Table A-4 — Key to the Vegetation Element of the Land Classification Framework — 

 Class: Dwarf-Shrubland' — Continued 



Class: Dwarf-Shrubland 



Subclass 



Group 



Formation 



Mossy bog with dwarf-shrubs 

 (substrate of Sphagnum 

 or other mosses which 

 cover the surface as well; 

 specific examples to be 

 determined) 



1. Raised bog dwarf-shrubland a. Typical raised bog dwarf 



shrubland (suboceanic, 

 lowland and submontane) 



b. Montane (or "subalpine") 



raised bog dwarf-shrubland 



c. Subcontinental dwarf shrub- 



land wooded bog 



Nonraised bog dwarf- 

 shrubland 



a. Blanket bog dwarf-shrubland 



(oceanic lowland, submon- 

 tane or montane) 



b. String bog dwarf-shrubland 



The key to the vegetation element is patterned after UNESCO 1973. The key contains a few examples of known communities in the 

 United States. 



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