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System Summaries & NPC Factsheets

  • Upland Forests and Woodlands
  • Wetland Forests
  • Upland Grasslands, Shrublands, and Sparse Vegetation
  • Wetland Grasslands, Shrublands, and Marshes

Ecological System Summaries and Class Factsheets – Wetland Forests

 

Floodplain Forest System Summaries→LMFEBFPPA/TAP
Class Fact Sheets

FFn57 Northern Terrace Forest

FFn67 Northern Floodplain Forest

FFs59 Southern Terrace Forest

FFs68 Southern Floodplain Forest

 

Wet Forest System Summaries→LMFEBFPPA/TAP
Class Fact Sheets

WFn53 Northern Wet Cedar Forest

WFn55 Northern Wet Ash Swamp

WFn64 Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp

WFs55 Southern Wet Aspen Forest

WFs57 Southern Wet Ash Swamp

WFw54 Northwestern Wet Aspen Forest

 

Forested Rich Peatland System Summaries→LMFEBFPPA/TAP
Class Fact Sheets

FPn62 Northern Rich Spruce Swamp (Basin)

FPn63 Northern Cedar Swamp

FPn71 Northern Rich Spruce Swamp (Water Track)

FPn72 Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastern Basin)

FPn81 Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Water track)

FPn82 Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Western Basin)

FPs63 Southern Rich Conifer Swamp

FPw63 Northwestern Rich Conifer Swamp

 

Acid Peatland System Summaries→LMFEBFPPA/TAP
Class Fact Sheets

APn80 Northern Spruce Bog

APn81 Northern Poor Conifer Swamp

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