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<strong>USGS</strong>-NPS <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Mapping</strong> Program<br />

Colonial National Historical Park<br />

Table 11. <strong>Vegetation</strong>-map classes <strong>and</strong> corresponding USNVC associations (NatureServe 2007) or other classification for Colonial<br />

National Historical Park (continued).<br />

Map Class USNVC Association (association code) Regional <strong>Vegetation</strong> or L<strong>and</strong>-use Class * (name source)<br />

Other Urban or Built-up L<strong>and</strong> Not defined - Anderson l<strong>and</strong>-use class Other Urban or Built-up L<strong>and</strong> (17) (Anderson et al. 1976)<br />

Piedmont / Coastal Plain Oak - Beech / Heath Fagus gr<strong>and</strong>ifolia - Quercus (alba, velutina, prinus) / Kalmia latifolia Piedmont / Coastal Plain Oak - Beech / Heath Forest (Fleming et<br />

Forest<br />

Forest (CEGL006919)<br />

al. 2006)<br />

Piedmont / Low Elevation Mixed Oak / Heath Quercus alba - Quercus (coccinea, velutina, prinus) / Gaylussacia Piedmont / Low Elevation Mixed Oak / Heath Forest (Fleming et<br />

Forest<br />

baccata Forest (CEGL008521)<br />

al. 2006)<br />

Residential Not defined - Anderson l<strong>and</strong>-use class Residential (11) (Anderson et al. 1976)<br />

Salt Scrub Iva frutescens / Spartina patens Shrubl<strong>and</strong> (CEGL003921) Salt Scrub (Fleming et al. 2006)<br />

Semipermanent Impoundment Not defined - nonst<strong>and</strong>ard, park-specific vegetation class Semipermanent Impoundment (park-specific name)<br />

Successional Black Walnut Forest Juglans nigra / Verbesina alternifolia Forest (CEGL007879) Successional Black Walnut (NatureServe 2007)<br />

Successional Mixed Scrub Not defined - nonst<strong>and</strong>ard, park-specific vegetation class Successional Mixed Scrub (park-specific name)<br />

Successional Sweetgum Forest Liquidambar styraciflua Forest (CEGL007216) Successional Sweetgum Forest (NatureServe 2007)<br />

Successional Tree-of-Heaven Forest Ailanthus altissima Forest (CEGL007191) Successional Tree-of-Heaven Forest (NatureServe 2007)<br />

Successional Tuliptree - Loblolly Pine Forest Liriodendron tulipifera - Pinus taeda Forest (CEGL007521) Successional Tuliptree - Loblolly Pine Forest (NatureServe 2007)<br />

Tidal Bald Cypress Forest / Woodl<strong>and</strong> Taxodium distichum / Carex hyalinolepis Woodl<strong>and</strong> (CEGL004654) Tidal Bald Cypress Forest / Woodl<strong>and</strong> (Fleming et al. 2006)<br />

Tidal Freshwater Marsh Pelt<strong>and</strong>ra virginica - Pontederia cordata Tidal Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong> Tidal Freshwater Marsh (Fleming et al. 2006)<br />

(CEGL004706)<br />

Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata Tidal Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong> Tidal Mesohaline <strong>and</strong> Polyhaline Marsh (Low Salt Marsh) (park-<br />

(CEGL006586)<br />

specific name)<br />

Tidal Mesohaline <strong>and</strong> Polyhaline Marsh<br />

OR<br />

Tidal Mesohaline <strong>and</strong> Polyhaline Marsh (Transitional Marsh)<br />

Spartina alterniflora - Polygonum punctatum - Amaranthus<br />

cannabinus Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong> (CEGL006418)<br />

(park-specific name)<br />

Phragmites australis Tidal Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong> (CEGL004187) Tidal Oligohaline Marsh (Common Reed Tidal Marsh) (park-<br />

OR<br />

specific name)<br />

Spartina cynosuroides Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong> (CEGL004195) Tidal Oligohaline Marsh (Big Cordgrass Type) (Fleming et al.<br />

OR<br />

2006)<br />

Tidal Oligohaline Marsh<br />

Hibiscus moscheutos - Polygonum punctatum - Pelt<strong>and</strong>ra virginica<br />

Tidal Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong> (CEGL006181)<br />

OR<br />

Pelt<strong>and</strong>ra virginica - Schoenoplectus (pungens, tabernaemontani)<br />

Tidal Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong> (CEGL006578)<br />

OR<br />

Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong><br />

(CEGL006612)<br />

Tidal Oligohaline Marsh (Mixed Forbs Type) (Fleming et al.<br />

2006)<br />

Tidal Oligohaline Marsh (Interior Depression Marsh) (parkspecific<br />

name)<br />

Tidal Oligohaline Marsh (Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Olney Three-<br />

Square Low Interior Marsh Type) (Fleming et al. 2006)<br />

Tidal Shrub Swamp (Wax Myrtle Type) Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Tidal Shrub Swamp (Wax Myrtle Type) (park-specific name)<br />

Shrubl<strong>and</strong> (CEGL004656)<br />

Transportation, Communications, <strong>and</strong> Utilities Not defined - Anderson l<strong>and</strong>-use class Transportation, Communications, <strong>and</strong> Utilities (14) (Anderson et<br />

al. 1976)<br />

Water Not defined - Anderson l<strong>and</strong>-use class Water (5) (Anderson et al. 1976)<br />

* Equivalent to the Common name (Park-specific) as used in detailed descriptions in Appendix I.<br />

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