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Palustrine System
ALLUVIAL FLOODPLAIN COMMUNITIES
Bald Cypress - Tupelo Swamps
Coastal Plain / Piedmont Bottomland Forests
Floodplain Ponds and Pools
Semipermanent Impoundments
Piedmont / Mountain Floodplain Forests and Swamps
Piedmont / Mountain Small-Stream Alluvial Forests
Sand / Gravel / Mud Bars and Shores
Rocky Bars and Shores
Riverside Prairies
NON-ALLUVIAL WETLANDS OF THE MOUNTAINS
Montane Depression Swamps and Ponds
Mountain / Piedmont Seepage Swamps
Montane Woodland Seeps
Appalachian Bogs
Calcareous Fens and Spring Marshes
Mafic Fens and Seeps
Spray Cliffs
Inland Salt Marshes
NON-ALLUVIAL WETLANDS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN AND PIEDMONT
Coastal Plain Depression Swamps and Ponds
Non-Riverine Flatwoods and Swamps
Coastal Plain / Piedmont Seepage Swamps
Coastal Plain / Piedmont Seepage Bogs
Piedmont Upland Depression Swamps
SATURATED PEATLANDS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN
Pond Pine Woodlands and Pocosins
Peatland Atlantic White-Cedar Forests
NON-TIDAL MARITIME WETLANDS
Sea-Level Fens
Interdune Swales and Ponds
Maritime Swamps
Estuarine System
TIDAL WETLANDS
Tidal Freshwater Marshes
Tidal Oligohaline Marshes
Wind-Tidal Oligohaline Marshes
Tidal Mesohaline and Polyhaline Marshes
Tidal Shrub Swamps
Tidal Swamp Forests and Woodlands
Tidal Freshwater and Oligohaline Aquatic Beds
Tidal Mesohaline and Polyhaline Aquatic Beds
High-Energy Tidal River Shores
Salt Flats
Salt Scrub
Marine System
Upper Beaches and Overwash Flats
Summary of Procedures for Collection and Analysis of Vegetation Data
Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations
