St. Regis River Basin Final Report

APPENDIX 2
LEGEND FOR ADIRONDACK PARK WETLANDS MAPPING PROJECT

SYSTEMS AND SUBSYSTEMS
R	Riverine		L	Lacustrine		P	Palustrine
	1	Tidal		1	Limnetic		No Subsystems
	2	Lower Perennial		2	Littoral
	3	Upper Perennial
	4	Intermittent
	5	Unknown Perennial*
CLASSES AND SUBCLASSES
SS	Scrub/Shrub		AB	Aquatic Bed		RS	Rocky Shore
	1	Broad-Leaved Deciduous		1	Algal		1	Bedrock
	2	Needle-Leaved Deciduous		2	Aquatic Moss		2	Rubble
	3	Broad-Leaved Evergreen		3	Rooted Vascular
	4	Needle-Leaved Evergreen		4	Floating Vascular	EM	Emergent
	5	Dead		5	Unknown Submergent*		1	Persistent
	6	Deciduous*		6	Unknown Surface*		2	Non-persistent
	7	Evergreen*
			ML	Moss/Lichen		US	Unconsolidated Shore
FO	Forested			1	Moss		1	Cobble/Gravel
	1	Broad-Leaved Deciduous		2	Lichen		2	Sand
	2	Needle-Leaved Deciduous					3	Mud
	3	Broad-Leaved Evergreen	RS	Rock Bottom			4	Organic
	4	Needle-Leaved Evergreen		1	Bedrock		5	Vegetated
	5	Dead		2	Rubble
	6	Deciduous*				OW	Open Water/Unknown Bottom*
	7	Evergreen*	SB	Streambed
				1	Bedrock
UB	Unconsolidated Bottom			2	Ruble
	1	Cobble/Gravel		3	Cobble/Gravel
	2	Sand		4	Sand
	3	Mud		5	Mud
	4	Organic		6	Organic
				7	Vegetated
WATER REGIME MODIFIERS
Nontidal			Nontidal Combined			Nontidal and Tidal
A	Temporary		Z	Intermittently Exposed/Permanent (G,E above)*		U	Unknown
B	Saturated					K	Artificial
C	Seasonal		W	Intermittently Flooded/Temporary (A,J above)*
D	Seasonally Flooded -Well Drained
E	Seasonally Flooded -Saturated		Y	Saturated Semipermanent/All Seasonals (B,C,D,E,F above)*
F	Semipermanent
G	Intermittently Exposed
H	Permanent
J	Intermittently Flooded
SPECIAL MODIFIERS
Special			Soils			pH Freshwater
b	Beaver		g	Organic		a	Acid
d	Partially Drained/Ditched		h	Mineral		t	Circumneutral
f	Farmed					l	Alkaline
h	Diked/Impounded
r	Artificial
s	Spoil
x	Excavated
/U	Upland Cover Type Mixed with Wetland

*Not included in "Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States." Created specifically for National Wetland Inventory mapping efforts.