PEI CORPORATE LAND USE INVENTORY 2000
LANDUSE |
CODE |
SUBUSE |
SUBCODE |
AGRICULTURE |
AGR |
Farmstead |
FM |
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Feedlot |
FL |
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Fur Ranch |
FR |
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Manure Storage |
MS |
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Nursery |
NU |
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Orchard |
OR |
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COMMERCIAL |
COM |
Accommodation |
AC |
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Food &
Beverage |
FD |
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Motor Vehicle |
MV |
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Retail |
RT |
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FORESTRY |
FOR |
Clear Cut |
CC |
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Hedgerow |
HR |
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Plantation |
PN |
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Wetland |
WET |
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RESIDENTIAL |
RES |
Cottage |
CO |
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Mobile Home Park |
MH |
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Multiple Units |
MT |
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Single Unit |
SG |
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INDUSTRIAL |
IND |
Auto Salvage |
AS |
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Excavation
Pits |
EP |
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Fertilizer
Plants |
FT |
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Food
Processing |
FP |
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Land Fill |
LF |
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Tank Farm |
TF |
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Sawmill /
Lumberyard |
LY |
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NON-EVIDENT |
NON |
Abandoned Land |
ABN |
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Coastal Land |
COS |
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RECREATION |
REC |
Campground |
CG |
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Golf |
GF |
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Playing Field |
PF |
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Rink |
RK |
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Ski Slope |
SK |
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TRANSPORTATION |
TRN |
Airport |
AR |
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Communications
Structures |
CT |
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Lighthouse |
LH |
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Power Line |
PL |
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Railway Right
of Way |
RR |
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Road |
RD |
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Wharf |
WF |
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URBAN |
URB |
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WETLAND |
WET |
Reservoirs |
RE |
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Sewage |
SE |
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Forest |
FOR |
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INSTITUTIONAL |
INT |
Church |
CH |
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Cemetery |
CY |
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Historic Site |
HC |
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Hospital |
HO |
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School |
SC |
LAND COVER CODES
LAND USE |
LAND COVER CLASS |
CODE |
AGRICULTURE |
Blueberries |
BLB |
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Cranberries |
CRN |
Grain |
GRN |
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Hay |
HAY |
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Pasture |
PAS |
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Potatoes |
POT |
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Other |
OTH |
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FOREST |
Alder |
AL |
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Apple |
MA |
Aspen Provenance |
AS |
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Austrian Pine |
AP |
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Balsam Fir |
BF |
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Beech |
BE |
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Birch Provenance |
BI |
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Black Ash |
BA |
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Black Spruce |
BS |
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Butternut |
BN |
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Cedar |
CE |
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Corsican Pine |
CP |
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Dead Tree |
DT |
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Douglas Fir |
DF |
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Eastern Larch |
LA |
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Elm |
EM |
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European Birch |
EB |
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European Larch |
EL |
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Grey Birch |
GB |
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Hemlock |
HE |
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Hybrid Poplar |
HP |
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Hybrid Spruce |
HS |
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Intolerant Hardwood |
IH |
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Jack Pine |
JP |
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Japanese Larch |
JL |
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Larch Provenance |
LX |
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Linden |
LI |
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Lodgepole Pine |
LP |
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Norway Spruce |
NS |
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Pin Cherry |
PC |
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Pine Provenance |
PP |
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Poplar |
PO |
