Table 2. C-CAP Coastal Land Cover Classification System (Modified from Klemas et al., 1993)

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1.0 Upland
 
 1.1 Developed Land
 
 1.11 High Intensity
 1.12 Low Intensity
 
 1.2 Cultivated Land
 
1.21 Orchards/Groves/Nurseries
1.22 Vines/Bushes
1.23  Cropland
 
1.3 Grassland
 
1.31 Unmanaged
1.32 Managed
 
 1.4 Woody Land
 
1.41 Deciduous
1.411 Forest
1.412 Scrub/Shrub
1.42 Evergreen
1.421 Forest
1.422 Scrub/Shrub
1.43 Mixed
1.431 Forest
1.432 Scrub/Shrub
 
 1.5 Bare Land
 
1.6 Tundra
 
1.7 Snow/Ice
 
1.71 Perennial Snow/Ice
1.72 Glaciers
 
2.0 Wetland 
 
(Excludes Bottoms, Reefs, Nonpersistent Emergent Wetlands, and Aquatic Beds, all of which are covered under 3.0, Water and Submerged Land.)
 
 2.1 Marine/Estuarine Rocky Shore
 
2.11 Bedrock
2.12 Rubble
 
2.2 Marine/Estuarine Unconsolidated Shore (Beach, Flat, Bar)
 
2.21 Cobble-gravel
2.22 Sand
2.23 Mud/Organic
 
2.3 Estuarine Emergent Wetland
 
2.31 Haline (Salt Marsh)
2.32 Mixohaline (Brackish Marsh)
 
2.4 Estuarine Woody Wetland
 
2.41 Deciduous
2.411 Forest
2.412 Scrub/Shrub
2.413 Dead
2.42 Evergreen
2.421 Forest
2.422 Scrub/Shrub
2.423 Dead
2.43 Mixed
2.431 Forest
2.432 Scrub/Shrub
2.433 Dead
 
2.5 Riverine Unconsolidated Shore (Beach, Flat, Bar)
 
2.51 Cobble-gravel
2.52 Sand
2.53 Mud/Organic
 
2.6 Lacustrine Unconsolidated Shore (Beach, Flat, Bar)
 
2.61 Cobble-gravel
2.62 Sand
2.63 Mud/Organic
 
2.7 Palustrine Unconsolidated Shore (Beach, Flat, Bar)
 
2.71 Cobble-gravel
2.72 Sand
2.73 Mud/Organic
 
2.8 Palustrine Emergent Wetland (Persistent)
 
2.9 Palustrine Woody Wetland
 
2.91 Deciduous
2.911  Forest
2.912 Scrub/Shrub
2.913 Dead
2.92 Evergreen
2.921 Forest
2.922 Scrub/Shrub
2.923 Dead
2.93 Mixed
2.931 Forest
2.932 Scrub/Shrub
2.933 Dead
 
3.0 Water and Submerged Land 
 
(Includes deepwater habitats and those wetlands with surface water but lacking trees, shrubs, and persistent emergents)
 
3.1 Water (Bottoms and undetectable reefs, aquatic beds or nonpersistent emergent Wetlands)
 
3.11 Marine/Estuarine
3.12  Riverine
3.13 Lacustrine (Basin > 20 acres)
3.14 Palustrine (Basin < 20 acres)
 
3.2 Marine/Estuarine Reef
 
3.3 Marine/Estuarine Aquatic Bed
 
3.31 Algal (e.g., kelp)
3.32  Rooted Vascular (e.g., seagrass)
3.321 High Salinity (> 5 ppt; Mesohaline, Polyhaline, Euhaline, Hyperhaline)
3.322 Low Salinity (< 5 ppt; Oligohaline, Fresh)
 
3.4 Riverine Aquatic Bed
 
3.41  Rooted Vascular/Algal/Aquatic Moss
3.42  Floating Vascular
 
3.5 Lacustrine Aquatic Bed (Basin > 20 acres)
 
3.51 Rooted Vascular/Algal/Aquatic Moss
3.52 Floating Vascular
 
3.6 Palustrine Aquatic Bed (Basin < 20 acres)
 
3.61 Rooted Vascular/Algal/Aquatic Moss
3.62 Floating Vascular