NHESP Natural Communities
Dichotomous Key
Terrestrial
,
Palustrine
,
Estuarine
Terrestrial:
Black Oak - Scarlet Oak Woodland
Chestnut Oak Forest/Woodland
Coastal Forest/Woodland
Cultural Grassland
Dry, Rich Oak Forest/Woodland
Forest Seep Community
Hemlock Forest
Maritime Beach Strand Community
Maritime Dune Community
Maritime Erosional Cliff Community
Maritime Forest/Woodland
Maritime Juniper Woodland/Shrubland
Maritime Pitch Pine Woodland on Dunes
Maritime Rock Cliff Community
Maritime Shrubland
Mixed Oak Forest/Woodland
Northern Hardwoods - Hemlock - White Pine Forest
Oak - Hemlock - White Pine Forest
Oak - Hickory Forest
Pitch Pine - Oak Forest/Woodland
Pitch Pine - Scrub Oak Community
Red Oak - Sugar Maple Transition Forest
Sandplain Grassland
Sandplain Heathland
Sandplain Heathland - Inland Variant
Scrub Oak Shrubland
Successional White Pine Forest
Sugar Maple - Oak - Hickory Forest
White Pine - Oak Forest
Palustrine:
Acidic Graminoid Fen
Acidic Pondshore/Lakeshore Community
Acidic Pondshore/Lakeshore Community
Acidic Shrub Fen
Alluvial Atlantic White Cedar Swamp
Alluvial Red Maple Swamp
Atlantic White Cedar Bog
Coastal Atlantic White Cedar Swamp
Coastal Plain Pondshore Community
Deep Emergent Marsh
Highbush Blueberry Thicket
Interdunal Marsh/Swale
Kettlehole Level Bog
Kettlehole Wet Meadow
Level Bog
Low-energy Riverbank Community
Red Maple - Black Gum Swamp
Red Maple Swamp
Sea-level Fen
Shallow Emergent Marsh
Shrub Swamp
Small-river Floodplain Forest
Wet Meadow
Estuarine:
Brackish Tidal Marsh
Coastal Salt Pond Community
Fresh/Brackish Tidal Shrubland
Fresh/Brackish Tidal Swamp
Freshwater Tidal Marsh
Marine Intertidal Rocky Shore Community
Salt Marsh
Seagrass Community