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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:

  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
 

To report natural community occurrences, click on the links below to download Natural
Community Field Forms and their accompanying instructions.

Natural Community Field Form (36k)
Natural Community Field Form Instructions (52k)

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Last updated: 11/9/05