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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 - Abies fraseri / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron carolinianum) Forest

    [Fraser Fir / (Catawba Rhododendron, Mountain Carolina Rhododendron) Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Abies fraseri / Viburnum lantanoides / Dryopteris campyloptera - Oxalis montana / Hylocomium splendens Forest

    [Fraser Fir / Hobblebush / Mountain Woodfern - Common Wood Sorrel / Stairstep Moss Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Acer rubrum Seasonally Flooded Forest [Provisional]

    [Red Maple Seasonally Flooded Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Aesculus flava - Acer saccharum - (Fraxinus americana, Tilia americana) / Hydrophyllum canadense - Solidago flexicaulis Forest

    [Yellow Buckeye - Sugar Maple - (White Ash, Appalachian Basswood) / Mapleleaf Waterleaf - Zigzag Goldenrod Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Aesculus flava - Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum / Acer spicatum / Caulophyllum thalictroides - Laportea canadensis Forest

    [Yellow Buckeye - Yellow Birch - Sugar Maple / Mountain Maple / Blue Cohosh - Wood-nettle Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Ailanthus altissima Forest

    [Tree-of-Heaven Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Alnus serrulata - Xanthorhiza simplicissima Shrubland

    [Smooth Alder - Yellowroot Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea Shrubland

    [Giant Cane Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation

    [Mountain Spleenwort - Rock Alumroot Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Asplenium ruta-muraria - Pellaea atropurpurea Sparse Vegetation

    [Wall-rue - Purple Cliff-brake Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Betula alleghaniensis / Acer spicatum / Hydrangea arborescens - Ribes cynosbati / Dryopteris marginalis Forest

    [Yellow Birch / Mountain Maple / Wild Hydrangea - Prickly Gooseberry / Marginal Shield-fern Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Betula alleghaniensis - Fagus grandifolia - Aesculus flava / Viburnum lantanoides / Aster chlorolepis - Dryopteris intermedia Forest

    [Yellow Birch - American Beech - Yellow Buckeye / Hobblebush / Appalachian Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Betula alleghaniensis / Ribes glandulosum / Polypodium appalachianum Forest

    [Yellow Birch / Skunk-currant / Appalachian Rockcap Fern Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Calamagrostis cainii - Carex ruthii - Parnassia asarifolia / Sphagnum spp. Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Cain's Reedgrass - Ruth Sedge - Kidneyleaf Grass-of-Parnassus / Peatmosses Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Carex gynandra - Platanthera clavellata - Drosera rotundifolia - Carex ruthii - Carex atlantica / Sphagnum spp. Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Mountain Fringed Sedge - Small Green Wood Orchid - Roundleaf Sundew - Ruth Sedge - Prickly Bog Sedge / Peatmosses Herbaceous Vegetation]


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

    [Twisted Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Danthonia compressa - (Sibbaldiopsis tridentata) Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Mountain Oatgrass - (Mountain-cinquefoil) Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Diphylleia cymosa - Saxifraga micranthidifolia - Laportea canadensis Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Umbrella-leaf - Branch-lettuce - Wood-nettle Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Fagus grandifolia / Ageratina altissima var. roanensis Forest

    [American Beech / Appalachian White Snakeroot Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Fagus grandifolia / Carex pensylvanica - Carex brunnescens Forest

    [American Beech / Pennsylvania Sedge - Brown Sedge Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Festuca spp. Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Fescue species Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Impatiens (capensis, pallida) - Monarda didyma - Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis Herbaceous Vegetation

    [(Orange Jewelweed, Pale Jewelweed) - Beebalm - Appalachian Black-eyed Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Juglans nigra / Verbesina alternifolia Forest

    [Black Walnut / Common Wingstem Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Juncus effusus Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation [Provisional]

    [Soft Rush Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron catawbiense - (Gaylussacia baccata, Pieris floribunda, Vaccinium corymbosum) Shrubland

    [Mountain Laurel - Catawba Rhododendron - (Black Huckleberry, Mountain Fetterbush, Southern Appalachian Blueberry) Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Liquidambar styraciflua - Liriodendron tulipifera (Platanus occidentalis) / Carpinus caroliniana - Halesia tetraptera var. monticola / Amphicarpaea bracteata Forest

