FWS/OBS-79/31 

 December 1979 



CLASSIFICATION OF WETLANDS AND DEEPWATER 

 HABITATS OF THE UNITED STATES 



By 



Lewis M. Cowardin 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center ^$ 



Jamestown, North Dakota 58401 fjli. WV/UIYILIH ■ 



v r t iw LIBRARY 



Virginia Carter 



u.s. Geological Survey V Woods Hole Oceanographic 



Reston, Virginia 22092 \^ 



Francis C. Golet 



Department of Natural Resources Science 



University of Rhode Island 



Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 



and 



Edward T. LaRoe 



U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration 



Office of Coastal Zone Management 



Washington, D.C. 20235 



l'Vl= pj Performed for 



f^^S □ Office of Biological Services 



Ij ==== □ Fish and Wildlife Service 



«§^^= _ U.S. Department of the Interior 



^S O Washington, D.C. 20240 



For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office 

 Washington, D.C. 20402 



