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Appendix 1: List of TRCA Vegetation Communities (2014 scores)

Tot. Localarea Local Geophy. Total Rank# ha Occur. Requir. Score Nov-14

ForestFOC1-2 Dry-Fresh White Pine (- Red Pine) Coniferous Forest 19.7 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOC1-a Dry-Fresh Scots Pine Coniferous Forest 2.9 4.0 0.0 4.0 L+FOC2-2 Dry-Fresh White Cedar Coniferous Forest 137.4 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4FOC3-1 Fresh-Moist Hemlock Coniferous Forest 84.2 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4FOC3-A Fresh-Moist Hemlock - White Pine Coniferous Forest 80.5 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3FOC4-1 Fresh-Moist White Cedar Coniferous Forest 699.2 1.5 2.0 3.5 L4FOC4-2 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Hemlock Coniferous Forest 112.4 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4FOC4-3 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Balsam Fir Coniferous Forest 2.4 4.5 2.0 6.5 L2FOC4-A Fresh-Moist White Cedar - White Pine Coniferous Forest 62.0 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4FOM2-1 Dry-Fresh White Pine - Oak Mixed Forest 26.7 3.5 4.0 7.5 L2FOM2-2 Dry-Fresh White Pine - Sugar Maple Mixed Forest 75.4 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4FOM2-A Dry-Fresh White Pine - Hardwood Mixed Forest 89.5 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4FOM3-1 Dry-Fresh Hardwood Hemlock Mixed Forest 75.2 2.5 3.0 5.5 L3FOM3-2 Dry-Fresh Hemlock - Sugar Maple Mixed Forest 215.4 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4FOM3-A Dry-Fresh Hemlock - Manitoba Maple Mixed Forest 1.0 4.5 0.0 4.5 L4FOM4-1 Dry-Fresh White Cedar - Paper Birch Mixed Forest 17.0 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOM4-2 Dry-Fresh White Cedar - Poplar Mixed Forest 34.6 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4FOM4-A Dry-Fresh White Cedar - Hardwood Mixed Forest 41.8 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4FOM5-1 Dry-Fresh Paper Birch Mixed Forest 54.4 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3FOM5-2 Dry-Fresh Poplar Mixed Forest 19.3 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOM6-1 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Hemlock Mixed Forest 750.6 1.5 2.0 3.5 L4FOM6-2 Fresh-Moist Hemlock - Hardwood Mixed Forest 186.0 2.5 3.0 5.5 L3FOM7-1 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Sugar Maple Mixed Forest 143.5 2.0 2.0 4.0 L4FOM7-2 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Hardwood Mixed Forest 535.6 1.5 2.0 3.5 L4FOM8-1 Fresh-Moist Poplar Mixed Forest 28.1 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3FOM8-2 Fresh-Moist Paper Birch Mixed Forest 31.1 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOM8-A Fresh-Moist Poplar - White Birch Coastal Mixed Forest 1.6 4.5 2.0 6.5 L2FOM8-B Fresh-Moist Hardwood Mixed Forest 21.9 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOMA-A Fresh-Moist White Pine - Sugar Maple Mixed Forest 12.6 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOMA-B Fresh-Moist White Pine - Hawthorn Mixed Forest 1.4 4.5 0.0 4.5 L4FOD1-1 Dry-Fresh Red Oak Deciduous Forest 24.8 3.5 4.0 7.5 L2

ELC CodeScoresVegetation Type

(* indicates present as inclusion and/or complex only)





FOD1-2 Dry-Fresh White Oak Deciduous Forest 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 L2FOD1-3 Dry-Fresh Black Oak Deciduous Forest 0.0 4.5 4.0 8.5 L1FOD1-4 Dry-Fresh Mixed Oak Deciduous Forest 6.8 3.5 4.0 7.5 L2FOD2-1 Dry-Fresh Oak - Red Maple Deciduous Forest 13.3 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOD2-2 Dry-Fresh Oak - Hickory Deciduous Forest 4.7 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOD2-3 Dry-Fresh Hickory Deciduous Forest 2.3 4.0 1.0 5.0 L3FOD2-4 Dry-Fresh Oak - Hardwood Deciduous Forest 107.2 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4FOD3-1 Dry-Fresh Poplar Deciduous Forest 158.1 2.0 2.0 4.0 L4FOD3-2 Dry-Fresh Paper Birch Deciduous Forest 105.5 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4FOD4-1 Dry-Fresh Beech Deciduous Forest 37.7 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4FOD4-2 Dry-Fresh White Ash Deciduous Forest 86.1 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5FOD4-A Dry-Fresh Ironwood Deciduous Forest 11.2 3.5 1.0 4.5 L4FOD4-b Dry-Fresh Manitoba Maple Deciduous Forest 55.9 2.5 0.0 2.5 L+FOD4-d Dry-Fresh Norway Maple Deciduous Forest 30.1 3.5 0.0 3.5 L+FOD4-e Dry-Fresh Exotic Deciduous Forest 60.1 2.5 0.0 2.5 L+FOD4-F Dry-Fresh Black Cherry Deciduous Forest 9.2 3.0 0.0 3.0 L4FOD4-G Dry-Fresh Basswood Deciduous Forest 13.6 3.0 0.0 3.0 L4FOD4-H Dry-Fresh Hawthorn - Apple Deciduous Forest 108.8 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5FOD4-I Dry-Fresh Red Maple Deciduous Forest 9.2 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOD4-J Dry-Fresh Pin Cherry Deciduous Forest 0.7 4.5 1.0 5.5 L3FOD5-1 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest 1246.8 1.0 0.0 1.0 L5FOD5-2 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Beech Deciduous Forest 800.8 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5FOD5-3 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Oak Deciduous Forest 460.9 1.5 2.0 3.5 L4FOD5-4 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Ironwood Deciduous Forest 72.0 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5FOD5-5 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Hickory Deciduous Forest 30.0 3.5 1.0 4.5 L4FOD5-6 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Basswood Deciduous Forest 73.1 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5FOD5-7 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Black Cherry Deciduous Forest 122.9 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5FOD5-8 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - White Ash Deciduous Forest 512.1 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5FOD5-9 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Red Maple Deciduous Forest 8.9 3.5 0.0 3.5 L4FOD5-10 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Paper Birch - Poplar Deciduous Forest 139.6 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4FOD5-A Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Hawthorn Deciduous Forest 4.7 3.5 0.0 3.5 L4FOD5-b Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Norway Maple Deciduous Forest 11.3 3.5 0.0 3.5 L4

