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EA:  VEGETATION_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1508
Concept definition: The type of <VEGETATION>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [FACC, Annex B: VEG]
Supplemental references:  
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references ▾
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE AGRI_SCATTERED_FORESTS <CROP_LAND> is the predominant <VEGETATION> with 25 percent to 50 percent of the <REGION> covered with scattered <FOREST>s or rows of <TREE>s; agriculture scattered forests. 1 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:5]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE AGRI_SCATTERED_TREES <CROP_LAND> is the predominant <VEGETATION> with 25 percent to 50 percent of the <REGION> covered with scattered <TREE>s or rows of <TREE>s; agriculture scattered trees. 2 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:57]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE ALPINE_TUNDRA Alpine <TUNDRA>. 4 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:65]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE BAMBOO <BAMBOO>. 8      
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE BLACK_SPRUCE A small spruce <TREE> of boggy tracts of north-eastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage and having blue-green needles and small egg-shaped cones; black spruce [AHD, "black spruce"]. 11  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE BOG <BOG>. 12      
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE BRUSH_LAND_MEDIUM_TO-
_DENSE		 <BRUSH_LAND> where the <PLANT> density covers from 50 to 100 percent of the <LAND>; brush land medium to dense. 13 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:54]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE BRUSH_LAND_OPEN_TO_MEDIUM <BRUSH_LAND> where the <PLANT> density covers from 5 to 50 percent of the <LAND>; brush land open to medium. 14 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:53]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE DECIDUOUS_UNSPECIFIED Unspecified deciduous <VEGETATION>. 23 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:24]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE DRY_CROPS Crops grown in moist or dry conditions that are generally free of other <VEGETATION> (except near <FENCE>s or <HEDGEROW>s), such as grains, tubers, legumes, and vegetables; dry crops. 24 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:1]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE EVERGREEN_UNSPECIFIED Unspecified evergreen <VEGETATION>. 27 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:25]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE FOREST_CLEARING Forest clearing. 30 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:52]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE GRASS <GRASS>. 32      
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE GRASSLAND <GRASSLAND>. 33      
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE GRASSLAND_SCATTERED-
_TREES		 <<<GRASSLAND>>> with scattered <TREE>s. 34 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:9]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE MARSH <MARSH>. 46      
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE MIXED_CROPS A mixture of arable crops. 47 PR [S57A, Attribute, CATVEG:10]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE MIXED_DECIDUOUS In addition to broadleaf deciduous <TREE>s, also includes deciduous conifers (for example: Dawn, Redwood, and Larch species); mixed deciduous. 48 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:49]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE MIXED_TREES Contains both evergreen coniferous and deciduous <TREE>s in proportions varying between 40 and 60 percent; mixed trees. 49 IR [FACC, Annex B, VEG:50]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VEGETATION_TYPE MOUNTAIN_BIRCH Betula pubescens, subspecies Czerepanovii; mountain birch. 51 IR [SMMB]  
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