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System 



Marine 



Subsystem 



Subtidal 



Estuarine 



Intertidal 



Subtidal 



Intertidal 



Riverine 



Tidal 



Lower Perennial 



Upper Perennial 



Intermittent 



Lacustrine 



Limnetic 



Littoral- 



— Palustrine 



Class 



Rock Bottom 

 Unconsolidated Bottom 

 Aquatic Bed 

 Reef 



Aquatic Bed 

 Reef 



Rocky Shore 

 Unconsolidated Shore 



Rock Bottom 

 Unconsolidated Bottom 

 Aquatic Bed 

 Reef 



Aquatic Bed 

 Reef 



Streambed 

 Rocky Shore 

 Unconsolidated Shore 

 Emergent Wetland 

 Scrub-Shrub Wetland 

 Forested Wetland 



Rock Bottom 



■ Unconsolidated Bottom 

 Aquatic Bed 



■ Streambed 

 Rocky Shore 



■ Unconsolidated Shore 



■ Emergent Wetland 



■ Rock Bottom 



■ Unconsolidated Bottom 



■ Aquatic Bed 



• Rocky Shore 



• Unconsolidated Shore 



■ Emergent Wetland 



■ Rock Bottom 



• Unconsolidated Bottom. 



- Aquatic Bed 



- Rocky Shore 



■ Unconsolidated Shore 



- Streambed 



- Rock Bottom 



- Unconsolidated Bottom 



■ Aquatic Bed 



- Rock Bottom 



- Unconsolidated Bottom 



- Aquatic Bed 



- Rocky Shore 



- Unconsolidated Shore 



- Emergent Wetland 



■ Rock Bottom 



■ Unconsolidated Bottom 



- Aquatic Bed 



- Unconsolidated Shore 



- Moss-Lichen Wetland 



- Emergent Wetland 



- Scrub-Shrub Wetland 



- Forested Wetland 



Classification hierarchy of wetlands and deepwater habitats, showing Systems, Subsystems, and Classes. The Palustrine 

 System does not include deepwater habitats. 



