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

 Class: Forest 1 — Continued 



Class: Forest Subclass Group Formation 



C. Extremely xeromorphic forest 1. Sclerophy Nous dominated 

 (not represented in U.S.) forest 



2. Thorn-forest a. Mixed deciduous-evergreen 



thorn forest 

 b. Purely deciduous thorn forest 



3. Mainly succulent forest 



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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