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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