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| Class ID | Raster ID | Name | Level | Description | Location | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 100000 | Forest | 1 | High-density stands of trees (>50% tree canopy cover) with heights greater than five meters. Tree canopy cover from 50% - 60% will be considered Forest unless specifically described in the Woodland section of this classification system. | Found throughout Florida. | |
| FM | 110000 | Mangrove Forest | 2 | Regularly flooded forests that are typically found along saltwater shorelines, including Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans), White Mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa), Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), and Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus). | Found along coastal Florida. | |
| FMa | 111000 | Black Mangrove Forest | 3 | Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) dominant forest. Black mangrove is distinguishable from other mangrove species by leaves with grayish undersurfaces, by green, flattened "lima bean-like" fruits, by dark to blackish bark, and by the presence of numerous short breathing roots projecting vertically from the ground below and around the tree. | Found along coastal Florida. Predominates in the upper part of the intertidal zone and into the irregularly flooded higher elevations; common forest fringing Florida Bay along Snake Bite in ENP; sometimes found on higher drier soils than the red or white mangrove. However, it can be found amongt any of the other Mangrove communities. | |
| FMc | 112000 | Buttonwood Forest | 3 | Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus) dominant forest with variable understory composition. | Generally coastal in distribution, normally found along the landward edge of the mangrove zone and along the edges of hammocks bordering the transition zone between freshwater and saltwater environments; thriving in areas that are only occasionally subjected to tidal washing (e.g., elevated ridges in or near the tidal zone); southern Florida and the Keys; more specifically found along the Buttonwood ridge in ENP and around Coot Bay. However, it can be found amongt any of the other Mangrove communities. | |
| FMl | 113000 | White Mangrove Forest | 3 | White Mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) dominant forest. | Found along coastal Florida. Occurs throughout the intertidal zone, but predominatley in the irregularly flooded higher portions of the swamp. However, it can be found amongt any of the other Mangrove communities. | |
| FMr | 114000 | Red Mangrove Forest | 3 | Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) dominant forest. | Found along coastal Florida primarily in the middle and lower portions of the intertidal and upper subtidal zone. However, it can be found amongt any of the other Mangrove communities. | |
| FMX | 115000 | Mixed Mangrove Forest | 3 | Mix of mangrove species with no particular species of dominance. | ||
| FMXac | 115100 | Black Mangrove-Buttonwood Forest | 4 | Co-dominant mix (60/40% split) of either Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) or Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus) dominant mix. | ||
| FMXal | 115200 | Black Mangrove-White Mangrove Forest | 4 | Co-dominant mix (60/40% split) of either Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) or White Mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) dominant mix. | ||
| FMXar | 115300 | Black Mangrove-Red Mangrove Forest | 4 | Co-dominant mix (60/40% split) of either Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) or Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) dominant mix. | ||
| FMXcl | 115400 | Buttonwood-White Mangrove Forest | 4 | Co-dominant mix (60/40% split) of either Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus) or White Mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) dominant mix. | ||
| FMXcr | 115500 | Buttonwood-Red Mangrove Forest | 4 | Co-dominant mix (60/40% split) of either Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus) or Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) dominant mix. | ||
| FMXlr | 115600 | White Mangrove-Red Mangrove Forest | 4 | Co-dominant mix (60/40% split) of either White Mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) or Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) dominant mix. | ||
| FS | 120000 | Swamp Forest | 2 | Seasonally to semi-permanently flooded freshwater forests. | Found throughout Florida. | |
| FSa | 121000 | Red Maple Forest | 3 | Red Maple (Acer rubrum) dominant forest. | Common to wet areas and moist woods throughout system southward to about Tamiami Trail. | |
| FSc | 122000 | Paurotis Palm Forest | 3 | Paurotis Palm (Acoelorrhaphe wrightii) dominant forest. | Commonly found landward of the mangrove zone from around US 1 west to Flamingo; also common to the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve and can be a common understory component of swamp forests, including portions of Everglades tree islands. | |
| FSaf | 123000 | Pond Apple-Pop Ash Forest | 3 | Mix of Pond Apple (Annona glabra) and Pop Ash (Fraxinus caroliniana), generally including a diverse epiphytic assemblage. | Commonly inundated 9-12 months a year and occurring in the center of large cypress domes and strands, such as in Barnes Strand in BICY; also common to Florida Panther NWR. | |
| FSB | 124000 | Bayhead Forest | 3 | Mix of Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco), Swamp Bay (Persea palustris), Red Bay (Persea borbonia), Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine), Willow (Salix caroliniana), Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera), Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana), Cypress (Taxodium spp.), Pond Apple (Annona glabra), among others. Note: the distinguishing feature of the Transitional Bayhead that is different from a Bayhead is the presence of Red Mangrove and Buttonwood. Once the Red Mangrove signature is gone it is nearly impossible to distinguish Buttonwood from Wax Myrtle and Dahoon Holly and so Bayheads may have some Buttonwood present if these species co-occur on a Bayhead island. | Typical of tree islands in Shark River Slough, C-111, and the WCAs; commonly inundated 4-10 months a year. | |
