SYSTEM SUBSYSTEM CLASS SUBCLASS
|_ RB=Rock Bottom 1=Bedrock
| 2=Rubble
|
|_ UB=Unconsolidated Bottom 1=Cobble-Gravel
| 2=Sand
| 3=Mud
| 4=Organic
|
|_ AB=Aquatic Bed 1=Algal
| 2=Aquatic Moss
| 3=Rooted Vascular
| 4=Floating
| Vascular
| 5=Unknown
| Submergent
| 6=Unknown Surface
|
|_ US=Unconsolidated Shore 1=Cobble-Gravel
| 2=Sand
| 3=Mud
| 4=Organic
| 5=Vegetated
|
|_ ML=Moss-Lichen 1=Moss
| 2=Lichen
|
P=PALUSTRINE______________________|_ 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
|
|_ OW=Open Water/Unknown Bottom (used on older maps)
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