WETLANDS AND DEEPWATER HABITATS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM SUBSYSTEM CLASS SUBCLASS. -- 1=SUBTIDAL AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal 3=Rooted
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1 WETLANDS AND DEEPWATER HABITATS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM SUBSYSTEM CLASS SUBCLASS - RB=Rock Bottom 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble - UB=Unconsolidated Bottom 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic -- 1=SUBTIDAL----- AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal 3=Rooted 5=Unknown Submergent - RF=Reef 1=Coral 3=Worm - OW=Open Water/Unknown Bottom (used on older maps) M=MARINE AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal 3=Rooted 5=Unknown Submergent - RF=Reef 1=Coral -- 2=INTERTIDAL-- 3=Worm - RS=Rocky Shore 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble - US=Unconsolidated Shore 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic
2 SYSTEM SUBSYSTEM CLASS SUBCLASS - RB=Rock Bottom 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble - UB=Unconsolidated Bottom 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic -- 1=SUBTIDAL----- AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal 3=Rooted 4=Floating 5=Unknown Submergent 6=Unknown - RF=Reef 2=Mollusc 3=Worm - OW=Open Water/Unknown Bottom (used on older maps) E=ESTUARINE AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal 3=Rooted 4=Floating 5=Unknown Submergent 6=Unknown - RF=Reef 2=Mollusc 3=Worm - SB=Streambed 3=Cobble-Gravel 4=Sand 5=Mud 6=Organic - RS=Rocky Shore 1=Bedrock
3 2=Rubble -- 2=INTERTIDAL--- US=Unconsolidated Shore 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic - EM=Emergent 1=Persistent 2=Nonpersistent - SS=Scrub-Shrub 1=Broad-Leaved Deciduous 2=Needle-Leaved Deciduous 3=Broad-Leaved Evergreen 4=Needle-Leaved Evergreen 5=Dead 6=Indeterminate Deciduous 7=Indeterminate Evergreen - FO=Forested 1=Broad-Leaved Deciduous 2=Needle-Leaved Deciduous 3=Broad-Leaved Evergreen 4=Needle-Leaved Evergreen 5=Dead 6=Indeterminate Deciduous 7=Indeterminate Evergreen SYSTEM SUBSYSTEM CLASS SUBCLASS - RB=Rock Bottom 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble - UB=Unconsolidated Bottom 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand
4 --1=TIDAL =Mud 4=Organic -*SB=Streambed 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble 3=Cobble-Gravel --2=LOWER 4=Sand PERENNIAL---- 5=Mud 6=Organic 7=Vegetated - AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal R=RIVERINE =UPPER 2=Aquatic Moss PERENNIAL---- 3=Rooted 4=Floating 5=Unknown Submergent --4=INTERMITTENT- 6=Unknown older SUBSYSTEM. - RS=Rocky Shore 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble - US=Unconsolidated Shore 1=Cobble-Gravel --5=UNKNOWN 2=Sand PERENNIAL---- 3=Mud (used on older 4=Organic maps) 5=Vegetated -**EM=Emergent 2=Nonpersistent - OW=Open Water/Unknown Bottom (used on maps) -*STREAMBED is limited to TIDAL and INTERMITTENT SUBSYSTEMS, and comprises the only CLASS in the INTERMITTENT -**EMERGENT is limited to TIDAL and LOWER PERENNIAL SUBSYSTEMS. SYSTEM SUBSYSTEM CLASS SUBCLASS
5 - RB=Rock Bottom 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble - UB=Unconsolidated Bottom 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic -- 1=LIMNETIC----- AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal 2=Aquatic Moss 3=Rooted 4=Floating 5=Unknown Submergent 6=Unknown - OW=Open Water/Unknown Bottom (used on older maps) L=LACUSTRINE RB=Rock Bottom 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble - UB=Unconsolidated Bottom 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic - AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal 2=Aquatic Moss 3=Rooted 4=Floating -- 2=LITTORAL---- 5=Unknown Submergent 6=Unknown - RS=Rocky Shore 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble
6 older - US=Unconsolidated Shore 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic 5=Vegetated - EM=Emergent 2=Nonpersistent - OW=Open Water/Unknown Bottom (used on maps) SYSTEM SUBSYSTEM CLASS SUBCLASS - RB=Rock Bottom 1=Bedrock 2=Rubble - UB=Unconsolidated Bottom 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic - AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal 2=Aquatic Moss 3=Rooted 4=Floating 5=Unknown Submergent 6=Unknown - US=Unconsolidated Shore 1=Cobble-Gravel 2=Sand 3=Mud 4=Organic 5=Vegetated - ML=Moss-Lichen 1=Moss 2=Lichen P=PALUSTRINE EM=Emergent 1=Persistent 2=Nonpersistent - SS=Scrub-Shrub 1=Broad-Leaved
7 older Deciduous 2=Needle-Leaved Deciduous 3=Broad-Leaved Evergreen 4=Needle-Leaved Evergreen 5=Dead 6=Indeterminate Deciduous 7=Indeterminate Evergreen - FO=Forested 1=Broad-Leaved Deciduous 2=Needle-Leaved Deciduous 3=Broad-Leaved Evergreen 4=Needle-Leaved Evergreen 5=Dead 6=Indeterminate Deciduous 7=Indeterminate Evergreen - OW=Open Water/Unknown Bottom (used on maps) MODIFIERS on - A=Temporarily Flooded - B=Saturated - C=Seasonally Flooded - D=Seasonally Flooded/Well Drained - E=Seasonally Flooded/Saturated - F=Semipermanently Flooded --Non-Tidal G=Intermittently Exposed - H=Permanently Flooded - J=Intermittently Flooded - K=Artificially Flooded - W=Intermittently Flooded/Temporary (used older
8 maps) - Y=Saturated/Semipermanent/Seasonal (used on older maps) - Z=Intermittently Exposed/Permanent (used on older maps) WATER REGIME U=Unknown - K=Artificially Flooded - L=Subtidal - M=Irregularly Exposed - N=Regularly Flooded --Tidal P=Irregularly Flooded -*S=Temporary-Tidal -*R=Seasonal-Tidal -*T=Semipermanent-Tidal -*V=Permanent-Tidal - U=Unknown -*These water regimes are only used in tidally influenced, freshwater systems. - 1=Hyperhaline - 2=Euhaline --Coastal - 3=Mixohaline (Brackish) Halinity Polyhaline - 5=Mesohaline - 6=Oligohaline - 0=Fresh WATER CHEMISTRY- - 7=Hypersaline --Inland - 8=Eusaline Salinity =Mixosaline - 0=Fresh
9 --ph Modifiers - a=acid for all - t=circumneutral Fresh Water----- i=alkaline SOIL g=organic - n=mineral - b=beaver - d=partially Drained/Ditched SPECIAL MODIFIERS f=farmed - h=diked/impounded - r=artificial Substrate - s=spoil - x=excavated U = Uplands
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