FIELD-NAME2 = group FIELD-CHAR2 = c-50-50 FIELD-DESC2 = A numeric code that consolidates the classification types into 38 groups. The number itself has no significance; its purpose is only to assist the user in selecting certain groups of classes. FIELD-DOM2 = 1 - 38 inclusive FIELD-ASSC2 = see explanation below
FIELD-NAME3 = grouptwo FIELD-CHAR3 = c-50-50 FIELD-DESC3 = A three to five letter code that further consolidates the classification types into 20 groups. To assist the user in shading polygons for map production. FIELD-DOM3 = text FIELD-ASSC3 = see explanation below
FIELD-NAME4 = acres FIELD-CHAR4 = n-10-10 FIELD-DESC4 = acreage calculation of the wetland polygons. FIELD-DOM4 = numbers
"CODE"
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (Cowardin, et. al., 1979)
Example: E2EM1Pd6 is Estuarine Intertidal Emergent Persistent Ditched Brackish
The first character is the System: E = Estuarine M = Marine
The second number is the Sub System:
1 = Subtidal 2 = Intertidal
The third and fourth characters comprise the Class:
AB = Aquatic Bed UB = Unconsolidated Bottom EM = Emergent RF = Reef RS = Rocky Shore SS = Scrub-shrub US = Unconsolidated Shore SB = Streambed
The fifth number is the Sub-Class:
AB1 = Aquatic Bed, Algal AB3 = Aquatic Bed, Rooted Vascular AB4 = Aquatic Bed, Floating Vascular UB = Has no subclasses EM1 = Emergent, Persistent EM5 = Emergent, Phragmites australis RF2 = Reef, Mollusc RS1 = Rocky Shore, Bedrock RS2 = Rocky Shore, Rubble SS1 = Scrub Shrub, Broad Leaved Deciduous US1 = Unconsolidated Shore, Cobble-Gravel US2 = Unconsolidated Shore, Sand US3 = Unconsolidated Shore, Mud