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FOD6-1 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Ash Deciduous Forest 188.2 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5FOD6-2 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Black Maple Deciduous Forest 57.3 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4FOD6-3 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Yellow Birch Deciduous Forest 14.0 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOD6-4 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - White Elm Deciduous Forest 33.1 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4FOD6-5 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Hardwood Deciduous Forest 563.2 1.0 0.0 1.0 L5FOD7-1 Fresh-Moist White Elm Lowland Deciduous Forest 124.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 L4FOD7-2 Fresh-Moist Ash Deciduous Forest 351.9 1.0 1.0 2.0 L5FOD7-3 Fresh-Moist Willow Lowland Deciduous Forest 342.9 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5FOD7-4 Fresh-Moist Black Walnut Lowland Deciduous Forest 53.5 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4FOD7-5 Fresh-Moist Black Maple Lowland Deciduous Forest 18.6 3.5 1.0 4.5 L4FOD7-a Fresh-Moist Manitoba Maple Lowland Deciduous Forest 567.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5FOD7-b Fresh-Moist Norway Maple Deciduous Forest 25.2 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+FOD7-c Fresh-Moist Exotic Lowland Deciduous Forest 61.6 2.0 0.0 2.0 L+FOD7-D Fresh-Moist Red Maple Lowland Deciduous Forest 21.2 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOD7-E Fresh-Moist Hawthorn - Apple Deciduous Forest 47.8 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5FOD7-F Fresh-Moist Basswood Lowland Deciduous Forest 27.2 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4FOD7-G Fresh-Moist Black Cherry Deciduous Forest ns 5.0 ns new L4?FOD8-1 Fresh-Moist Poplar Deciduous Forest 477.4 1.0 0.0 1.0 L5FOD8-A Fresh-Moist Cottonwood Coastal Deciduous Forest 38.6 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3FOD8-B Fresh-Moist Paper Birch Deciduous Forest 27.6 3.0 0.0 3.0 L4FOD9-1 Fresh-Moist Oak - Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest 37.5 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4FOD9-2 Fresh-Moist Oak - Lowland Maple Deciduous Forest 6.5 3.5 1.0 4.5 L4FOD9-3 Fresh-Moist Bur Oak Deciduous Forest 26.5 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4FOD9-4 Fresh-Moist Shagbark Hickory Deciduous Forest 8.5 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3FOD9-5 Fresh-Moist Bitternut Hickory Deciduous Forest 7.0 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOD9-A Fresh-Moist Oak - Beech Deciduous Forest 11.3 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3FOD9-B Fresh-Moist Oak - Birch Deciduous Forest 0.8 4.5 2.0 6.5 L2FOD9-C Fresh-Moist Red Oak - Ash Deciduous Forest 0.9 4.5 0.0 4.5 L4CUP1-1 Sugar Maple Deciduous Plantation 2.4 4.0 0.0 4.0 L5CUP1-2 Basswood Deciduous Plantation 0.3 5.0 0.0 5.0 L5CUP1-3 Black Walnut Deciduous Plantation 17.6 3.0 0.0 3.0 L5CUP1-4 Hybrid Poplar Deciduous Plantation 47.1 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5





CUP1-5 Silver Maple Deciduous Plantation 22.3 3.0 0.0 3.0 L5CUP1-7 Red (Green) Ash Deciduous Plantation 7.9 3.0 0.0 3.0 L5CUP1-7A White Ash Deciduous Plantation 0.8 4.0 0.0 4.0 L5CUP1-8 Red Oak Deciduous Plantation 15.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 L5CUP1-A Restoration Deciduous Plantation 101.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5CUP1-b Willow Deciduous Plantation 12.3 3.0 0.0 3.0 L5CUP1-c Black Locust Deciduous Plantation 116.5 2.0 0.0 2.0 L+CUP1-d Horticultural Deciduous Plantation 13.4 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+CUP1-E Paper Birch Deciduous Plantation 2.1 4.5 0.0 4.5 L5CUP1-f Siberian Elm Deciduous Plantation 2.7 4.0 0.0 4.0 L+CUP1-g Apple Deciduous Plantation 17.0 3.5 0.0 3.5 L+CUP2-1A Black Walnut - Conifer Mixed Plantation 4.5 3.5 0.0 3.5 L5CUP2-A Restoration Mixed Plantation 118.3 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5CUP2-b Black Locust - Conifer Mixed Plantation 13.1 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+CUP2-c Norway Maple - Conifer Mixed Plantation 8.4 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+CUP2-D Apple - Conifer Mixed Plantation 5.3 3.5 0.0 3.5 L5CUP2-E Silver Maple - Conifer Mixed Plantation 13.8 3.0 0.0 3.0 L5CUP2-f Hybrid Poplar - Conifer Mixed Plantation 17.5 3.0 0.0 3.0 L5CUP2-G Ash - Conifer Mixed Plantation 9.5 3.5 0.0 3.5 L5CUP2-h Horticultural Mixed Plantation 26.8 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+CUP2-I Red Oak - Conifer Mixed Plantation 6.0 3.5 0.0 3.5 L5CUP3-1 Red Pine Coniferous Plantation 1049.7 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5CUP3-2 White Pine Coniferous Plantation 610.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5CUP3-3 Scotch Pine Coniferous Plantation 275.1 2.0 0.0 2.0 L+CUP3-4 Jack Pine Coniferous Plantation 87.3 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+CUP3-5 Tamarack - European Larch Coniferous Plantation 1.4 4.5 0.0 4.5 L5CUP3-6 European Larch Coniferous Plantation 50.2 2.5 0.0 2.5 L+CUP3-8 White Spruce - European Larch Coniferous Plantation 25.8 3.0 0.0 3.0 L5CUP3-8A White Spruce - Tamarack Coniferous Plantation 0.7 4.5 0.0 4.5 L5CUP3-9 Norway Spruce - European Larch Coniferous Plantation 7.6 3.5 0.0 3.5 L+CUP3-A Restoration Coniferous Plantation 83.9 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5CUP3-b Austrian Pine Coniferous Plantation 5.7 3.5 0.0 3.5 L+





CUP3-C White Spruce Coniferous Plantation 273.6 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5CUP3-D Black Spruce Coniferous Plantation 0.8 4.0 0.0 4.0 L5CUP3-e Norway Spruce Coniferous Plantation 61.9 2.0 0.0 2.0 L+CUP3-F Tamarack Coniferous Plantation 2.4 4.5 0.0 4.5 L5CUP3-G White Cedar Coniferous Plantation 62.8 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5CUP3-H Mixed Conifer Coniferous Plantation 607.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5CUP3-i Douglas Fir Coniferous Plantation 4.0 4.0 0.0 4.0 L+CUP3-j Colorado Spruce Coniferous Plantation 1.2 4.0 0.0 4.0 L+

SuccessionalCUT1-1 Sumac Deciduous Thicket 167.2 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5CUT1-2 Serviceberry Deciduous Thicket 0.0 4.5 2.0 6.5 L2CUT1-3 Chokecherry Deciduous Thicket 2.4 4.0 0.0 4.0 L4CUT1-4 Grey Dogwood Deciduous Thicket 1.5 4.0 0.0 4.0 L4CUT1-5 Raspberry Deciduous Thicket 19.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 L4CUT1-6 Poison Ivy Deciduous Thicket 0.0 5.0 2.0 7.0 L5CUT1-A1 Native Deciduous Sapling Regeneration Thicket 281.8 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5CUT1-A2 Native Mixed Sapling Regeneration Thicket 132.0 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5CUT1-A3 Coniferous Sapling Regeneration Thicket 68.3 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4CUT1-b Buckthorn Deciduous Thicket 248.6 2.5 0.0 2.5 L+CUT1-c Exotic Deciduous Thicket 235.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 L+CUT1-D Round-leaved Dogwood Deciduous Thicket 2.4 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3CUT1-E Red Osier Dogwood Deciduous Thicket 49.1 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5CUT1-F Silky Dogwood Deciduous Thicket 0.5 4.5 0.0 4.5 L4CUT1-G Willow Deciduous Thicket 7.7 3.5 0.0 3.5 L4CUT1-H Ninebark Planted Deciduous Thicket 0.0 5.0 0.0 5.0 L5CUH1-A Treed Hedgerow 465.9 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5CUH1-B Native Shrub - Sapling Hedgerow 28.3 3.0 0.0 3.0 L4CUH1-c Buckthorn Hedgerow 57.7 2.5 0.0 2.5 L+CUH1-d Exotic Shrub Hedgerow 5.9 3.5 0.0 3.5 L+CUS1-1 Hawthorn Successional Savannah 385.2 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5CUS1-2A White Cedar Successional Savannah 92.4 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4CUS1-A1 Native Deciduous Successional Savannah 714.4 1.5 0.0 1.5 L5





