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5
5 5
5 25
5 26
5 32
5 90
6
6 28
6 29
6 33
6 34
6 6
6 48
6 79
6 89
8
8 8
8 50
8 69
8 71
11
41 11
ji 51
11 52
11 49
12
12 12
12 70
9
9 9
9 53
63
13
13 13
13 44
13 45
13 72
13 74
13 75
13 76
14,15
14 14
15 15
Deciduous Broadleaf Tree+shrub <25%(7) evergreen
DECIDUOUSWooDS broadleaf forest, woodland
COOLBRoaDLeafFoRST medium closed-open forest
BROADLea f FOREST medium(tall) closed forest
DRYTROPICalWooD drought-deciduous woodland/low forest
RAINGReeNFOReST medium forest, closed-open
EVERGREEN BROADLEAF FORESTS (Woodlands)
Quercus, Carya, Fraxinus, Ulmus, Celtis, Populus
Acer, Quercus rubra, alba...; Fraxinus, */-Fagus
Quercus, Carya, Liriodendron, Magnolia, Acer, Juglans
Prosopis, Cercidium; Aspidospermum,Cedrela,bush fallow
HOT(-COOL mt.); WET-MONSOON DROUGHT
Iropical/Equatorial forest */- slash and burn, windthrow gaps
Eugenia, Brunellia, Clusia, Castilloa,Tipuana,Myoxylon
Ceiba, Tabebuia, Manilkara, Buchenavia, Bombax, Ocotea
Swietena, Bertholletia, Hevea,Dacryodes,Sloanea,Cordia
Cecropia, Didymopanax, Curatella; plantations, swidden
Quercus virginiana (laurifolia), Persea, Magnolia
Schinopsis, Aspidosperma, Acacia (quebracho)
Eucalyptus [regmnans, obliqua > diversicolor i 5...
Eucalyptus spp., Acacia spp.
VERY DRY
Cordylanthus, Lactuca; Capparis
Oryzopsis, Yucca, Artemisia filifolia, Andropogon
MONtaneTROPICAL montane medium/low woods/openings
SEASONa 1 TROPICa 1 “medium forest +/- plantations
TROPicalRAINFoRST tall-medium closed forest
TROPic1DEGRADedWD med.->low, opened forest/wood
Subtropical-Warm Temperate evergreen broadleaf seasonal
EVeRGReeNBrDLFWooD medium broadleaf forest & woodland ini
DRYEVeRGReeNBrdLFw open woodland, low/dry forest,herb Tecoma,
WETSCLEROPHyLforst tall open Eucalypt forest
MOISTEUCALPTforest medium open Eucalypt forest
SHRUB. "BARREN or WET
DESERT, SEMIDESERT, VOLCANIC, ICE
Desert
BAREDESERT ephemeral /sparse xerophytes Salsola, Ambrosia,
SANdDESERT “blowing dunes & flats; patchy
POLarALPineDESERT “bare debris; polar/alpine lichens
SALT-sodaPLAYAbaSn saline clay basins; "dry lakes
Draba, Dryas, Cassiope, Luzula nivalis, Poa arctica
Salicornia, Atriplex, Suedia, Sarcobatus; Distlichus
Semidesert DRY
SEMIDESeRTREE sparse shrub, herb */-"tree" Tamarix, Sarcobatus, Carnegia, Prosopis,Acacia,Ephedra
SEMIDeSeRTSHRuB sparse shrub, xerophytes Larrea, Fouquieria, Coleogyne, Grayia; Sitanion
SEMIDeSeRTSAGE shrub-steppe sparse range, evergreen Artemisia, Eurotia, Chrysothamnus, Kochia
Volcanic lava, ash. mudflow
VOLCANICROCK sparse herb, shrub on lava/ash Pisonia, Psidium, Saccharum, ferns, lichens, algae
Ice Cap/Glacier EXTREMELY COLD
GLACIERICE Antarctic/mountain/shelf ice microbles, algae, lichen
GLACIEROCK Arctic/mountain glaciers lichens, herbs, moss
TUNDRA-1ike, WETLANDS, WATER
“Tundra” & other cold-adapted plants (paramo) VERY COLD
UPLNDTNDRA/paramo dwarf-tall herb, shrub, cushion Kobresia, Poa; Salix nana; Espeletia
TUNDRABARRENarctic dwarfherb, shrub, moss, lichen Oxyria, Alopecuris, Carex, Eriophorum
WOODEDTUNDRA low timberline trees, scrub, grass Abies lasiocarpa, Picea, Pinus monticola, lonzaeva
Bog or marsh [Wetland] & Land/water (LOCAL EXTRA WATER)
WOODyWETSWAMP tree/shrub over wetland herbs Salix, Acer, Nyssa, Taxodium, Thuja; Cephelanthus
MIRE : BOG/FEN sphagnum/graminoid + dwarfshrub Sphagnum, Carex, Ledum, Eriophorum; Rhus, Picea
MARSHWETLAND graminoid/herb +/- shrub/tree Spartina, Juncus, Scirpus, Salicornia; Hibiscus
MANGROVE swamp forest/scrub, tidal flat Rhizophora, Avicenna, Hibiscus
LANDWATeRSHoRE lake/wetland * marginal plants plankton; Scirpus, Typha, Cyperus
LaNDWATeR [IVER] alluvial mix, river, plants Ambrosia; Salix, Populus, Acer, Ulmus, Platanus
CROP-WATERMIX crop + coast/river/pond/wetland Calamogrostis, Phragmites +crop, pasture
Hater Bodies “MARITIME
WATERINLAND plankton+/-emergents “seasonal blooms
WATER (SEA?) plankton+/- kelp, reefs “year-round growth */-ice