| FSBT | 141000 | Transitional Bayhead Forest | 3 | Mix of Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus), Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco), Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera), Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum), and occasionally Swamp Bay (Persea palustris), Red Bay (P. borbonia), Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana), and Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine). Note: the distinguishing feature of the Transitional Bayhead that is different from a Bayhead is the presence of Red Mangrove and Buttonwood. Once the Red Mangrove signature is gone it is nearly impossible to distinguish Buttonwood from Wax Myrtle and Dahoon Holly and so Bayheads may have some Buttonwood present if these species co-occur on a Bayhead island. | Typically occurring in a several kilometer wide band in the southern reaches of Taylor Slough and the Southeast Saline Everglades, extending west to Mahogany Hammock in ENP, and forming a transitional forest between the exclusively freshwater Bayhead forests to the north and the coastal Buttonwood and Mangrove forests to the south. Most often associated with tree islands within the scrub Red Mangrove zone. | Armentano and others, 2002 |
| FSH | 125000 | Hardwood Swamp Forest | 3 | Mix of lowland hardwood trees such as Laural Oak (Quercus laurifolia), Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto), Pop Ash (Fraxinus caroliniana), Swamp Bay (Persea palustris), Red Bay (P. borbonia), and Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana). | Found in Gator Hook Strand and East Crossing Strand in BICY, and in the Florida Panther NWR | |
| FSs | 126000 | Willow Forest | 3 | Willow (Salix caroliniana) dominant forest, commonly with sparse Leather Fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium), Cattail (Typha spp.), Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense), Arrowhead (Sagittaria spp.), and other freshwater marsh species as possible understory components. | Florida's most widely distributed willow; typically found throughout the WCAs in monotypic stands adjacent to canals; commonly inundated 9-12 months a year. | |
| FSt | 127000 | Cypress Forest | 3 | Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens) and/or Bald Cypress (T. distichum) dominant forest with common understory vegetation consisting of Pond Apple (Annona glabra), Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera), Pop Ash (Fraxinus caroliniana), Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco), and Leather Fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium). | Common in EVER, BICY, western WCA3, Strazzulla property adjacent to eastern Loxahatchee NWR, JW Corbett and Pal-Mar WMA; found throughout Florida, except in the southernmost peninsula and the Keys. | |
| FStD | 127100 | Cypress Forest-Dome | 4 | Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens) and/or Bald Cypress (T. distichum) dominant forest typically found in a pond-like depression. | Common in EVER, BICY, western WCA3, JW Corbett and Pal-Mar WMA. | |
| FStS | 127300 | Cypress Forest-Strand | 4 | Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens) and/or Bald Cypress (T. distichum) dominant forest typically found in an elongated slough-like or open ended depression. | Common in EVER, BICY, western WCA3. | |
| FStH | 128000 | Cypress-Hardwood Forest | 3 | Mix of Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens) and/or Bald Cypress (T. distichum) with a variable mixture of lowland hardwoods such as Red Maple (Acer rubrum) and Laurel Oak (Quercus laurifolia). Common understory vegetation often consists of Pond Apple (Annona glabra), Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera), Pop Ash (Fraxinus caroliniana), Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco), and Leather Fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium). | Common in Sweetwater Strand in BICY and Florida Panther NWR. | |
| FStp | 129000 | Cypress-Pine Forest | 3 | Mix of Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens) and/or Bald Cypress (T. distichum) with Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa). Common understory vegetation can include mixed hardwood shrubs or various graminoids. | Common in BICY and Florida Panther NWR. | |
| FH | 130000 | Hammock Forest | 2 | Briefly flooded forests | Found throughout Florida. | |
| FHC | 131000 | Coastal Hardwood Hammock | 3 | Mix of Pigeon Plum (Coccoloba diversifolia), Jamaican Dogwood (Piscidia piscipula), False Mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissimum), Spanish Stopper (Eugenia foetidia), Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea), Cabbage Palm (Sabal Palmetto), White Stopper (Eugenia axillaris), Wild Lime (Zanthoxylum fagara), Saffron Plum (Sideroxylon celastrinum), Greenheart (Colubrina arborescens), among others. | Common in EVER along Florida Bay. | |
| FHa | 132000 | Cabbage Palm Hammock | 3 | Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) dominated forest with sparse, generally less than 25%, Laural Oak (Quercus laurifolia), Live Oak (Q. virginiana), Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea), and Swamp Fern (Acrostichum spp.) as a common understory component. | Common in BICY and Florida Panther NWR. | |
| FHS | 133000 | Tropical Hardwood Hammock | 3 | Mix of Live Oak (Quercus virginiana), False Tamarind (Lysiloma latisiliquum), Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba), Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum), Pigeon Plum (Coccoloba diversifolia), and White Stopper (Eugenia axillaris). May also contain Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea), Swamp Bay (Persea borbonia), Dahoon Holly (Ilex Cassine), Saffron Plum (Sideroxylon celastrinum), Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata), False Mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissimum), Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera), and Myrsine (Myrsine floridana). Canopy heights often exceed 8 meters, except in the Keys where the canopy is typically shorter. | Commonly found south of US 41 on limestone substrates, shell mounds and even in the interior of large tree islands where flooding is rare. | |
| FHT | 134000 | Temperate Hardwood Hammock | 3 | Mix of Laural Oak (Quercus laurifolia), Live Oak (Q. virginiana), Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto), and occasionally Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea), Red Mulberry (Morus rubra), Hackberry (Celtis laevigata), Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), and/or Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens). | Commonly found north of US 41 and on sandy substrates with a dense organic layer. Common to BICY, especially Bear Island, and JW Corbett WMA. |
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
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