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Classification of Natural Communities

Terrestrial

For a single document with all the terrestrial community descriptions click here; the individual descriptions are below:

 

List of Terrestrial Communities
Acidic Rocky Summit/Rock Outcrop Maritime Pitch Pine On Dunes
Acidic Rock Cliff Community Maritime Rock Cliff Community
Acidic Talus Forest/Woodland Maritime Shrubland Community
Black Oak Scarlet Oak Forest/Woodland Mixed Oak Forest
Calcareous Forest Seep Community Northern Hardwoods-Hemlock-White Pine Forest
Calcareous Rocky Summit/Rock Outcrop Oak-Hemlock-White Pine Forest
Calcareous Rock Cliff Community Oak-Hickory Forest
Calcareous Talus Forest/Woodland Pitch Pine-Oak Forest/Woodland
Circumneutral Rocky Summit/Rock Outcrop Community Pitch-Pine Scrub Oak Community
Circumneutral Rock Cliff Community Red-Oak Sugar Maple Transition Forest
Circumneutral Talus Forest/Woodland Rich, Mesic Forest Community
Coastal Forest/Woodland Ridgetop Chestnut Oak
Cultural Grassland Ridgetop Pitch Pine Scrub Oak
Dry, Rich Acidic Oak Forest Riverside Rock Outcrop Community
Dry Riverside Bluff Sandplain Grassland
Forest Seep Community Sandplain Heathland
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 White Pine-Oak Forest
Maritime Juniper Woodland/Shrubland Yellow Oak Dry Calcareous Forest
Maritime Oak-Holly Forest/Woodland
 

 

Updated: September 10, 2007