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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 - Fraxinus spp. - Betula papyrifera / Cornus canadensis Forest

    [Red Maple - Ash - Birch Swamp Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Acer saccharum - Betula alleghaniensis - (Tilia americana) Forest

    [Maple - Yellow Birch Northern Hardwoods Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Acer spicatum - Thuja occidentalis - Betula papyrifera / Taxus canadensis Cliff Forested Scrub

    [Great Lakes Boreal Cliff Forested Scrub [Provisional]
]

Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Alnus incana Swamp Shrubland [Provisional]

    [Speckled Alder Swamp]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Basalt / Diabase Great Lakes Cliff Sparse Vegetation

    [Great Lakes Basalt/Diabase Cliff]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Basalt / Diabase Cobble - Gravel Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation

    [Great Lakes Basalt/Diabase Cobble-Gravel Lakeshore]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Betula alleghaniensis - (Acer saccharum, Picea glauca) Forest

    [Yellow Birch - (White Spruce) Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Betula papyrifera / Diervilla lonicera / (Abies balsamea) Forest

    [Paper Birch / Fir Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Betula papyrifera - Picea glauca / Acer spicatum - Alnus viridis / Polypodium vulgare Talus Woodland [Provisional]

    [Great Lakes Boreal Talus Woodland [provisional]
]

Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Calamagrostis canadensis Eastern Herbaceous Vegetation [Provisional]

    [Bluejoint Eastern Meadow]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Carex lasiocarpa - Carex oligosperma / Sphagnum spp. Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Northern Poor Fen]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Carex lasiocarpa - Scirpus cespitosus - Rhynchospora capillacea / Andromeda glaucophylla Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Boreal Calcareous Seepage Fen]


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

    [Northern Sedge Wet Meadow]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Chamaedaphne calyculata - Ledum groenlandicum - Kalmia polifolia Bog Dwarf-shrubland

    [Leatherleaf Bog]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Chamaedaphne calyculata - Myrica gale / Carex lasiocarpa Dwarf-shrubland

    [Leatherleaf-Sweetgale Shore Fen]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Cladium mariscoides - Carex cryptolepis - Rhynchospora alba - Juncus canadensis Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Twigrush Wet Meadow]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Corylus cornuta - Amelanchier spp. - Prunus virginiana Rocky Shrubland

    [Boreal Hazelnut - Serviceberry Rocky Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Danthonia spicata - Poa compressa Granite Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Poverty Grass Granite Barrens]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Equisetum fluviatile (Eleocharis smallii) Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Water Horsetail-Spikerush Marsh]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Fraxinus nigra - Mixed Hardwoods-Conifers / Cornus sericea / Carex spp. Forest

    [Black Ash - Mixed Hardwood Swamp]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Great Lakes Basalt (Conglomerate) Bedrock Lakeshore Sparse Vegetation

    [Great Lakes Basalt (Conglomerate) Bedrock Lakeshore]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Juniperus communis - (Quercus rubra) / Juniperus horizontalis - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland

    [Common Juniper Rocky Krummholz]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Larix laricina / Alnus incana Forest

    [Northern Tamarack Rich Swamp]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Myrica gale Fen Shrubland

    [Sweet Gale Shrub Fen]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Nymphaea odorata - Nuphar lutea (ssp. pumila, variegata) Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Northern Water Lily Aquatic Wetland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Phleum pratense - (Calamagrostis canadensis) Seminatural Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Timothygrass-Bluejoint Meadow]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea glauca - Abies balsamea Basalt (Conglomerate) Woodland

    [Spruce - Fir Basalt Bedrock Glade]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea glauca - Abies balsamea / Pleurozium schreberi Forest

    [Spruce - Fir / Feathermoss Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea glauca - Abies balsamea - Populus tremuloides /Mixed Herbs Forest

    [Spruce - Fir - Aspen Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea glauca - (Betula papyrifera) / Danthonia spicata Woodland

    [White Spruce Rocky Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea mariana / Alnus incana / Sphagnum spp. Forest

    [Black Spruce / Alder Rich Swamp]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea mariana / Ledum groenlandicum / Sphagnum spp. Forest

    [Black Spruce / Labrador Tea Poor Swamp]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Picea mariana / Pleurozium schreberi Forest

    [Black Spruce / Feathermoss Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland

    [Boreal Pine Rocky Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus banksiana - Picea marriana / Vaccinium spp. /Pleurozium schreberi Forest

    [Jack Pine - Black Spruce / Feathermoss Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus strobus - Populus tremuloides / Corylus cornuta Forest

    [White Pine-Aspen-Birch Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Populus tremuloides - Betula papyrifera / (Abies balsamea, Picea glauca) Forest

    [Aspen-Birch/Boreal Conifer Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Populus tremuloides - Betula papyrifera / (Acer rubrum, Populus grandidentata) Forest

    [Aspen - Birch - Red Maple Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Populus tremuloides - Betula papyrifera / Acer saccharum - Mixed Hardwoods Forest

    [ Aspen - Birch / Sugar Maple - Mixed Hardwoods Forest ]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Populus tremuloides - Populus balsamifera - Mixed Hardwoods Lowland Forest

    [Aspen - Balsam Poplar Lowland Forest]


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

    [Midwest Pondweed Submerged Aquatic Wetland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus rubra - Acer saccharum Forest

    [Red Oak - Sugar Maple Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Rubus parviflorus Shrubland

    [Thimbleberry Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Sorbus decora - Acer spicatum / Dryopteris carthusiana Forested Scrub [Provisional]

    [Mountain Ash-Mountain Maple Forested Scrub]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Taxus canadensis - Viburnum edule - Cornus sericea - Alnus viridis - Oplopanax horridus Shrubland [Provisional]

    [Balsam Fir / Canada Yew Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Thuja occidentalis / Abies balsamea - Acer spicatum Forest

    [White Cedar - Boreal Conifer Mesic Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Thuja occidentalis - Betula alleghaniensis Forest

    [Northern White Cedar - Yellow Birch Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Forest

    [White Cedar - Black Ash Swamp]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Eriophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland

    [White Cedar - Sweet Gale Scrub Fen]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Thuja occidentalis - (Picea mariana, Abies balsamea) / Alnus incana Forest

    [White Cedar - (Mixed Conifer) / Alder Swamp]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Typha spp. - Scirpus acutus - Mixed Herbs Midwest Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Midwest Mixed Emergent Deep Marsh]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Typha spp. - Scirpus spp. - Mixed Herbs Great Lakes Shore Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Great Lakes Shoreline Cattail - Bulrush Marsh]



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