CUS1-A2 White Pine Successional Savannah 83.6 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4CUS1-b Exotic Successional Savannah 344.1 1.5 0.0 1.5 L+CUS2-A Rubble Successional Savannah 0.3 4.0 0.0 4.0 L4CUW1-1 Red Cedar Successional Woodland 1.1 4.5 1.0 5.5 L3CUW1-A1 White Cedar Successional Woodland 102.3 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4CUW1-A2 White Pine Successional Woodland 70.8 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4CUW1-A3 Native Deciduous Successional Woodland 560.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 L5CUW1-A4 Fresh-Moist Cottonwood Tall Treed Woodland 6.7 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3CUW1-b Exotic Successional Woodland 400.8 1.0 0.0 1.0 L+CUW1-D Hawthorn Successional Woodland 219.2 2.5 0.0 2.5 L5CUW2-A Rubble Successional Woodland 0.1 5.0 0.0 5.0 L3

WetlandSWC1-1 White Cedar Mineral Coniferous Swamp 99.3 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4SWC1-2 White Cedar - Conifer Mineral Coniferous Swamp 20.2 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWC2-2 Hemlock Mineral Coniferous Swamp 9.3 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWC3-1 White Cedar Organic Coniferous Swamp 142.3 2.5 3.0 5.5 L3SWC3-2 White Cedar - Conifer Organic Coniferous Swamp 240.4 2.5 3.0 5.5 L3SWC4-1 Tamarack - Black Spruce Organic Coniferous Swamp 1.2 4.5 4.0 8.5 L1SWC4-2 Tamarack Organic Coniferous Swamp 2.0 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2SWC4-A Tamarack - Balsam Fir - Spruce Organic Coniferous Swamp 2.1 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2SWCA-A Hemlock Organic Coniferous Swamp 15.8 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SWM1-1 White Cedar - Hardwood Mineral Mixed Swamp 350.4 1.5 2.0 3.5 L4SWM2-1 Red Maple - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp 3.4 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWM2-2 Swamp Maple - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 L2SWMA-A Red (Green) Ash - Hemlock Mineral Mixed Swamp 0.5 4.5 2.0 6.5 L2SWM3-1 Birch - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp 15.8 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWM3-2 Poplar - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp 5.6 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWM4-1 White Cedar - Hardwood Organic Mixed Swamp 412.4 1.5 3.0 4.5 L4SWM5-1 Red Maple - Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp 9.5 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SWM5-2 Swamp Maple - Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp 2.5 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2SWM6-1 Birch - Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp 88.9 2.5 3.0 5.5 L3SWM6-2 Poplar - Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp 5.4 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2





SWD1-2 Bur Oak Mineral Deciduous Swamp 4.7 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWD2-1 Black Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp 43.6 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4SWD2-2 Red (Green) Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp 165.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 L4SWD2-A White Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp 8.1 3.5 1.0 4.5 L4SWD3-1 Red Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp 20.9 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWD3-2 Silver Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp 102.2 2.0 2.0 4.0 L4SWD3-3 Swamp Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp 74.6 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4SWD3-4 Manitoba Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp 14.5 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4SWD4-1 Willow Mineral Deciduous Swamp 159.2 2.0 1.0 3.0 L4SWD4-2 White Elm Mineral Deciduous Swamp 33.0 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4SWD4-3 Paper Birch - Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp 152.1 2.0 2.0 4.0 L4SWD4-4 Yellow Birch Mineral Deciduous Swamp 15.3 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3SWD4-A White Birch - Cottonwood Coastal Mineral Deciduous Swamp 12.7 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SWD4-b European Alder Mineral Deciduous Swamp 4.8 3.5 1.0 4.5 L+SWD5-1 Black Ash Organic Deciduous Swamp 26.4 3.0 3.0 6.0 L3SWD6-1 Red Maple Organic Deciduous Swamp 20.6 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SWD6-2 Silver Maple Organic Deciduous Swamp 28.8 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SWD6-3 Swamp Maple Organic Deciduous Swamp 42.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 L3SWD7-1 Paper Birch - Poplar Organic Deciduous Swamp 58.6 2.5 3.0 5.5 L3SWD7-2 Yellow Birch Organic Deciduous Swamp 20.1 3.0 3.0 6.0 L3SWD7-A Willow Organic Deciduous Swamp 5.8 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWT2-1 Alder Mineral Thicket Swamp 33.8 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4SWT2-2 Willow Mineral Thicket Swamp 282.5 2.0 2.0 4.0 L4SWT2-3 Mountain Maple Mineral Thicket Swamp 0.5 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3SWT2-4 Buttonbush Mineral Thicket Swamp 0.3 4.5 2.0 6.5 L2SWT2-5 Red-osier Mineral Thicket Swamp 131.0 1.5 2.0 3.5 L4SWT2-6 Spiraea Mineral Thicket Swamp 1.5 4.5 1.0 5.5 L3SWT2-8 Silky Dogwood Mineral Thicket Swamp 12.0 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SWT2-10 Nannyberry Mineral Thicket Swamp 1.0 4.0 1.0 5.0 L3SWT2-a Exotic Mineral Thicket Swamp 10.3 3.5 1.0 4.5 L+SWT2-B Winterberry Mineral Thicket Swamp 6.8 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SWT3-1 Alder Organic Thicket Swamp 41.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 L3





SWT3-2 Willow Organic Thicket Swamp 58.2 2.5 3.0 5.5 L3SWT3-3 Mountain Maple Organic Thicket Swamp 0.4 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2SWT3-4 Buttonbush Organic Thicket Swamp 2.0 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2SWT3-5 Red-osier Organic Thicket Swamp 15.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 L3SWT3-7 Winterberry Organic Thicket Swamp 23.2 3.0 4.0 7.0 L2SWT3-A Spiraea Organic Thicket Swamp 0.6 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2SWT3-B Silky Dogwood Organic Thicket Swamp 2.5 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2SWT3-c Exotic Organic Thicket Swamp 0.4 4.5 2.0 6.5 L+FEO1-2 Slender Sedge Open Fen 0.3 5.0 5.0 10.0 L1FEO1-4 Bog Buckbean - Sedge Open Fen 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 L1FEO1-5 Beaked Sedge Open Fen 0.2 5.0 5.0 10.0 L1FES1-4 Leatherleaf - Forb Shrub Fen 1.6 4.5 5.0 9.5 L1FES1-9 Low White Cedar Shrub Fen 0.6 4.0 5.0 9.0 L1FES1-A Willow Shrub Fen 0.0 5.0 4.0 9.0 L1FES2-A Willow Shrub Mineral Fen 1.1 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2FET1-1 Tamarack Treed Fen 0.1 5.0 5.0 10.0 L1FET1-2 Tamarack - White Cedar Treed Fen 2.9 4.0 5.0 9.0 L1FET2-A White Cedar Low Treed Mineral Fen 10.6 3.5 4.0 7.5 L2FET2-B White Cedar - Scots Pine Low Treed Mineral Fen 8.1 4.0 4.0 8.0 L2MAM5-1 Mineral Fen Meadow Marsh 12.4 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2MAM4-A Nelson's Scouring Rush - Baltic Rush Coastal Fen 1.6 4.0 5.0 9.0 L1MAM6-A Bluejoint - Switchgrass Tallgrass Meadow Marsh 2.9 4.5 4.0 8.5 L1BOS2-1 Leatherleaf Shrub Kettle Bog 5.4 3.5 5.0 8.5 L1BOT2-1 Tamarack - Leatherleaf Treed Kettle Bog 5.0 3.5 5.0 8.5 L1BOT2-1A White Pine - Red Maple - Birch - Leatherleaf Treed Kettle Bog 0.5 4.5 5.0 9.5 L1MAM2-1 Buejoint Mineral Meadow Marsh 19.9 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3MAM2-2 Reed Canary Grass Mineral Meadow Marsh 542.6 1.0 1.0 2.0 L+MAM2-3 Red-top Mineral Meadow Marsh 5.2 3.0 0.0 3.0 L4MAM2-4 Fowl Manna Grass Mineral Meadow Marsh 2.2 4.0 0.0 4.0 L4MAM2-5 Narrow-leaved Sedge Mineral Meadow Marsh 23.8 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3MAM2-6 Broad-leaved Sedge Mineral Meadow Marsh 27.2 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3MAM2-7 Horsetail Mineral Meadow Marsh 17.1 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3





