Database Updated:
September 2008
Data provided by:
Tom O'Neil
NW Habitat Institute
PNW Habitat Classification Systems
Classification Systems By Type
PNW Habitat Classification Systems
IBIS Classification Systems
Habitat to IBIS Crosswalks
IBIS to Habitat Crosswalks
Systems List
Systems by Type
Systems Categories
System Details
Complementary Systems
IBIS Habitat Types
IBIS Structural Conditions
Key Environmental Correlates
Habitat Types
Structural Conditions
Key Environmental Correlates
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Structural Conditions
Key Environmental Correlates
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Aquatic
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC): Stream Segment Identification
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC): Salmonid Spawning Habitat Availability Survey
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC): Riparian Stand Survey
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC): Large Woody Debris Survey
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC): Habitat Unit Survey
Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program
Watershed Analysis Manual
Representative Reach Extrapolation Technique (RRET)
Cupp 1989 Stream Classifications
Maxwell et al. 1995 Aquatic Classification
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC): Reference Point Survey
USEPA Rapid Bioassessment Protocols (RBP)
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) Channel Habitat Type Classification
ODFW Aquatic Inventory
Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Project (SSHAIP)
Integrated Habitat and Biodiversity Information System (IBIS) Database
Ecosystem Diagnosis & Treatment (EDT)
Sensitive Habitat Inventory Mapping (SHIM)
Hawkins et al. 1993 Stream Classifications
CA Department of Fish & Game
Basinwide Visual Estimation Technique (BVET)
Ralph 1989 Stream Classifications
USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
Frissell et al. 1986 Stream Classifications
USFS Region 6 Level II Inventory, 1992
Urban Salmon Habitat Program (USHP)
Streamkeepers
Rosgen 1994 Stream Classifications
RIC Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventoroy Manual
Pacific Southwest Regional Habitat Types
Rosgen 1985 Stream Classifications
Washington Priority Habitats
Marine
Washington Priority Habitats
NOAA - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Coastal Habitats
NOAA - Coastal Change Anlaysis Program (C-CAP) - Original
Integrated Habitat and Biodiversity Information System (IBIS) Database
NatureServe
Terrestrial
NatureServe
USEPA Ecoregions
Integrated Habitat and Biodiversity Information System (IBIS) Database
Biogeoclimatic Classification System
Luttmerding et al. (1990) Describing Ecosystems in the Field
Sensitive Habitat Inventory Mapping (SHIM)
Washington Priority Habitats
Resources Inventory Committee (1997) Wildlife Mapping Procedures
B.C. Terrestrial Ecosystem Descriptions
California Wildlife Habitats
Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho
Natural Land Cover Classificaiton System (NLC)
IRICC (1994)
Bisson et al. 1982 Habitat types
Anderson classification system (1976) for remote sensing
Kuchler Vegetation Types
GAP-Washington
GAP-Oregon
GAP-Montana
GAP-California
USFS Ecoclasses
Murray classification crosswalks
Pacific Northwest Ecosystem Research Consortium (PNWERC) Farm Service Agency LULC codes
NVCS
USGS-Land Use Land Cover (LULC)
National Land Cover Characterization Database (NLCD)
USFWS Cover Types
UNESCO/TNC System
Bailey's Ecoregions
Wetland
Integrated Habitat and Biodiversity Information System (IBIS) Database
Cowardin et al. 1979 Wetland and Deepwater Habitat Classifications
Washington Priority Habitats
Brinson, 1993 Hydrogeomorphic Classification for Wetlands
NatureServe
