System 



1 — Marine 



— Estuarine 



Subsystem 



Subtidal 



Intertidal 



Subtidal 



Intertidal 



Class 



— Rock Bottom 



— Unconsolidated Bottom 



— Aquatic Bed 

 ' — Reef 



I — 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 



Riverine 



Tidal 



Lower Perennial 



Upper Perennial 



Intermittent ■ 



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 



Lacustrine 



Limnetic ■ 



Littoral- 



I — Palustrine 



ERock Bottom 

 Unconsolidated Bottom 

 Aquatic Bed 



Rock Bottom 

 Unconsolidated Bottom 

 Aquatic Bed 

 Rocky Shore 

 Unconsolidated Shore 

 ' — Emergent Wetland 



I — 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. 