MAM2-9 Jewelweed Mineral Meadow Marsh 29.9 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4MAM2-10 Forb Mineral Meadow Marsh 347.3 1.5 1.0 2.5 L5MAM2-a Common Reed Mineral Meadow Marsh 18.2 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+MAM2-b Purple Loosestrife Mineral Meadow Marsh 16.8 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+MAM2-C Rush Mineral Meadow Marsh 8.8 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3MAM2-D Rice Cut-Grass Mineral Meadow Marsh 2.1 4.0 0.0 4.0 L4MAM2-E Bulrush Mineral Meadow Marsh 4.0 3.5 1.0 4.5 L4MAM2-f Miscanthus Mineral Meadow Marsh 0.9 4.0 0.0 4.0 L+MAM2-g Cool-season Grass Mineral Meadow Marsh 0.8 4.5 0.0 4.5 L+MAM3-1 Bluejoint Organic Meadow Marsh 21.0 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2MAM3-2 Reed Canary Grass Organic Meadow Marsh 10.5 3.5 2.0 5.5 L+MAM3-3 Rice Cut-grass Organic Meadow Marsh 6.0 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3MAM3-4 Fowl Manna Grass Organic Meadow Marsh 1.1 4.5 1.0 5.5 L3MAM3-5 Narrow-leaved Sedge Organic Meadow Marsh 1.1 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2MAM3-6 Broad-leaved Sedge Organic Meadow Marsh 6.1 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2MAM3-8 Jewelweed Organic Meadow Marsh 1.9 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3MAM3-9 Forb Organic Meadow Marsh 15.4 3.0 3.0 6.0 L3MAM3-a Common Reed Organic Meadow Marsh 0.2 5.0 2.0 7.0 L+MAS2-1A Broad-leaved Cattail Mineral Shallow Marsh 147.8 2.0 1.0 3.0 L4MAS2-1b Narrow-Leaved Cattail Mineral Shallow Marsh 330.1 1.0 0.0 1.0 L+MAS2-2 Bulrush Mineral Shallow Marsh 5.7 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4MAS2-3 Narrow-leaved Sedge Mineral Shallow Marsh 3.3 4.0 1.0 5.0 L3MAS2-4 Broad-leaved Sedge Mineral Shallow Marsh 9.9 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3MAS2-6 Threesquare Mineral Shallow Marsh 0.1 5.0 1.0 6.0 L3MAS2-7 Bur-reed Mineral Shallow Marsh 9.9 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3MAS2-8 Rice Cut-grass Mineral Shallow Marsh 5.7 3.5 1.0 4.5 L4MAS2-9 Forb Mineral Shallow Marsh 8.4 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4MAS2-a Common Reed Mineral Shallow Marsh 16.6 3.0 0.0 3.0 L+MAS2-b Purple Loosestrife Mineral Shallow Marsh 4.3 3.5 0.0 3.5 L+MAS2-C Horsetail Mineral Shallow Marsh 1.4 4.0 1.0 5.0 L3MAS2-d Reed Canary Grass Mineral Shallow Marsh 42.8 2.5 1.0 3.5 L+MAS2-e Giant Manna Grass Mineral Shallow Marsh 1.2 4.5 1.0 5.5 L+





MAS2-F Sweet Flag Mineral Shallow Marsh 0.1 5.0 1.0 6.0 L3MAS2-G Manna Grass Mineral Shallow Marsh 3.8 3.5 1.0 4.5 L4MAS2-H Unvegetated Mineral Vernal Pool 0.0 5.0 2.0 7.0 L2MAS3-1A Broad-leaved Cattail Organic Shallow Marsh 91.5 2.5 3.0 5.5 L3MAS3-1b Narrow-leaved Cattail Organic Shallow Marsh 21.2 3.0 1.0 4.0 L+MAS3-2 Bulrush Organic Shallow Marsh 3.6 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2MAS3-3 Narrow-leaved Sedge Organic Shallow Marsh 0.3 5.0 3.0 8.0 L2MAS3-4 Broad-leaved Sedge Organic Shallow Marsh 3.0 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2MAS3-7 Bur-reed Organic Shallow Marsh 2.7 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2MAS3-8 Rice Cut-grass Organic Shallow Marsh 4.8 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2MAS3-9 Common Reed Organic Shallow Marsh 0.2 5.0 2.0 7.0 L+MAS3-10 Forb Organic Shallow Marsh 2.5 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2MAS3-11 Calla Lily Organic Shallow Marsh 1.1 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2MAS3-12 Swamp Loosestrife Organic Shallow Marsh 1.8 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2MAS3-a Purple Loosestrife Organic Shallow Marsh 4.7 3.5 2.0 5.5 L+MAS3-B Horsetail Organic Shallow Marsh 0.6 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2MAS3-C Manna Grass Organic Shallow Marsh 3.1 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2MAS3-d Reed Canary Grass Organic Shallow Marsh 0.5 4.5 2.0 6.5 L+MAS3-E Unvegetated Organic Vernal Pool 0.0 5.0 2.0 7.0 L2MAS3-f Giant Manna Grass Organic Shallow Marsh 0.2 5.0 0.0 5.0 L+

AquaticSAS1-1 Pondweed Submerged Shallow Aquatic 49.2 2.0 2.0 4.0 L4SAS1-2 Waterweed Submerged Shallow Aquatic 14.4 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4SAS1-3 Stonewort Submerged Shallow Aquatic 63.4 2.0 1.0 3.0 L4SAS1-4 Water Milfoil Submerged Shallow Aquatic 53.1 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4SAS1-5 Wild Celery Submerged Shallow Aquatic 7.3 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SAS1-A Coon-tail Submerged Shallow Aquatic 30.0 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4SAS1-B Bushy Naiad Submerged Shallow Aquatic 1.7 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3SAM1-2 Duckweed Mixed Shallow Aquatic 31.4 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4SAM1-3 Watercress Mixed Shallow Aquatic 0.4 4.0 1.0 5.0 L3SAM1-4 Pondweed Mixed Shallow Aquatic 28.5 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3SAM1-5 Bur-reed Mixed Shallow Aquatic 0.1 5.0 2.0 7.0 L2