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Red Maple |
RM |
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Red Oak |
RO |
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Red Pine |
RP |
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Red Spruce |
RS |
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Scots Pine |
SP |
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Sitka Spruce |
SI |
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Spruce / Fir Mix |
SF |
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Sugar Maple |
SM |
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Tolerant Hardwood |
TH |
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White Ash |
WA |
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White Birch |
WB |
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White Pine |
WP |
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White Spruce |
WS |
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Willow |
WI |
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Yellow Birch |
YB |
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Yugoslavian Pine |
YP |
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WETLANDS |
Bog |
BOW |
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Brackish Marsh |
BKW |
Deep Marsh |
DMW |
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Meadow |
MDW |
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Open Water |
OWW |
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Salt Marsh |
SAW |
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Sand Dune |
SDW |
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Seasonally Flooded Flat |
SFW |
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Shallow Marsh |
SMW |
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Shrub Swamp |
SSW |
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Wooded Swamp |
WSW |
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NON-AGRICULTURE, NON-FOREST &
NON-WETLAND POLYGONS |
Bare Soil |
BAR |
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Backshore Beach |
BSB |
Building |
BLD |
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Coastal Inlet Water |
WWW |
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Grass |
GRS |
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Paved |
PAV |
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Shrubs |
SHR |
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Trees |
TRE |
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Water (Fresh) |
WAT |
SITE : A description of the ground surface for forest polygons
where evident
EP |
Excavation Pit forest polygon located in an excavation pit |
OF |
Old Field - the forest polygon appears to be on area which was once an agriculture field |
SD |
Sand Dune - the forest stand is located on top of a sand dune |
SW |
Substrate Wet the forest floor is damp but not enough for a wetland category |
ST |
Steep the forest polygon is on a steep slope (approx 9% or greater) |
HISTORY1/HISTORY2: Forest stand history where evident
2S |
Two Storied stands |
BR |
Burn - if the stand appears to be of fire origin |
CC |
Clearcut - if the stand appears to have originated from a clearcut |
HR |
Hedgerow |
IT |
In Transition an area under construction in which the land cover will change quickly from that indicated on the photograph e.g. building construction |
PC |
Partial Cut - forest stand appears to have originated from a partial cut |
PN |
Plantation and year will be indicated in this field from established data |
SE |
Seed Orchard, if the stand appears to have been established as a seed orchard |
TH |
Thinning, if the stand appears to have been thinned |
WF |
Wind Fall, if the stand appears to have originated from a wind fall |
XS |
Christmas Trees - any stand being used for Christmas tree
cultivation |
WETLAND COVER - The amount and distribution of
vegetative subclasses throughout the wetland
Cover Type 1 Over 95% of wetland is vegetated in a solid mass.
Cover Type 2 Approximately 76-95% of wetland is vegetated as a peripheral band
Cover Type 3 - Approximately 76-95% of wetland is vegetated in dense patches.
Cover Type 4 Approximately 26-75% of wetland is vegetated as a
peripheral band
Cover Type 5 - Approximately 26-75% of wetland is vegetated either in dense patches or diffuse open stands.
Cover Type 6 Approximately 5-25% of wetland is vegetated as a peripheral band.
Cover Type 7 Approximately 5-25% of wetland is vegetated in patches throughout the open water.
Cover Type 8 Less than 5% of wetland is vegetated as a peripheral band.
WETLAND INTERSPERSION The presence and length of certain
types of vegetation edge. Edge referring to the line of contact between two
different subclasses.
Low |
length and types of edge are at a minimum. Cover subclasses are large and unbroken. |
Moderate |
edge is moderate in length and diversity. There is some irregularity in the distribution of cover classes but for the most part, the cover subclasses remain largely intact. |
High |
edge is abundant and consists of many different vegetative types. Cover subclasses are broken into segments and scattered. |
IMPOUNDMENT the type of
impoundment, if any, which contributes to the presence of the wetland.
BPA |
Borrow Pit - Active |
A pit, usually roadside, in which earth is being extracted |
OMA |
Other Man Made - Active |
Any wetland which results from a currently active man-made structure |
BA |
Beaver Active |
A wetland created from a single active beaver dam |
BPI |
Borrow Pit - Inactive |
A pit usually roadside in which earth was extracted but which is currently inactive |
OMI |
Other Man Made - Inactive |
Any other wetland which resulted from an old, inactive man-made structure |
BI |
Beaver Active |
A wetland created from a single inactive beaver dam |
BS |
Beaver System |
A wetland which contains a continuous
series of beaver dams. The number of
inactive and active dams will be recorded in the appropriate fields |
BB |
Barrier Beach Pond |
ญญญA
seaside pond created by movement of sand across the original outflow |
DOMINANT
WETLAND COVERS
1. OWW - Open Water: Refers to wetland with water depths of one to three metres (3 to 10 feet), associated with any of the other wetland classes, but usually with deep or shallow marshes. Submergent and surface vegetation are dominant.