    [Sweetgum - Tuliptree - (Sycamore) / Ironwood - Moutain Silverbell / Hog-peanut Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Liquidambar styraciflua / Sphagnum spp. Forest

    [Sweetgum / Peatmoss species Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Liriodendron tulipifera - Acer rubrum - Robinia pseudoacacia Forest

    [Tuliptree - Red Maple - Black Locust Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Liriodendron tulipifera - Aesculus flava - (Fraxinus americana, Tilia americana var. heterophylla) / Cimicifuga racemosa - Laportea canadensis Forest

    [Tulip Tree - Yellow Buckeye - (White Ash, Appalachian Basswood) / Common Black Cohosh - Wood-nettle Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Liriodendron tulipifera - Tilia americana var. heterophylla - (Aesculus flava) / Cimicifuga racemosa Forest

    [Tuliptree - Appalachian Basswood - (Yellow Buckeye) / Common Black-cohosh Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Paulownia tomentosa Woodland

    [Princess-tree Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) Forest

    [Red Spruce - (Fraser Fir) / (Catawba Rhododendron, Great Rhododendron) Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / Vaccinium erythrocarpum / Oxalis montana - Dryopteris campyloptera / Hylocomium splendens Forest

    [Red Spruce - (Fraser Fir) / Highbush Cranberry / Common Wood Sorrel - Mountain Woodfern / Stairstep Moss Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea rubens - (Betula alleghaniensis, Aesculus flava) / Rhododendron (maximum, catawbiense) Forest

    [Red Spruce - (Yellow Birch, Yellow Buckeye) / (Great Rhododendron, Catawba Rhododendron) Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea rubens - (Betula alleghaniensis, Aesculus flava) / Viburnum lantanoides / Oxalis montana - Solidago glomerata Forest

    [Red Spruce - (Yellow Birch, Yellow Buckeye) / Hobblebush / Common Wood Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea rubens - Tsuga canadensis / Rhododendron maximum Forest

    [Red Spruce - Eastern Hemlock / Great Rhododendron Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland

    [Shortleaf Pine / Little Bluestem Appalachian Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest

    [Shortleaf Pine / (Hillside Blueberry, Deerberry) - Mountain Laurel Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus pungens - Pinus rigida (Quercus prinus) / Kalmia latifolia - Vaccinium pallidum Woodland

    [Table Mountain Pine - Pitch Pine (Rock Chestnut Oak) / Mountain Laurel - Hillside Blueberry Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus strobus / Kalmia latifolia - (Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina) Forest

    [Eastern White Pine / Mountain Laurel - (Deerberry, Bear Huckleberry) Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus strobus - Quercus alba - (Carya alba) / Gaylussacia ursina Forest

    [Eastern White Pine - White Oak - (Mockernut Hickory) / Bear Huckleberry Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus strobus - Quercus (coccinea, prinus) / (Gaylussacia ursina - Vaccinium stamineum) Forest

    [Eastern White Pine - (Scarlet Oak - Rock Chestnut Oak) / (Bear Huckleberry) Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus strobus - Tsuga canadensis / Rhododendron maximum - Leucothoe fontanesiana Forest

    [Eastern White Pine - Eastern Hemlock / Great Rhododendron - Doghobble Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus virginiana - Pinus (rigida, echinata) - (Quercus prinus) / Vaccinium pallidum Forest

    [Virginia Pine - (Pitch Pine, Shortleaf Pine) - (Rock Chestnut Oak) / Hillside Blueberry Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus virginiana - Quercus prinus - Quercus rubra / Vaccinium pallidum - Kalmia latifolia Forest

    [Virginia Pine - Rock Chestnut Oak - Red Oak / Hillside Blueberry - Mountain Laurel Forest]


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

    [Virginia Pine Successional Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Platanus occidentalis - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Acer negundo / Boehmeria cylindrica Forest

    [Sycamore - Green Ash - Box Elder / False-nettle Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Platanus occidentalis - Liriodendron tulipifera - Betula (alleghaniensis, lenta) / Alnus serrulata - Leucothoe fontanesiana Forest

