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NATURAL HERITAGE

The Natural Communities of Virginia
Classification of Ecological Community Groups
SECOND APPROXIMATION (Version 2.2)


 

PALUSTRINE SYSTEM

Alluvial Floodplain Communities

Non-Alluvial Wetlands of the Mountains

Non-Alluvial Wetlands of the Coastal Plain & Piedmont

Saturated Peatlands of the Coastal Plain

Non-Tidal Maritime Wetlands

photo of aquatic vegetation (c) Gary P. Fleming
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Table of Contents

Introduction

Overview of VA Physiography & Vegetation

Glossary

Literature

Format of Descriptions

Terrestrial System

Palustrine System
   - Alluvial Floodplain Communities
   - Non-Alluvial Wetlands of the Mountains
   - Non-Alluvial Wetlands of the Coastal Plain & Piedmont
   - Saturated Peatlands of the Coastal Plain
   - Non-Tidal Maritime Wetlands

Riverine System

Estuarine System

Marine System