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x Open Water   1992 National Land Cover Data 11  
NLCD 1992 11. Open Water - All areas of open water, generally with less than 25% cover of vegetation or soil.
x Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands        
92. Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands - Areas where perennial herbaceous vegetation accounts for 75-100 percent of the cover and the soil or substrate is periodically saturated with or covered with water.
x Low Intensity Residential   1992 National Land Cover Data      
x High Intensity Residential   1992 National Land Cover Data      
x Commercial/Industrial/Transportation   1992 National Land Cover Data      
x Bare Rock/Sand/Clay   1992 National Land Cover Data      
x Quarries/Strip Mines/Gravel Pits   1992 National Land Cover Data      
x Transitional   1992 National Land Cover Data      
x Evergreen Forest   2001 National Land Cover Data 42    
x Mixed Forest   1992 National Land Cover Data 43  
NLCD 1992. Areas dominated by trees generally greater than 5 meters tall, and greater than 20% of total vegetation cover. Neither deciduous nor evergreen species are greater than 75 percent of...
x Shrubland   1992 National Land Cover Data 50  
1992 NLCD. Areas characterized by natural or semi-natural woody vegetation with aerial stems, generally less than 6 meters tall, with individuals or clumps not touching to interlocking. Both evergreen and deciduous species of true...
x Orchards/Vineyards/Other   1992 National Land Cover Data      
x Grassland/Herbaceous   2001 National Land Cover Data 71    
x Pasture/Hay   2001 National Land Cover Data 81    
x Row Crops   1992 National Land Cover Data      
x Small Grains   1992 National Land Cover Data 83    
x Fallow          
x Urban/Recreational Grasses   1992 National Land Cover Data 85  
1992 NLCD 85. Urban/Recreational Grasses - Vegetation (primarily grasses) planted in developed settings for recreation, erosion control, or aesthetic purposes. Examples include parks, lawns, golf courses, airport grasses, and...
x Woody Wetlands        
NLCD 1992. 91. Woody Wetlands - Areas where forest or shrubland vegetation accounts for 25-100 percent of the cover and the soil or substrate is periodically saturated with or covered with water.
x BD-g2   PIF breeding distribution code 2  
Breeding distribution ≥ 2,000,000 and < 4,000,000 km2, or > 5,000 to ≤ 8,000 km of coast
x BD-g1   PIF breeding distribution code 1  
Breeding distribution ≥ 4,000,000 km2 or > 8,000 km of coast
x BD-g3   PIF breeding distribution code 3  
Breeding distribution ≥ 1,000,000 and < 2,000,000 km2, or >1,600 to ≤ 5,000 km of coast
x BD-g4   PIF breeding distribution code 4  
Breeding distribution ≥ 500,000 and < 1,000,000 km2, or ≤ 1,600 km of coast
x BD-g5   PIF breeding distribution code 5  
Breeding distribution < 500,000 km2, or very restricted coastal areas or interior uplands
x PS-g1   PIF population size score - global 1 World breeding population ≥50,000,000
World breeding population ≥ 50,000,000
x PS-g2   PIF population size score - global 2 World breeding population <50,000,000 and ≥5,000,000
World breeding population < 50,000,000 and ≥ 5,000,000
x PS-g3   PIF population size score - global 3 World breeding population <5,000,000 and ≥500,000
World breeding population < 5,000,000 and ≥ 500,000
x PS-g4   PIF population size score - global 4 World breeding population <500,000 and ≥50,000
World breeding population < 500,000 and ≥ 50,000
x PS-g5   PIF population size score - global 5 World breeding population < 50,000
World breeding population < 50,000
x PT-c1   PIF population trend - continental 1 Large population increase - continental
>= 50% change over 30 yrs OR >= 1.36% equivalent % annual change OR "Large population increase"
x PT-c2   PIF population trend - continental 2 Possible or moderate population increase OR Population stable
(15-49% increase OR < 15% change) over 30 yrs OR (0.47 to 1.36% OR -0.54 to 0.47%) equivalent % annual change OR "Possible or moderate population increase OR Population stable"
x PT-c3   PIF population trend - continental 3 Uncertain population trend
(Highly variable OR Unknown) over 30 yrs OR (N/A) equivalent % annual change OR "Uncertain population trend"
x PT-c4   PIF population trend - continental 4 Possible or moderate population decrease
(15-49% decrease) over 30 yrs OR (<-0.54 to -2.28%) equivalent % annual change OR "Possible or moderate population decrease"
x PT-c5   PIF population trend - continental 5 Large population decrease
(>50% decrease) over 30 yrs OR (<= -2.28 %) equivalent % annual change OR "Large population decrease"
x Wetlands          
x Semi-permanently flooded forest          
x Wet shrub - low density forest modifer          
x Deciduous forest   1992 National Land Cover Data 41  
1992 NLCD class. Areas dominated by trees generally greater than 5 meters tall, and greater than 20% of total vegetation cover. More than 75 percent of the tree species shed foliage simultaneously in response to...