    [Sycamore - Tuliptree - (Yellow Birch, Sweet Birch) / Smooth Alder - Mountain Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus alba / Kalmia latifolia Forest

    [White Oak / Mountain Laurel Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus / Collinsonia canadensis - Podophyllum peltatum - Sanguinaria canadensis Forest

    [White Oak - Red Oak - Rock Chestnut Oak / Richweed - May-apple - Bloodroot Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus alba - Quercus (rubra, prinus) / Rhododendron calendulaceum - Kalmia latifolia - (Gaylussacia ursina) Forest

    [White Oak - (Red Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak) / Flame Azalea - Mountain Laurel - (Bear Huckleberry) Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - (Quercus prinus, Quercus coccinea) / Kalmia latifolia / Galax urceolata Forest

    [(Rock Chestnut Oak - Scarlet Oak) / Mountain Laurel / Galax Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus prinus - (Quercus rubra) - Carya spp. / Oxydendrum arboreum - Cornus florida Forest

    [Rock Chestnut Oak - (Northern Red Oak) - Hickory species / Sourwood - Flowering Dogwood Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus prinus - Quercus rubra / Rhododendron maximum / Galax urceolata Forest

    [Rock Chestnut Oak - Red Oak / Great Rhododendron / Galax Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus rubra - Acer rubrum / Calycanthus floridus - Pyrularia pubera / Thelypteris noveboracensis Forest

    [Red Oak - Red Maple / Sweet-shrub - Buffalo-nut / New York Fern Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus rubra / Carex pensylvanica - Ageratina altissima var. roanensis Forest

    [Red Oak / Pennsylvania Sedge - Appalachian White Snakeroot Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus rubra / (Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron maximum) / Galax urceolata Forest

    [Red Oak / (Mountain Laurel, Great Rhododendron) / Galax Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus rubra - Tilia americana var. heterophylla - Halesia tetraptera var. monticola / Collinsonia canadensis - Tradescantia subaspera Forest

    [Red Oak - Appalachian Basswood - Mountain Silverbell / Richweed - Zigzag Spiderwort Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus rubra / (Vaccinium simulatum, Rhododendron calendulaceum) / (Dennstaedtia punctilobula, Thelypteris noveboracensis) Forest

    [Red Oak / (Mountain Highbush Blueberry, Flame Azalea) / (Hay-scented Fern, New York Fern) Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Rhododendron carolinianum - Rhododendron catawbiense - Leiophyllum buxifolium Shrubland

    [Carolina Rhododendron - Catawba Rhododendron - Sand Myrtle Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Rubus canadensis - (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) / Athyrium filix-femina - Solidago glomerata Shrubland

    [Smooth Blackberry - (Red Raspberry) / Lady Fern - Skunk Goldenrod Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Calamagrostis cainii Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Cliff Saxifrage - Wretched Sedge - Cain Reedgrass Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Tsuga canadensis - Betula alleghaniensis / Rhododendron maximum / Leucothoe fontanesiana Forest

    [Eastern Hemlock - Yellow Birch / Great Rhododendron / Doghobble Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Tsuga canadensis - Halesia tetraptera - (Fagus grandifolia, Magnolia fraseri) / Rhododendron maximum / Dryopteris intermedia Forest

    [Eastern Hemlock - Mountain Silverbell - (American Beech, Fraser Magnolia) / Great Rhododendron / Fancy Fern Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Tsuga canadensis - Liriodendron tulipifera / Rhododendron maximum / Tiarella cordifolia Forest

    [Eastern Hemlock - Tuliptree / Great Rhododendron / Heartleaf Foamflower Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Tsuga canadensis / Rhododendron maximum - Leucothoe fontanesiana Forest

    [Eastern Hemlock / Great Rhododendron - Mountain Doghobble Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Vitis aestivalis Vine-Shrubland

    [Summer Grape Vine-Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Vittaria appalachiana - Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora - Houstonia serpyllifolia / Plagiochila spp. Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Appalachian Shoestring Fern - Cave Alumroot - Appalachian Bluet / Liverworts Herbaceous Vegetation]




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