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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 concolor Forest Alliance

    [White Fir Forest Alliance]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Acer grandidentatum / Quercus gambelii Forest

    [Bigtooth Maple / Gambel Oak Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Acer negundo Woodland Alliance

    [Boxelder Woodland Alliance]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Amelanchier utahensis Shrubland

    [Utah Serviceberry Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Arctostaphylos patula Shrubland Complex

    [Greenleaf Manzanita Shrubland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Arctostaphylos patula - Quercus gambelii - (Amelanchier utahensis) Shrubland

    [Greenleaf Manzanita - Gambel Oak - (Utah Serviceberry) Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Artemisia filifolia Colorado Plateau Shrubland

    [Sand Sagebrush Colorado Plateau Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Artemisia nova Dwarf-shrubland Complex

    [Black Sagebrush Dwarf-shrubland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Artemisia tridentata Shrubland Complex

    [Big Sagebrush Shrubland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Baccharis emoryi Shrubland

    [Emory Seepwillow Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Bromus tectorum Semi-natural Herbaceous Alliance

    [Cheatgrass Annual Disturbed Grassland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Carex spp.- Juncus spp. Wet Meadow Herbaceous Vegetation Mosaic

    [Sedge-Rush Wet Meadow Herbaceous Vegetation Mosaic]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Cercocarpus intricatus Slickrock Sparse Vegetation

    [Littleleaf Mountain-mahogany Slickrock Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Cercocarpus montanus Rock Pavement Sparse Vegetation

    [Mountain-mahogany Rock Pavement Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Coleogyne ramosissima Shrubland Complex

    [Blackbrush Shrubland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Dry Meadow Mixed Herbaceous Vegetation Mosaic


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Elaeagnus angustifolia Semi-natural Woodland

    [Russian Olive Semi-natural Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Ephedra nevadensis - Eriogonum corymbosum Badlands Sparse Vegetation (Alliance)

    [Painted Desert Sparsely Vegetated Alliance]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Ephedra nevadensis Basalt Shrubland

    [Nevada Joint-fir Basalt Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) spp. Shrubland Complex

    [Rabbitbrush Shrubland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Fraxinus anomala Woodland

    [Single-leaf Ash Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Gutierrezia sarothrae - (Opuntia spp.) / Pleuraphis jamesii Dwarf-shrubland

    [Snakeweed - (Prickly-pear species) / James' Galleta Dwarf-shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Juniperus spp. / Artemisia tridentata Woodland Complex

    [Juniper / Big Sagebrush Woodland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Mixed Mountain Shrubland Complex

    [Mixed Mountain Shrubland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Perennial Disturbed Grassland Complex


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa Forest (Closed Canopy)

    [Ponderosa Pine Forest (Closed Canopy)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa Slickrock Sparse Vegetation

    [Ponderosa Pine Slickrock Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa / Arctostaphylos patula Woodland

    [Ponderosa Pine / Greenleaf Manzanita Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa / Mixed Herbaceous Woodland Complex

    [Ponderosa Pine / Mixed Herbaceous Woodland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa / Quercus gambelii Woodland Complex

    [Ponderosa Pine / Gambel Oak Woodland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus spp. - Juniperus spp. Woodland Complex

    [Pinyon - Juniper Woodland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus spp. - Juniperus spp. / Quercus gambelii Woodland Complex

    [Pinyon - Juniper / Gamble Oak Woodland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation

    [James' Galleta Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pluchea sericea Seasonally Flooded Shrubland

    [Arrow-weed Seasonally Flooded Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Populus fremontii Woodland Complex

    [Fremont Cottonwood Woodland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Populus fremontii - Fraxinus velutina Woodland

    [Fremont Cottonwood - Velvet Ash Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Populus tremuloides Forest Complex

    [Quaking Aspen Forest Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Prosopis juliflora Shrub Stands

    [Honey Mesquite Shrub Stands]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pseudotsuga menziesii Forest Alliance

    [Douglas-fir Forest Alliance]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus gambelii Shrubland Alliance

    [Gambel Oak Shrubland Alliance]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus gambelii Woodland (Alliance)

    [Gambel Oak Woodland (Alliance)]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Quercus turbinella - (Amelanchier utahensis) Colluvial Shrubland

    [Talus Mixed Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Salix exigua Shrubland Alliance

    [Sandbar Willow Shrubland Alliance]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Salix ligulifolia / Carex utriculata Shrubland

    [Strapleaf Willow / Beaked Sedge Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Sporobolus cryptandrus Great Basin Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Sand Dropseed Great Basin Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Symphoricarpos oreophilus / Poa pratensis Semi-natural Shrubland

    [Mountain Snowberry / Kentucky Bluegrass Semi-natural Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Tamarix spp. Temporarily Flooded Shrubland

    [Tamarisk spp. Temporarily Flooded Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Typha spp., Scirpus spp. Emergent Wetland Complex

    [Cattail, Bulrush, Emergent Wetland Complex]



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