2. DMW - Deep Marsh: This class applies to wetlands with and average water depth between 6 in. and 3 ft. (10 cm. and 1 m.) during the growing season. Emergent marsh vegetation is usually dominant, with surface and submergent plants present in open areas.
3. SMW - Shallow Marsh: This class applies to wetlands dominated usually by robust or marsh emergents, with an average water depth less than 6 in. (15 cm.) during the growing season. Surface water may be absent during the late summer and abnormally dry periods. Floating-leaved plants and submergents are often present in open areas.
4. SFW - Seasonally Flooded Flats: This class applies to extensive river flood plains where flooding to a depth of 12 or more inches (30 cm.) occurs annually during late fall, winter and spring. During the summer, the soil is saturated, with a few inches of surface water occurring locally. Dominant vegetation usually is emenrgent, but shrubs and scattered trees may be present.
5. MDW - Meadow: This class applies to wetland dominated by meadow emergents with up to 6 in. (15cm.) of surface water during the late fall, winter and early spring. During the growing season the soil is saturated and the surface exposed except in shallow depressions and drainage ditches. Meadows occur most commonly on agricultural land where periodic grazing or mowing keeps shrubs from becoming established. The structural differences in meadow vegetation often result from grazing; therefore, meadows have been divided into grazed and ungrazed subclasses (2).
6. SSW - Shrub Swamp: This class applies to wetlands dominated by shrubs where the soil surface is seasonally or permanently flooded with as much as 12 in. (30 cm.) of water. Carex spp., are often the ground cover under shrubs with meadow emergents occupying wetter areas.
7. WWS - Wooded Swamp: This class refers to wetlands dominated by trees growing in a muck soil. The soil surface may be seasonally flooded with up to 1 ft. (30 cm.) of water. Several levels of vegetation are usually present including trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. In mature wooded swamps, differences in elevation may result in pronounced micro-habitats (micro topography), where trees and shrubs occupy the drier areas. Whereas marsh emergents and ferns may occupy the ephemeral pools of standing water.
8. BOW - Bog: This class applies to wetlands where the accumulation of Sphagnum moss, as peat, determines the nature of the plant community. Young bogs commonly have floating peat mats which creep outward from shore over the surface of open water. Picea mariana and Larix laricina are typical tree species. Chamaedaphne calyculata, Kalmia angustifolia, Sarracenia purpurea, and Eriophorum spp. are characteristic plants found in bogs throughout the Northeast.
WETLAND
SUBCLASSES No Wet Sub is the total number of vegetative
subclasses as defined below
OPEN WATER |
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VEGETATED |
NON-VEGETATED |
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DEEP
MARSH |
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DEAD
WOODY |
SHRUB |
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SUB-SHRUB |
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ROBUST |
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NARROW-LEAVED |
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BROAD-LEAVED |
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FLOATING |
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FLOATING-LEAVED |
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ALGAE |
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SHALLOW
MARSH |
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ROBUST |
NARROW-LEAVED |
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BROAD-LEAVED |
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FLOATING-LEAVED |
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SEASONALLY
FLOODED FLATS |
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EMERGENT |
SHRUBBY |
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MEADOW |
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GRAZED |
UNGRAZED |
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SHRUB
SWAMP |
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SLENDER |
BUSHY |
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COMPACT |
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LOW
SPARSE |
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WOODED
SWAMP |
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DECIDUOUS |
EVERGREEN |
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DEAD
WOODY |
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BOG |
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WOODED |
SHRUBBY |
COVER TYPE Generalized forest type
AL |
alder |
CC |
clearcut |
HH |
>75% hardwood species |
HS |
50-75% hardwood species |
PN |
forest plantation |
SH |
50-75%
softwood species |
SS |
>75% softwood species |