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Classification of Natural Communities

Terrestrial

The individual descriptions are below:

 

List of Terrestrial Communities
Acidic Rocky Summit/Rock Outcrop Mixed Oak Forest
Acidic Rock Cliff Community Northern Hardwoods-Hemlock-White Pine Forest
Acidic Talus Forest/Woodland Oak-Hemlock-White Pine Forest
Black Oak Scarlet Oak Forest/Woodland Oak-Tulip Tree Forest (2011)
Calcareous Forest Seep Community Oak-Hickory Forest
Calcareous Rocky Summit/Rock Outcrop Open Oak Forest/Woodland (2011)
Calcareous Rock Cliff Community Pitch Pine-Oak Forest/Woodland
Calcareous Talus Forest/Woodland Pitch-Pine Scrub Oak Community
Circumneutral Rocky Summit/Rock Outcrop Community Red-Oak Sugar Maple Transition Forest
Circumneutral Rock Cliff Community Rich, Mesic Forest Community
Circumneutral Talus Forest/Woodland Ridgetop Chestnut Oak
Coastal Forest/Woodland Ridgetop Pitch Pine Scrub Oak
Cultural Grassland Riverside Rock Outcrop Community
Dry, Rich Acidic Oak Forest Sandplain Grassland
Dry Riverside Bluff Sandplain Heathland
Forest Seep Community Sassafras-Hackberry Maritime Cove Forest (2011)
Hemlock Ravine Community Scrub Oak Shrubland
Hickory-Hop Hornbeam Forest/Woodland Serpentine Outcrop Community
High Elevation Spruce-Fir Forest/Woodland Spruce Fir Northern Hardwoods Forest
Maritime Beach Strand Community Successional Northern Hardwoods
Maritime Dune Community Successional White Pine Forest
Maritime Erosional Cliff Community Sugar Maple-Oak-Hickory Forest (2011)
Maritime Juniper Woodland/Shrubland White Pine-Oak Forest

Maritime Oak-Holly Forest/Woodland(2011)

Yellow Oak Dry Calcareous Forest
Maritime Pitch Pine On Dunes  
Maritime Rock Cliff Community  
Maritime Shrubland Community  

 

Updated: February 29, 2012