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Natural Community Fact Sheets
We
have prepared some general fact sheets about natural communities and
will post more as they become available. The formal and technical descriptions
are in the natural community classification. To view the fact sheets,
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- Alluvial
Red Maple
- Atlantic
White Cedar Bog Community
- Atlantic
White Cedar Swamps
- Barrier
Beaches
- Black
Ash-Red Maple-Tamarack Calcareous Seepage Swamps
- Black
Ash Swamps
- Black
Gum Swamps
- Black
Gum - Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak "Perched" Swamps
- Bogs
and Fens - Non Forested Acidic Peatlands
- Brackish
Tidal Marshes
- Calcareous
Basin Fen
- Calcareous
Forest Seep
- Calcareous
Pondshore/Lakeshore
- Calcareous
Seepage Marsh
- Calcareous
Sloping Fen
- Cobble Bar Forest
- Coastal
Forests, Maritime Forests, and Maritime Shrublands
- Coastal
Plain Pondshore Community
- Coastal
Salt Pond
- Coastal
Salt Pond Marsh
- Deep
Emergent Marsh
- Estuarine
Intertidal Fresh/Brackish Flats
- Estuarine
Intertidal Saline/Brackish Flats
- Estuarine
Subtidal Fresh/Brackish Flats
- Estuarine
Subtidal Saline/Brackish Flats
- Floodplain
Forests
- Forest
Seep
- Freshwater
Tidal Marshes
- Freshwater
Tidal Swamps and Shrublands
- Hemlock-Hardwood
Swamp
- Hickory
Hop Hornbeam/Forest Woodland
- High Elevation
Spruce-Fir Forest/Woodland
- High-Energy
Riverbanks
- High
Terrace Floodplain Forest
- Maritime
Juniper Woodland/Shrubland
- Maritime
Oak-Holly Forest/Woodland
- Maritime
Pitch Pine On Dunes
- Northern
Hardwoods-Hemlock-White Pine Forest
- Pitch
Pine/Scrub Oak Communities
- Prescribed
Burning in Massachusetts
- Red
Maple-Black Ash-Bur Oak Swamp
- Rich
Mesic Forest
- Ridgetop
Pitch Pine - Scrub Oak Community
- Riverine Point
Bar
- Rock
Cliff Communities
- Rocky
Summit/Rock Outcrop Communities
- Salt
Marshes
- Sandplain
Grassland
- Sandplain
Heathlands
- Scrub Oak
Shrubland
- Serpentine
Rock Outcrop Community
- Shrub
Swamps
- Spruce-Fir
Boreal Swamps
- Spruce-Tamarack
Bog
- Talus
Forest/Woodland Communities
- Yellow
Oak Dry Calcareous Forest
Priority
Natural Communities with Provisional Ranks
To report natural community occurrences, click on the links below to download Natural Community Field Forms and their accompanying instructions.