FWS - NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY - CONDENSED MAP LEGEND 



SvstffB and subsvstea 



P - Palustrine No Subsystem 



R - Riverine 



L - Lacustrine 



1 - Tidal 



2 - Lower perennial 



3 - Opper perennial 



4 - Intermittent 



1 - Limnetic (deep) 



2 - Littoral (shallow) 



Wat-gr Reoj ip Modifiers 



A - Temporarily flooded 



B - Saturated 



C - Seasonally flooded 



F - Semipermanently flooded 



G - Intermittently exposed 



H - Permanently flooded 



J - Intermittently flooded 



Em - Emer9ent 



SS - Scrub/ Shnib 



FO - Forested 



AB - Aquatic Bed 



HL - Moss/Lichen 



US - Unconsolidated Shore 



RB - Rock Bottom 



UB - Unconsolidated Bottom 



OW - Open Water 



Sp*>riiil Modifiers 



b - Beaver 



d - Partially Drained /Ditched 



f - Farmed 



h - Diked /Impounded 



r - Artificial 



s - Spoil 



X - Excavated 



Examples: PEMA 

 PEMCd 



L2ABF 



No Ditch 



Ditch installed 

 prior to 12/23/85 



Ditch installed 

 priot to 12/23/85 



Ditch installed 

 since 12/23/85 



p - Palustrine; EM - emergent; A - Temporarily flooded. 



P - Palustrine; EM - emergent; C - seasonally flooded; 

 d - partially drained/ditched 



L - Lacustrine; 2 - Littoral; AB - aquatic bed; 

 F - semipermanently flooded. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



POTHOLES & PONDED WETLANDS 

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Note: Before potholes 



can become PC, 

 they must no 

 longer meet 

 wetland 



criteria--soils 

 and plants. 



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