SAM1-6 Bladderwort Mixed Shallow Aquatic 0.9 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2SAM1-7 Water Milfoil Mixed Shallow Aquatic 0.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3SAM1-A Water Lily - Bullhead Lily Mixed Shallow Aquatic 52.5 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4SAM1-b Floating-heart Mixed Shallow Aquatic 0.4 4.5 2.0 6.5 L+SAM1-C Crowfoot Mixed Shallow Aquatic 0.1 5.0 2.0 7.0 L2SAF1-1 Water Lily - Bullhead Lily Floating-leaved Shallow Aquatic 5.3 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3SAF1-3 Duckweed Floating-leaved Shallow Aquatic 25.9 2.5 1.0 3.5 L4SAF1-A Liverwort Floating-leaved Shallow Aquatic 0.1 5.0 1.0 6.0 L3OAO1 Open Aquatic (deep or riverine unvegetated) 436.1 2.0 0.0 2.0 L5OAO1-T Turbid Open Aquatic (disturbed unvegetated) 302.7 2.0 0.0 2.0 L+

Dynamic (Beach, Bluff, Barren, Prairie, Savannah)BBO1 Mineral Open Beach 33.3 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3BBO1-1 Sea Rocket Open Sand Beach 24.1 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2BBO1-2 Wormwood Open Gravel Beach 0.3 5.0 3.0 8.0 L2BBO1-3 Reed Canary Grass Riparian Bar 3.5 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3BBO1-A Open Riparian Sand / Gravel Bar 2.8 4.0 2.0 6.0 L5BBO2-A Rubble Open Shoreline 27.7 3.5 0.0 3.5 L5BBO2-B Rubble Open Riparian Bank 0.1 5.0 0.0 5.0 L5BBO3-B Constructed Channel - Sluiceway 0.1 5.0 0.0 5.0 L+BBS1-2A Willow Shrub Beach 12.7 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2BBS1-2B Willow Shrub Riparian Bar 15.6 3.0 1.0 4.0 L4BBS1-A Red Osier Dogwood Shrub Beach 0.7 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3BBT1-A Mineral Treed Beach 1.8 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3BBT1-B Mineral Treed Riparian Bar 7.3 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3BBT2-A Rubble Treed Shoreline 3.3 3.5 0.0 3.5 L5SDO1-1 Switchgrass - Beachgrass (- Little Bluestem) Open Sand Dune 3.4 3.5 5.0 8.5 L1SDO1-A Sand Dropseed - Flat-stemmed Bluegrass Open Sand Dune 2.2 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2SDS1-A Willow Shrub Sand Dune 1.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3SDS1-B Dogwood Shrub Sand Dune 0.0 4.5 2.0 6.5 L2SDT1-1 Cottonwood Treed Sand Dune 15.8 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SDT1-2 Balsam Poplar Treed Sand Dune 0.9 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2SDT1-a Willow Treed Sand Dune 0.3 4.5 2.0 6.5 L2





BLO1 Mineral Open Bluff 35.4 2.5 2.0 4.5 L4BLS1-A Sumac - Willow - Cherry Shrub Bluff 30.9 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3BLS1-B Serviceberry - Buffaloberry Shrub Bluff 1.8 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2BLS1-c Exotic Shrub Bluff 3.4 3.5 2.0 5.5 L+BLT1-A White Cedar Treed Bluff 10.8 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2BLT1-B Deciduous Treed Bluff 15.3 3.0 2.0 5.0 L3BLT1-c Exotic Treed Bluff 3.9 3.5 2.0 5.5 L+CLS1 Carbonate Shrub Cliff 0.1 5.0 3.0 8.0 L2CLT1-1 White Cedar Treed Carbonate Cliff ns 5.0 ns new L2?CLT1-2 Sugar Maple - Ironwood - White Ash Treed Carbonate Cliff 0.1 5.0 3.0 8.0 L2CBO1 Open Clay Barren 3.1 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2CBS1 Shrub Clay Barren 4.6 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2CBT1-A White Cedar Low Treed Clay Barren 0.5 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3SBO1-1 Dry Bracken Fern Sand Barren 1.0 4.5 5.0 9.5 L1SBO1-2A Mixed Sedge Sand Barren ns 5.0 ns new L1?SBO1-A Dry Dropseed Sand Barren 6.2 3.5 4.0 7.5 L2SBO1-B Dry-Fresh Flat-stemmed Bluegrass - Forb Sand Barren 7.3 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SBO1-c Hard Fescue Sand Barren 0.1 5.0 3.0 8.0 L+SBO1-D Forb Sand Barren 0.1 5.0 3.0 8.0 L2SBO2 Anthropogenic Sand / Gravel Barren 0.5 4.0 0.0 4.0 L4SBS1 Shrub Sand Barren 8.0 3.5 3.0 6.5 L2SBT1 Treed Sand Barren 30.3 3.5 4.0 7.5 L2TPO1-1 Dry Tallgrass Prairie 0.7 4.5 5.0 9.5 L1TPO2-1 Fresh-Moist Tallgrass Prairie 0.3 5.0 4.0 9.0 L1TPO2-A Fresh-Moist Tallgrass Prairie Planting 3.6 3.5 1.0 4.5 L5TPS1-1 Dry Black Oak Tallgrass Savannah 2.7 4.5 4.0 8.5 L1TPS1-2 Dry Black Oak - Pine Tallgrass Savannah 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 L1TPS1-2A Mixed Oak - Pine Tallgrass Savannah ns 5.0 ns new L1?TPW1-1 Dry Black Oak - White Oak Tallgrass Woodland 0.3 5.0 5.0 10.0 L1TPW1-A Mixed Oak - Pine Tallgrass Woodland ns 5.0 ns new L1?TPW2-A Fresh-Moist Cottonwood Tallgrass Woodland 3.4 4.0 3.0 7.0 L2CUS1-3 Red Oak Non-tallgrass Savannah 1.8 4.0 2.0 6.0 L3





CUS1-3A White Oak Non-tallgrass Savannah 0.2 5.0 3.0 8.0 L2CUS1-3B Bur Oak Non-tallgrass Savannah 0.9 4.5 1.0 5.5 L3CUW1-2 Red Oak Non-tallgrass Woodland 7.2 3.5 2.0 5.5 L3CUW1-2A Black Oak Non-tallgrass Woodland 1.0 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2CUW1-C White Oak Non-tallgrass Woodland 0.8 4.5 3.0 7.5 L2

MeadowCUM1-A Native Forb Meadow 3305.8 1.0 0.0 1.0 L5CUM1-b Exotic Cool-season Grass Graminoid Meadow 2271.3 1.0 0.0 1.0 L+CUM1-c Exotic Forb Meadow 901.8 1.5 0.0 1.5 L+

VEGETATION COMMUNITIES - FIELD REFERENCE LIST 2014N.B. shaded communities are not used (ecosites and outdated types).Before adding a new community, check to make sure it's not in Lee et al. first

Local needRank age (A)2014 organic(S)

