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Map Class Photographs

Photo(s) and text description(s) of map class in PDF - PDF photo(s) and text description(s) of map class


Vegetation Map Class

Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica/ Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Forest

    [Lower New England Red Maple - Black Gum Swamp (6156)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Ammonophila breviligulata - Lathyrus japonicus Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Northern Beach Grass Dune (6274)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Baccharis halimifolia - Iva frutescens / Panicum virgatum Shrubland

    [Northern Salt Shrub (6063)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Cakile edentula ssp. edentula - Chamaesyce polygonifolia Sparse Vegetation

    [North Atlantic Upper Ocean Beach (4400)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Dactylus glomerata - Rumex acetosella Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Cultivated Pasture (6107)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Eleocharis rostellata - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Oligohaline Tidal Marsh (6611)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Hudsonia tomentosa - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Dwarf Shrubland

    [Beach Heather Dune (6143)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Ilex opaca / Myrica pennsylvanica Forest

    [Maritime Holly Forest (6376)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Juniperus virginiana Forest

    [Old Field Red-Cedar Forest (6024)]

Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Myrica pennsylvanica - Rosa rugosa Shrubland

    [Northern Dune Shrubland (6295)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Myrica pennsylvanica / Schizachyrium scoparium ssp. littorale - Danthonia spicata Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Northern Sandplain Grassland (6067)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Panicum virgatum - Carex silicea Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Brackish Meadow (6150)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Phragmites australis Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Reedgrass Marsh (4187)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus rigida / Hudsonia tomentosa Woodland

    [Pitch Pine Dune Woodland (6117)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus rigida -Quercus coccinea / Vaccinium pallidum - (Morella pensylvanica) Forest

    [Pitch pine-Oak Forest (6381)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus thunbergii Forest

    [Japanese Black Pine Forest (6012)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Prunus serotina - Sassafras albidum - Amelanchier canadensis / Smilax rotundifolia Shrubland

    [Maritime Deciduous Scrub Forest (6145)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus coccinea - Quercus velutina / Sassafras albidum / Vaccinium pallidium Forest

    [Coastal Oak-Heath Forest (6375)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus stellata - Quercus velutina/Myrica pennsylvanica/ Deschampsia flexuosa Forest

    [Maritime Post Oak Forest (6373)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Sarcocornia perennis (distichlis spicata, salicornia spp.) tidal Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Salt Panne]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Smilax spp. - Toxicodendron radicans Vine-Shrubland

    [Maritime Vine Dune (3886)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Spartina alterniflora / (Ascophyllum nodosum) Acadian / Virginian Zone Herbaceous Alliance

    [Low Salt Marsh (4192)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Spartina patens- Distichlis spicata Tidal Herbaceous Alliance

    [High Salt Marsh (6006)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Spartina patens - Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Brackish Interdunal Swale (6342)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Spartina patens - Scirpus pungens - Solidago sempevirens Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Overwash Dune Grassland (4097)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Typha angustifolia - Hibiscus moscheutos Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Brackish Marsh (4201)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Vaccinium corymbosum - Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Shrubland

    [Highbush Blueberry Shrub Swamp (6371)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Vaccinium macrocarpon - Myrica pennsylvanica Dwarf Shrubland

    [Northern Interdunal Cranberry Swale (6141)]



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