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)

Questions or comments to:natural.heritage@state.ma.us

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