Forest (inc. plantation)FOC1 Dry-Fresh White Pine - Red Pine Coniferous Forest EcositeFOC1-2 Dry-Fresh White Pine (- Red Pine) Coniferous Forest L3 A pinstro (almost never pinresi), not plantedFOC1-a Dry-Fresh Scots Pine Coniferous Forest L+ A not planted, more mature than CUT1-A3FOC2 Dry-Fresh Cedar Coniferous Forest EcositeFOC2-2 Dry-Fresh White Cedar Coniferous Forest L4 AFOC3 Fresh-Moist Hemlock Coniferous Forest EcositeFOC3-1 Fresh-Moist Hemlock Coniferous Forest L4 AFOC3-A Fresh-Moist Hemlock - White Pine Coniferous Forest L3 AFOC4 Fresh-Moist White Cedar Coniferous Forest EcositeFOC4-1 Fresh-Moist White Cedar Coniferous Forest L4 AFOC4-2 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Hemlock Coniferous Forest L4 AFOC4-3 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Balsam Fir Coniferous Forest L2 A unusual but does occur, ensure it's not swampFOC4-A Fresh-Moist White Cedar - White Pine Coniferous Forest L4 AFOCA-A Moderately Wet Hemlock Coniferous Forest (well-drained organic) L2 now treated as swamp (SWC3-2 or SWCA-A)FOM1 Dry Oak - Pine Mixed Forest Ecosite not in TRCA - we have FOM2-1FOM2 Dry-Fresh White Pine - Maple - Oak Mixed Forest EcositeFOM2-1 Dry-Fresh White Pine - Oak Mixed Forest L2 AFOM2-2 Dry-Fresh White Pine - Sugar Maple Mixed Forest L4 A hemlocks tend to trump white pine, but more clearly in fresh-moistFOM2-A Dry-Fresh White Pine - Hardwood Mixed Forest L4 A pinstro with prusero, fraamer, ulmamer etc.FOM3 Dry-Fresh Hardwood - Hemlock Mixed Forest EcositeFOM3-1 Dry-Fresh Hardwood Hemlock Mixed Forest L3 AFOM3-2 Dry-Fresh Hemlock - Sugar Maple Mixed Forest L4 AFOM3-A Dry-Fresh Hemlock - Manitoba Maple Mixed Forest L4 A probably indicates decline of tsucanaFOM4 Dry-Fresh White Cedar Mixed Forest EcositeFOM4-1 Dry-Fresh White Cedar - Paper Birch Mixed Forest L3 AFOM4-2 Dry-Fresh White Cedar - Poplar Mixed Forest L4 AFOM4-A Dry-Fresh White Cedar - Hardwood Mixed Forest L4 A thuocci with fraamer, querubr, ulmamerFOM5 Dry-Fresh Paper Birch - Poplar - Conifer Mixed Forest Ecosite thuocci low or absent; if dominant see FOM4FOM5-1 Dry-Fresh Paper Birch Mixed Forest L3 A betpapy with He, Pw, Ps, pic_spp, abibalsFOM5-2 Dry-Fresh Poplar Mixed Forest L3 A pop_spp with He, Pw, Ps, pic_spp, abibalsFOM6 Fresh-Moist Hemlock Mixed Forest EcositeFOM6-1 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Hemlock Mixed Forest L4 AFOM6-2 Fresh-Moist Hemlock - Hardwood Mixed Forest L3 A if tsucana is fairly yng & decid = frx_sp, pru_sp, pop_sp, betpapy, use FOM8FOM7 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Hardwood Mixed Forest EcositeFOM7-1 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Sugar Maple Mixed Forest L4 AFOM7-2 Fresh-Moist White Cedar - Hardwood Mixed Forest L4 AFOM8 Fresh-Moist Poplar - Paper Birch Mixed Forest Ecosite thuocci low or absent; if dominant see FOM7 - see also FOM6-2 & FOMA

ELC Code Vegetation Type Diagnostic Notes




FOM8-1 Fresh-Moist Poplar Mixed Forest L3 A with Pw, He, Abies, Sw, SbFOM8-2 Fresh-Moist Paper Birch Mixed Forest L3 A birch with Pw, He, Abies, Sw, SbFOM8-A Fresh-Moist Poplar - White Birch Coastal Mixed Forest L2 A derives from planting under Poc, birchFOM8-B Fresh-Moist Hardwood Mixed Forest L3 A decid ≠ pop_sp, bet_sp; conif ≠ thuocci, tsucanaFOMA Fresh-Moist White Pine Mixed Forest Ecosite pinstro more mature than when in FOM8FOMA-A Fresh-Moist White Pine - Sugar Maple Mixed Forest L3 A pinstro >> tsucana (otherwise see FOM6-1)FOMA-B Fresh-Moist White Pine - Hawthorn Mixed Forest L4 A Boyd NorthFOD1 Dry-Fresh Oak Deciduous Forest Ecosite quercus tends >> other deciduous treesFOD1-1 Dry-Fresh Red Oak Deciduous Forest L2 AFOD1-2 Dry-Fresh White Oak Deciduous Forest L2 A may not occur in TRCA?FOD1-3 Dry-Fresh Black Oak Deciduous Forest L1 AFOD1-4 Dry-Fresh Mixed Oak Deciduous Forest L2 A 2+ spp of Quercus, no single dominantFOD2 Dry-Fresh Oak - Maple - Hickory - Deciduous Forest Ecosite quercus may be #1 but other spp. prominentFOD2-1 Dry-Fresh Oak - Red Maple Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD2-2 Dry-Fresh Oak - Hickory Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD2-3 Dry-Fresh Hickory Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD2-4 Dry-Fresh Oak - Hardwood Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD3 Dry-Fresh Poplar - Paper Birch Deciduous Forest EcositeFOD3-1 Dry-Fresh Poplar Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD3-2 Dry-Fresh Paper Birch Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD4 Dry-Fresh Anomalous Deciduous Forest Ecosite FOD4s = various unusual associations, often mid-tolerant of shadeFOD4-1 Dry-Fresh Beech Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD4-2 Dry-Fresh White Ash Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD4-A Dry-Fresh Ironwood Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD4-b Dry-Fresh Manitoba Maple Deciduous Forest L+ AFOD4-c Dry-Fresh Black Locust Deciduous Forest - see CUP1-c robpseu always from plantingsFOD4-d Dry-Fresh Norway Maple Deciduous Forest L+ AFOD4-e Dry-Fresh Exotic Deciduous Forest L+ A Sib.elm, ailanthus, mulberry, buckthorn, etcFOD4-F Dry-Fresh Black Cherry Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD4-G Dry-Fresh Basswood Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD4-H Dry-Fresh Hawthorn - Apple Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD4-I Dry-Fresh Red Maple Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD4-J Dry-Fresh Pin Cherry Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD5 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest Ecosite sugar maple forests in new system will be based on all layersFOD5-1 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD5-2 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Beech Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD5-3 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Oak Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD5-4 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Ironwood Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD5-5 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Hickory Deciduous Forest L4 A




FOD5-6 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Basswood Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD5-7 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Black Cherry Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD5-8 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - White Ash Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD5-9 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Red Maple Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD5-10 Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Paper Birch - Poplar Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD5-A Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Hawthorn Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD5-b Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple - Norway Maple Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD6 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest Ecosite sugar maple forests in new system will be based on all layersFOD6-1 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Ash Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD6-2 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Black Maple Deciduous Forest L4 A both acesasa & acesani-see also FOD7-5FOD6-3 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Yellow Birch Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD6-4 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - White Elm Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD6-5 Fresh-Moist Sugar Maple - Hardwood Deciduous Forest L5 A if oak is dominant, see FOD9-1FOD7 Fresh-Moist Lowland Deciduous Forest Ecosite often on floodplains, sometimes on imperfectly drained tablelandsFOD7-1 Fresh-Moist White Elm Lowland Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD7-2 Fresh-Moist Ash Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD7-3 Fresh-Moist Willow Lowland Deciduous Forest L5 A exotic salix or salamygFOD7-4 Fresh-Moist Black Walnut Lowland Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD7-5 Fresh-Moist Black Maple Lowland Deciduous Forest L4 A acesani>acesasa; usually floodplainsFOD7-a Fresh-Moist Manitoba Maple Lowland Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD7-b Fresh-Moist Norway Maple Deciduous Forest L+ AFOD7-c Fresh-Moist Exotic Lowland Deciduous Forest L+ A mature buckthorn; Eu alder, Sib.elm, etc.FOD7-D Fresh-Moist Red Maple Lowland Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD7-E Fresh-Moist Hawthorn - Apple Deciduous Forest L5 A Native hawthorn>apple, English hawthornFOD7-F Fresh-Moist Basswood Lowland Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD7-G Fresh-Moist Black Cherry Deciduous Forest L4? A seen at Palgrave CA in 2014, resulting from death of jack pine in CUP3-4FOD8 Fresh-Moist Poplar - Sassafras Deciduous Forest EcositeFOD8-1 Fresh-Moist Poplar Deciduous Forest L5 AFOD8-A Fresh-Moist Cottonwood Coastal Deciduous Forest L3 A on fill & old beach ridgesFOD8-B Fresh-Moist Paper Birch Deciduous Forest L4 AFOD9 Fresh-Moist Oak - Maple - Hickory Deciduous Forest Ecosite FOD9s tend to have a Carolinian character.FOD9-1 Fresh-Moist Oak - Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest L4 A Oak with acesasa or acesani; see also FOD6-5FOD9-2 Fresh-Moist Oak - Lowland Maple Deciduous Forest L4 A Oak with acesaci, acerubr, acexfre, aceneguFOD9-3 Fresh-Moist Bur Oak Deciduous Forest L4 A quemacr alone or with frapenn, ulmamerFOD9-4 Fresh-Moist Shagbark Hickory Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD9-5 Fresh-Moist Bitternut Hickory Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD9-A Fresh-Moist Oak - Beech Deciduous Forest L3 AFOD9-B Fresh-Moist Oak - Birch Deciduous Forest L2 A querubr with betpapy, betalleFOD9-C Fresh-Moist Red Oak - Ash Deciduous Forest L4 A Found on terraces in Mimico Creek ravine, 2006.