x Northern Hardwood Forest   Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historical Site Vegetation Classification System    
Class defined in Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historical Site Vegetation Classification System. "This association is characterized by the dominance of sugar maple(Acer saccharum) covering at least 25% relative cover...
x Sugar Maple - Yellow Birch - Black Cherry Forest   United States National Vegetation Classification Standard   CEGL006045  
x Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forests   The Natural Communities of Virginia (Version 2.2)    
"The group consists of mixed hardwood forests occurring at elevations above 1,100 m (3,600 ft) in southwestern Virginia. These forests are endemic to the higher elevations of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In the Commonwealth, stands...
x Central Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forests   The Natural Communities of Virginia (Version 2.2)    
"These mixed hardwood forests are prevalent at high elevations (>900 m [3,000 ft]) of Allegheny Mountain in Highland County, with small-patch outliers occurring on north-facing slopes over 1,070 m (3,500 ft) in the Blue Ridge, Ridge and...
x Spruce and Fir Forests   The Natural Communities of Virginia (Version 2.2)    
"Communities of this group are characterized by coniferous and mixed forests with overstory dominance by red spruce (Picea rubens) or Fraser fir (Abies fraseri). Similar forests occur in the Appalachians from West Virginia south to...
x High-Elevation Cove Forests   The Natural Communities of Virginia (Version 2.2)    
"Protected, concave slopes and ravines at elevations from 1,070 m (3,500 ft) to about 1,460 m (4,800 ft.) on the highest mountains of Virginia support the mixed mesophytic hardwood or coniferous-deciduous forests of this ecological group. The...
x Northern Hardwood Forest   Ecological Systems of the United States   CEGL006252
NatureServe ecological system.
x Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest   Great Smoky Mountains National Park Overstory Classification System 2004   NHx
Map class of Great Smoky Mountains National Park map (2004)
x Sugar Maple - White Ash - American Basswood Forest Alliance   Classification of vegetation communities of Maryland classification system   I.B.2.N.a.5  
x Northern Hardwood Forest   Schafle and Weakly natural communities of North Carolina (third approximation)    
Shafle and Weakly definition.
x Northern Hardwood Forest (Beech Gap Subtype)   Schafle and Weakly natural communities of North Carolina (third approximation)      
x Northern hardwoods   Forest Encyclopedia Network's The Biological Landscape      
x Jack Pine Jack Pine SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 1  
The Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) is a North American pine with its native range in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from Northwest Territories to Nova Scotia, and the northeast of the United States from Minnesota to Maine, with the southernmost...
x Balsam Fir Tree with cones SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 5  
The balsam fir (Abies balsamea) is a North American fir, native to most of eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland west to central Alberta) and the northeastern United States (Minnesota east to Maine, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to West...
x Black Spruce Tree: Black Spruce SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 12  
Picea mariana (Black Spruce) is a species of spruce native to northern North America, from Newfoundland west to Alaska, and south to northern New York, Minnesota and central British Columbia. This area is also known as the taiga forest. It is a slow...
x White Spruce /wikipedia/images/commons_id/666163 SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 107  
Picea glauca (White Spruce) is a species of spruce native to the north of North America, from central Alaska east to Newfoundland, and south to northern Montana, Michigan, Maine and Wisconsin; there is also an isolated population in the Black Hills...
x Tamarack Larch Tamarack Larch in fall colors, with Black Spruce SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 38  
Tamarack Larch, or Tamarack, or Hackmatck, or American Larch (Larix laricina) is a species of larch native to northern North America and Canada, from eastern Yukon and Inuvik, Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland, and also south into the...
x Aspen A Quaking Aspen grove SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 16  
Aspen is a common name for trees of the Salicaceae family, most of those in a section, Populus sect. Populus, of the Populus (poplar) genus. Some of the species in the section are: There are other species. The Quaking Aspen of North America is known...
x Pin cherry Pincherry SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 17  
The Pin cherry or Fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) is a species in the genus Prunus. It can be found from Newfoundland and southern Labrador, crossing Canada to the west and reaching British Columbia and the southern Northwest Territories....
x Paper Birch Paper Birch SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 18  
Betula papyrifera (Paper Birch, also known as American White Birch and Canoe Birch) is a species of birch native to northern North America. It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 35 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm...
x Red Spruce Red Spruce foliage and cones SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 32  
Picea rubens (red spruce) is a species of spruce native to eastern North America. Specifically, its habitat ranges from eastern Quebec to Nova Scotia, and from New England south in the Adirondack Mountains and Appalachians to western North Carolina....
x Red spruce - balsam fir   SAF Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada classification system 33    
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