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Attribute Data Dictionary Name Description ZONE 1 - Northern Cascades 2 - Oregon Coastal Range 3 - Northern California Coastal Range 4 - Southern California Coastal Range 5 - California Central Valley 6 - Sierra Nevada Mountain Range 7 - Cascade Mountain Range 8 - Grande Coulee Basin of the Columbia Plateau 9 - Blue Mountain Region of the Columbia Plateau 10 - Northwestern Rocky Mountains 12 - Western Great Basin 13 - Death Valley Basin 14 - Sonoran Desert 15 - Mogollon Rim 16 - Utah High Plateaus 17 - Eastern Great Basin 18 - Snake River Plain 19 - Northern Rocky Mountains 20 - Missouri River Plateau 21 - Middle Rocky Mountains 22 - Wyoming Basin 23 - Colorado Plateau 24 - Navajo Plateau 25 - Rio Grande Basin 26 - Chihuahuan Desert 27 - Great Plains Tablelands 28 - Southern Rocky Mountains 29 - Wyoming Highlands 30 - Northwestern Great Plains 31 - Sandhills 32 - Southeastern Great Plains 33 - Western Great Plains 34 - Southern Great Plains 35 - Edwards Plateau 36 - Western Gulf Plains 37 - Ouachita Hills 38 - Eastern Great Plains 39 - Prairie Coteau Lands 40 - Northern Great Plains 41 - Northern Lake Country 42 - Western Till Plains 43 - Till Plains 44 - Ozark Highlands 45 - Mississippi Alluvial Plains 46 - Gulf Plains 47 - Appalachia Bluegrass Hills 48 - Cumberland Highlands 49 - Central Till Plains 50 - Central Great Lakes Uplands 51 - Great Lakes Plains 52 - Eastern Till Plains 53 - Appalachia 54 - Southern Piedmont 55 - Southeastern Coastal Plain 56 - Floridian Coastal Plain 57 - Southern Appalachia 58 - Eastern Coastal Plain 59 - Northeastern Piedmont 60 - Chesapeake Bay 61 - Northern Appalachia 62 - Allegheny Plateau 63 - Finger Lakes 64 - Northeastern Highlands 65 - Connecticut River Basin and Highlands 66 - The North Woods 98 - Mississippi Delta 99 - Coastal Gulf Plains DIST_CAT Chemical, Fire, Mechanical Add and Mechanical Remove SEV_CAT Severity Category; Low, Moderate, High TSD_CAT Time Since Disturbance Category; 1 year, 2-5 years and 6-10 years LF_2001 2001 Lifeform; Agriculture, Developed, Herb, Shrub, Tree and Woodland EVT_2001 2001 Existing Vegetation Type Abies concolor Forest Alliance Abies grandis Forest Acadian Low-Elevation Hardwood Forest Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir Forest Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Acadian-Appalachian Montane Spruce-Fir Forest Acadian-Appalachian Subalpine Woodland Alabama Ketona Glade and Woodland Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Appalachian Hemlock Forest Appalachian Hemlock-Northern Hardwood Forest Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Appalachian Shale Barrens Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Wetland Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin and Canebrake Woodland Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp-Pocosin-Baygall Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Boreal Acidic Peatland Forest Boreal Aspen-Birch Forest Boreal Hardwood Forest Boreal Jack Pine-Black Spruce Forest Boreal White Spruce-Fir Forest Boreal White Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest California Central Valley Mixed Oak Savanna California Central Valley Riparian Forest and Woodland California Coastal Closed-Cone Conifer Forest and Woodland California Coastal Live Oak Woodland and Savanna California Coastal Redwood Forest California Lower Montane Blue Oak Forest and Woodland California Lower Montane Blue Oak-Foothill Pine Forest and Woodland California Lower Montane Foothill Pine Woodland and Savanna California Montane Jeffrey Pine(-Ponderosa Pine) Woodland California Montane Riparian Systems Caribbean Coastal Wetland Systems Caribbean Forested Swamp Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Central and Southern California Mixed Evergreen Woodland Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Central Appalachian Dry Oak Forest Central Appalachian Dry Oak-Pine Forest Central Appalachian Dry Pine Forest Central Appalachian Rocky Oak Woodland Central Appalachian Rocky Pine Woodland Central Appalachian Rocky Pine-Oak Woodland Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Forest Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Forest Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Forest Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Woodland Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Coastal Douglas-fir Woodland Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Columbia Plateau Western Juniper Woodland and Savanna Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Douglas-fir - Oregon White Oak Woodland Dry-mesic Montane Douglas-fir Forest Dry-mesic Montane Western Larch Forest East Cascades Mesic Montane Mixed-Conifer Forest and Woodland East Cascades Oak - Ponderosa Pine Forest and Woodland East Cascades Oak Forest and Woodland East Cascades Ponderosa Pine Forest and Woodland East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Oak Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Slope Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Hardwood Flatwoods East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly Flatwoods East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Eastern Boreal Floodplain Woodland Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Woodland Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Forest and Woodland Eastern Serpentine Woodland Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland Edwards Plateau Limestone Woodland Edwards Plateau Mesic Canyon Edwards Plateau Riparian Woodland Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Shrubland Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Herbaceous Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Great Lakes Wooded Dune and Swale Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Floodplain Forest Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Stream Riparian Woodland Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems Inter-Mountain Basins Aspen-Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Inter-Mountain Basins Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany Woodland Inter-Mountain Basins Juniper Savanna Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Riparian Forest and Woodland Inter-Mountain Basins Subalpine Limber-Bristlecone Pine Woodland Introduced Forest Wetland Introduced Riparian Forest and Woodland Introduced Upland Vegetation-Treed Introduced Wetland Vegetation-Tree Juniperus occidentalis Wooded Herbaceous Alliance Juniperus occidentalis Woodland Alliance Klamath-Siskiyou Lower Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland Klamath-Siskiyou Upper Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland Klamath-Siskiyou Xeromorphic Serpentine Savanna and Chaparral Laurentian Oak Barrens Laurentian Pine Barrens Laurentian Pine-Oak Barrens Laurentian-Acadian Alkaline Conifer-Hardwood Swamp Forest Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Forest Laurentian-Acadian Forested Wetlands Laurentian-Acadian Hardwood Forest Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest Laurentian-Acadian Northern Oak Forest Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine Forest Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine-Oak Forest Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock Forest Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Laurentian-Acadian Swamp Woodland Llano Uplift Acidic Forest and Woodland Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Madrean Encinal Madrean Juniper Savanna Madrean Lower Montane Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Madrean Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Madrean Upper Montane Conifer-Oak Forest and Woodland Managed Tree Plantation-Northern and Central Hardwood and Conifer Plantation Group Managed Tree Plantation-Southeast Conifer and Hardwood Plantation Group Mediterranean California Dry-Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Mediterranean California Lower Montane Black Oak - Conifer Forest and Woodland Mediterranean California Lower Montane Black Oak Forest and Woodland Mediterranean California Lower Montane Conifer Forest and Woodland Mediterranean California Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Mediterranean California Mesic Serpentine Woodland and Chaparral Mediterranean California Mixed Evergreen Forest Mediterranean California Mixed Oak Woodland Mediterranean California Red Fir Forest Mediterranean California Subalpine Woodland Mesic Montane Douglas-fir Forest Mesic Montane Western Larch Forest Middle Rocky Mountain Montane Douglas-fir Forest and Woodland Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Mixed Loblolly-Slash Pine Nashville Basin Limestone Glade and Woodland North American Warm Desert Riparian Forest and Woodland North Pacific Broadleaf Landslide Forest and Shrubland North Pacific Dry Douglas-fir(-Madrone) Forest and Woodland North Pacific Dry-Mesic Silver Fir-Western Hemlock-Douglas-fir Forest North Pacific Hyper-maritime Seasonal Sitka Spruce Forest North Pacific Hyper-maritime Western Red-cedar-Western Hemlock
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