CUP1 Deciduous PlantationsCUP1-1 Sugar Maple Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-2 Basswood Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-3 Black Walnut Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-4 Hybrid Poplar Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-5 Silver Maple Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-7 Red (Green) Ash Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-7A White Ash Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-8 Red Oak Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-A Restoration Deciduous Plantation L5 A 3+ spp native trees & shrubsCUP1-b Willow Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-c Black Locust Deciduous Plantation L+ A formerly designated FOD4-cCUP1-d Horticultural Deciduous Plantation L+ A aceplat, ulmpumi, tilcord, etc.CUP1-E Paper Birch Deciduous Plantation L5 ACUP1-f Siberian Elm Deciduous Plantation L+ ACUP1-g Apple Deciduous Plantation L+ A abandoned orchardCUP2 Mixed PlantationsCUP2-1A Black Walnut - Conifer Mixed Plantation L5 ACUP2-A Restoration Mixed Plantation L5 A 3+ spp native trees & shrubsCUP2-b Black Locust - Conifer Mixed Plantation L+ ACUP2-c Norway Maple - Conifer Mixed Plantation L+ A outcome easy to predictCUP2-D Apple - Conifer Mixed Plantation L5 A old orchard with conifers plantedCUP2-E Silver Maple - Conifer Mixed Plantation L5 ACUP2-f Hybrid Poplar - Conifer Mixed Plantation L5 ACUP2-G Ash - Conifer Mixed Plantation L5 ACUP2-h Horticultural Mixed Plantation L+ A decid & conif ornamentalsCUP2-I Red Oak - Conifer Mixed Plantation L5 A querubr with nat or exotic conifersCUP3 Coniferous PlantationsCUP3-1 Red Pine Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-2 White Pine Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-3 Scotch Pine Coniferous Plantation L+ ACUP3-4 Jack Pine Coniferous Plantation L+ ACUP3-5 Tamarack - European Larch Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-6 European Larch Coniferous Plantation L+ ACUP3-8 White Spruce - European Larch Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-8A White Spruce - Tamarack Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-9 Norway Spruce - European Larch Coniferous Plantation L+ ACUP3-A Restoration Coniferous Plantation L5 A 3+ native conif. ONLY (decid shrub OK)CUP3-b Austrian Pine Coniferous Plantation L+ A 1970s ornamental plantings




CUP3-C White Spruce Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-D Black Spruce Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-e Norway Spruce Coniferous Plantation L+ ACUP3-F Tamarack Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-G White Cedar Coniferous Plantation L5 ACUP3-H Mixed Conifer Coniferous Plantation L5 A blend native & exotic or all exotic conifersCUP3-i Douglas Fir Coniferous Plantation L+ ACUP3-j Colorado Spruce Coniferous Plantation L+ A

SuccessionalCUT1 Mineral Cultural Thicket tree cover<25% and shrubs >25%: will be "Shrubland" new systemCUT1-1 Sumac Deciduous Thicket L5CUT1-2 Serviceberry Deciduous Thicket L2CUT1-3 Chokecherry Deciduous Thicket L4CUT1-4 Grey Dogwood Deciduous Thicket L4CUT1-5 Raspberry Deciduous Thicket L4CUT1-6 Poison Ivy Deciduous Thicket L5CUT1-A Miscellaneous Native Cultural Thicket subdivided into 3 types below - will be "Low Treed" in new systemCUT1-A1 Native Deciduous Sapling Regeneration Thicket L5 tree saplings & shrubs, natives >50%CUT1-A2 Native Mixed Sapling Regeneration Thicket L5 tree saplings & shrubs, natives >50%CUT1-A3 Coniferous Sapling Regeneration Thicket L4 pinstro, pinsylv, thuocciCUT1-b Buckthorn Deciduous Thicket L+ more-or-less pure standsCUT1-c Exotic Deciduous Thicket L+ lonxbel, syrvulg, rosmult, elaumbe, etc.CUT1-D Round-leaved Dogwood Deciduous Thicket L3CUT1-E Red Osier Dogwood Deciduous Thicket L5 corstol in UPLAND no wetland spp.CUT1-F Silky Dogwood Deciduous Thicket L4 UPLAND coramomCUT1-G Willow Deciduous Thicket L4 UPLAND eliminate SWT2-2, BBS1-2, SDS1-ACUT1-H Ninebark Planted Deciduous Thicket L5 planting at East Point ParkCUH1 Hedgerow Ecosite <20m wide; ag/urban/CUM1 both sidesCUH1-A Treed Hedgerow L5 A tree cover >25%. Planted rows =CUPCUH1-B Native Shrub - Sapling Hedgerow L4 shrub cover>25%CUH1-c Buckthorn Hedgerow L+ tree/shrub of which 70%+ is rhacathCUH1-d Exotic Shrub Hedgerow L+ rosmult, etc. See also CUT1-cCUS1 Mineral Cultural Savannah Ecosite tree cover 25-35%; note new system will lump many CUS, CUWCUS1-1 Hawthorn Successional Savannah L5 A history of cattle grazing. Native hawthorn.CUS1-2A White Cedar Successional Savannah L4 A often on floodplains. Thuocci and decid.CUS1-A Native Cultural Savannah subdivided into other types belowCUS1-A1 Native Deciduous Successional Savannah L5 A open-grown natives (not que_sp or cra_sp)CUS1-A2 White Pine Successional Savannah L4 A pinstro with or without deciduous trees




CUS1-b Exotic Successional Savannah L+ A check also CUP1-dCUS2-A Rubble Successional Savannah L4 A anthropogenic rock or concrete dumpsCUW1 Mineral Cultural Woodland tree cover 35-60%; note new system will lump many CUS, CUWCUW1-1 Red Cedar Successional Woodland L3 A junvirg with or without deciduous treesCUW1-A Native Cultural Woodland subdivided into three types belowCUW1-A1 White Cedar Successional Woodland L4 A thuocci with or without deciduous treesCUW1-A2 White Pine Successional Woodland L4 A pinstro with or without deciduous treesCUW1-A3 Native Deciduous Successional Woodland L5 A native trees>50%; not que_sp or cra_spCUW1-A4 Fresh-Moist Cottonwood Tall Treed Woodland L3 A popdelt on sands but not dunes (e.g. Brock North and stabilized coast)CUW1-b Exotic Successional Woodland L+ A check also CUP1-dCUW1-D Hawthorn Successional Woodland L5 A history of cattle grazing. Native hawthorn.CUW2-A Rubble Successional Woodland L3 A anthropogenic rock or concrete dumps

