Database Updated:   September 2008
Data provided by: Tom O'Neil
NW Habitat Institute
PNW Habitat Classification Systems
Classification System Categories
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7 items
Category:   Open water         Code: 
Description
Areas of open water with no sub-emergent or emergent vegetation.
Category:   Deep Marsh         Code: 
Description
Emergent vegetation in greater than one ft. of standing water.
Category:   Shallow Marsh         Code: 
Description
Emergent vegetation in less than one ft. of standing water.
Category:   Intermittent Shallow Marsh         Code: 
Description
Emergent vegetation that is seasonally submerged.
Category:   Aquatic Bed         Code: 
Description
Vegetation that is on top of or just below the surface.
Category:   Wet Meadow         Code: 
Description
Fully vegetated sub-irrigated lands with no standing water.
Category:   Mud Flat         Code: 
Description
Typical draw down area with little or no vegetation.