SYSTEM SUBSYSTEM CLASS SUBCLASS
|_ RB=Rock Bottom 1=Bedrock
| 2=Rubble
|
|_ UB=Unconsolidated Bottom 1=Cobble-Gravel
| 2=Sand
| 3=Mud
| 4=Organic
|
|__ 1=SUBTIDAL____|_ AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal
| | 3=Rooted Vascular
| | 4=Floating Vascular
| | 5=Unknown Submergent
| | 6=Unknown Surface
| |
| |_ RF=Reef 2=Mollusc
| | 3=Worm
| |
| |_ OW=Open Water/Unknown Bottom (used on older maps)
E=ESTUARINE_____|
|
| |_ AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal
| | 3=Rooted Vascular
| | 4=Floating Vascular
| | 5=Unknown Submergent
| | 6=Unknown Surface
| |
| |_ RF=Reef 2=Mollusc
| | 3=Worm
| |
| |_ SB=Streambed 3=Cobble-Gravel
| | 4=Sand
| | 5=Mud
| | 6=Organic
| |
| |_ RS=Rocky Shore 1=Bedrock
| | 2=Rubble
| |
|__ 2=INTERTIDAL__|_ US=Unconsolidated Shore 1=Cobble-Gravel
| 2=Sand
| 3=Mud
| 4=Organic
|
|_ EM=Emergent 1=Persistent
| 2=Nonpersistent
|
|_ SS=Scrub-Shrub 1=Broad-Leaved Deciduous
| 2=Needle-Leaved Deciduous
| 3=Broad-Leaved Evergreen
| 4=Needle-Leaved Evergreen
| 5=Dead
| 6=Indeterminate Deciduous
| 7=Indeterminate Evergreen
|_ FO=Forested 1=Broad-Leaved Deciduous
2=Needle-Leaved Deciduous
3=Broad-Leaved Evergreen
4=Needle-Leaved Evergreen
5=Dead
6=Indeterminate Deciduous
7=Indeterminate Evergreen
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