. 428 CES203.535 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Florida Beach ................................................................................................ 429

M057. Eastern North American Coastal Dune & Grassland ........................................................................................... 430 CES201.573 Acadian-North Atlantic Rocky Coast............................................................................................................... 430 CES203.500 East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland ...................................................................................... 430 CES201.026 Great Lakes Dune ............................................................................................................................................ 431 CES203.264 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale ............................................................................................ 432 CES203.895 Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Heathland and Grassland ............................................................................... 433 CES203.273 Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Maritime Grassland ....................................................................... 434 CES203.539 Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland............................................................................................... 435 CES203.465 Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland ........................................................................................................ 436

2.B.4.Nb. Pacific North American Coastal Scrub & Herb Vegetation ................................................................... 437 M059. Pacific Coastal Beach & Dune ................................................................................................................................. 437

CES206.907 Mediterranean California Northern Coastal Dune ............................................................................................ 437 CES206.908 Mediterranean California Southern Coastal Dune ............................................................................................ 438 CES200.881 North Pacific Maritime Coastal Sand Dune and Strand ................................................................................... 439

2.C. Shrub & Herb Wetland ................................................................................................... 441 2.C.2. Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen ..............................................................................................................441

2.C.2.Na. North American Bog & Fen ....................................................................................................................... 441 M877. North American Boreal & Subboreal Alkaline Fen .............................................................................................. 441

CES201.585 Laurentian-Acadian Alkaline Fen .................................................................................................................... 441 M876. North American Boreal & Subboreal Bog & Acidic Fen ...................................................................................... 442



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CES201.580 Acadian Maritime Bog ..................................................................................................................................... 442 CES201.583 Eastern Boreal-Sub-boreal Acidic Basin Fen ................................................................................................... 442 CES103.581 Eastern Boreal-Sub-boreal Bog ........................................................................................................................ 443 CES202.606 North-Central Interior and Appalachian Acidic Peatland................................................................................. 444

2.C.2.Nb. Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Pocosin ...................................................................................................... 445 M065. Southeastern Coastal Bog & Fen .......................

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