Proposed Natural Community Organization

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HARDWOOD FORESTED UPLANDS

• Slope Forest
  
• Upland Hardwood Forest
  
• Dry Upland Hardwood Forest
• Mesic Hammock
  
• Evergreen Levee Hammock
• Prairie Mesic Hammock
• Rockland Hammock
  
• Thorn Scrub
• Xeric Hammock
  

HIGH PINE and SCRUB

• Upland Mixed Woodland
  
• Upland Pine
  
• Sandhill
  
• Scrub
  
• Oak Scrub
• Rosemary Scrub
• Sand Pine Scrub

PINE FLATWOODS and DRY PRAIRIE

• Wet Flatwoods
  
• Cutthroat Grass Flatwoods
• Cabbage Palm Flatwoods
• Mesic Flatwoods
  
• Scrubby Flatwoods
  
• Pine Rockland
  
• Dry Prairie
  

COASTAL UPLANDS

• Beach Dune
  
• Coastal Berm
  
• Coastal Grassland
  
• Coastal Strand
  
• Maritime Hammock
  
• Shell Mound
  

SINKHOLES and OUTCROP COMMUNITIES

• Upland Glade
  
• Sinkhole
  
• Limestone Outcrop
  
• Keys Cactus Barren
  

FRESHWATER NON-FORESTED WETLANDS

• Prairies and Bogs
  
• Wet Prairie/Seepage Slope
  
• Wiregrass Savanna
• Cutthroat Seep
• Calcareous Wet Prairie
• Marl Prairie
  
• Shrub Bog
  
• Marshes
  
• Depression Marsh
  
• Basin Marsh
  
• Disappearing Lake
• Coastal Interdunal Swale
  
• Floodplain Marsh
  
• Freshwater Tidal Marsh
• Slough Marsh
  
• Glades Marsh
  
• Slough
  
• Pond Apple Slough

FRESHWATER FORESTED WETLANDS

• Cypress/Tupelo
  
• Dome Swamp
  
• Gum Pond
• Stringer Swamp
• Basin Swamp
  
• Strand Swamp
  
• Floodplain Swamp
  
• Freshwater Tidal Swamp
• Hardwood
  
• Baygall
  
• Bay Swamp
• South Florida Bayhead
• Hydric Hammock
  
• Coastal Hydric Hammock
• Prairie Hydric Hammock
• Bottomland Forest
  
• Alluvial Forest
  

MARINE AND ESTUARINE VEGETATED WETLANDS (intertidal and supratidal)

• Tidal Marsh
  
• Tidal Marsh Barren
• Tidal Swamp
  
• Keys Tidal Rock Barren
  

PONDS AND LAKES (LACUSTRINE)

• *Clastic Upland Lake
• *Coastal Dune Lake
• *Coastal Rockland Lake
• *Flatwoods/Prairie/Marsh Lake
• *River Floodplain Lake
• *Swamp Lake
• *Sandhill Upland Lake
• *Sinkhole Lake

RIVERS AND STREAMS (RIVERINE)

• *Alluvial Stream
• *Blackwater Stream
• *Seepage Stream
• *Spring-run Stream

SUBTERRANEAN

• *Aquatic Cave
• *Terrestrial Cave

MARINE AND ESTUARINE

• Mineral Based
  
• *Consolidated Substrate
• *Unconsolidated Substrate
• Faunal Based
  
• *Coral Reef
• *Mollusk Reef
• *Octocoral Reef
• *Sponge Bed
• *Worm Reef
• Floral Based (mainly subtidal)
  
• *Algal Bed
• *Seagrass Bed
• Composite Substrate
  
• *Composite Substrate

*Not included in the 2009 update. See 1990 Guide for descriptions.