WetlandSWC1 White Cedar Mineral Coniferous Swamp Ecosite thuocci with or without other co-dominant conifersSWC1-1 White Cedar Mineral Coniferous Swamp L4 A,S thuocci in more-or-less pure standSWC1-2 White Cedar - Conifer Mineral Coniferous Swamp L3 A,S thuocci with Pw, He, abibals, pic_spp, larlariSWC2 White Pine - Hemlock Mineral Coniferous Swamp EcositeSWC2-2 Hemlock Mineral Coniferous Swamp L3 A,SSWC3 White Cedar Organic Coniferous Swamp Ecosite thuocci with or without other co-dominant conifersSWC3-1 White Cedar Organic Coniferous Swamp L3 A,SSWC3-2 White Cedar - Conifer Organic Coniferous Swamp L3 A,SSWC4 Tamarack - Spruce - Fir Organic Coniferous Swamp Ecosite see also FET1-1 judge better fit. Ce low/absentSWC4-1 Tamarack - Black Spruce Organic Coniferous Swamp L1 A,S picmari. For picglau, see SWC4-ASWC4-2 Tamarack Organic Coniferous Swamp L2 A,SSWC4-A Tamarack - Balsam Fir - Spruce Organic Coniferous Swamp L2 A,S varying larlari, abibals, picglauSWCA Hemlock Organic Coniferous Swamp Ecosite tsucana dominant - thuocci low/absent if thuocci>25%, see SWC3SWCA-A Hemlock Organic Coniferous Swamp L2 A,S If thuocci>25%, see SWC3-2SWM1 White Cedar Mineral Mixed Swamp EcositeSWM1-1 White Cedar - Hardwood Mineral Mixed Swamp L4 A,SSWM2 Maple Mineral Mixed Swamp Ecosite ace_spp & conifers ≠ thuocci; if thuocci co-dominant see SWM1SWM2-1 Red Maple - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp L3 A,S acerubr with other conifers than thuocciSWM2-2 Swamp Maple - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp L2 A,S acexfre with other conifersSWMA Ash Mineral Mixed Swamp Ecosite frx_spp & conifers ≠ thuocci; if thuocci co-dominant see SWM1SWMA-A Red (Green) Ash - Hemlock Mineral Mixed Swamp L2 A,SSWM3 Birch - Poplar Mineral Mixed Swamp Ecosite if thuocci a co-dominant, see SWM1SWM3-1 Birch - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp L3 A,S betpapy, betalle with other conifersSWM3-2 Poplar - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp L3 A,S poptrem, popbals with other conifersSWM4 White Cedar Organic Mixed Swamp Ecosite




SWM4-1 White Cedar - Hardwood Organic Mixed Swamp L4 A,SSWM5 Maple Organic Mixed Swamp Ecosite ace_spp & conifers ≠ thuocci; if thuocci co-dominant see SWM4SWM5-1 Red Maple - Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp L2 A,SSWM5-2 Swamp Maple - Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp L2 A,SSWM6 Birch - Poplar Organic Mixed Swamp Ecosite if thuocci a co-dominant, see SWM4SWM6-1 Birch - Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp L3 A,SSWM6-2 Poplar - Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp L2 A,SSWD1 Oak Mineral Deciduous Swamp EcositeSWD1-2 Bur Oak Mineral Deciduous Swamp L3 A,SSWD2 Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp EcositeSWD2-1 Black Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,SSWD2-2 Red (Green) Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,SSWD2-A White Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,S Atypical, often disturbedSWD3 Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp EcositeSWD3-1 Red Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp L3 A,SSWD3-2 Silver Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,SSWD3-3 Swamp Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,SSWD3-4 Manitoba Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,SSWD4 Successional Mineral Deciduous Swamp EcositeSWD4-1 Willow Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,S native or exotic SalixSWD4-2 White Elm Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,SSWD4-3 Paper Birch - Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp L4 A,SSWD4-4 Yellow Birch Mineral Deciduous Swamp L3 A,SSWD4-A White Birch - Cottonwood Coastal Mineral Deciduous Swamp L2 A,S ground layer: equexnel, junbalt, etc.SWD4-b European Alder Mineral Deciduous Swamp L+ A,S Alnus glutinosa or A. incana ssp. incanaSWD5 Ash Organic Deciduous Swamp EcositeSWD5-1 Black Ash Organic Deciduous Swamp L3 A,SSWD6 Maple Organic Deciduous Swamp EcositeSWD6-1 Red Maple Organic Deciduous Swamp L2 A,SSWD6-2 Silver Maple Organic Deciduous Swamp L2 A,SSWD6-3 Swamp Maple Organic Deciduous Swamp L3 A,SSWD6-A Upland Hardwood Organic Deciduous Swamp L2 Unverified anomaly (acesasa, etc.) If you suspect - take soil sample!SWD7 Birch - Poplar (- Willow) Organic Deciduous Swamp EcositeSWD7-1 Paper Birch - Poplar Organic Deciduous Swamp L3 A,SSWD7-2 Yellow Birch Organic Deciduous Swamp L3 A,SSWD7-A Willow Organic Deciduous Swamp L3 A,S native or exotic SalixSWT2 Mineral Thicket Swamp EcositeSWT2-1 Alder Mineral Thicket Swamp L4 SSWT2-2 Willow Mineral Thicket Swamp L4 S check also BBS1-2, CUT1-G




SWT2-3 Mountain Maple Mineral Thicket Swamp L3 SSWT2-4 Buttonbush Mineral Thicket Swamp L2 SSWT2-5 Red-osier Mineral Thicket Swamp L4 SSWT2-6 Spiraea Mineral Thicket Swamp L3 SSWT2-8 Silky Dogwood Mineral Thicket Swamp L3 SSWT2-10 Nannyberry Mineral Thicket Swamp L3 SSWT2-a Exotic Mineral Thicket Swamp L+ S exotics>50% e.g. rosmultSWT2-B Winterberry Mineral Thicket Swamp L2 SSWT3 Organic Thicket Swamp EcositeSWT3-1 Alder Organic Thicket Swamp L3 SSWT3-2 Willow Organic Thicket Swamp L3 SSWT3-3 Mountain Maple Organic Thicket Swamp L2 SSWT3-4 Buttonbush Organic Thicket Swamp L2 SSWT3-5 Red-osier Organic Thicket Swamp L3 SSWT3-7 Winterberry Organic Thicket Swamp L2 SSWT3-A Spiraea Organic Thicket Swamp L2 SSWT3-B Silky Dogwood Organic Thicket Swamp L2 SSWT3-c Exotic Organic Thicket Swamp L+ S rhacath, rhaalni, rosmult, etc.FEO1 Open Fen Ecosite organic soil; Carex, brown moss>SphagnumFEO1-2 Slender Sedge Open Fen L1 S carlasiFEO1-4 Bog Buckbean - Sedge Open Fen L1 SFEO1-5 Beaked Sedge Open Fen L1 S carutriFES1 Shrub Fen Ecosite organic soil; Carex, brown moss>SphagnumFES1-4 Leatherleaf - Forb Shrub Fen L1 S see also BOS2-1FES1-8 Highbush Blueberry - Leatherleaf - Chokeberry Shrub Fen L1 S almost certainly not in TRCA - see also BOS2-2FES1-9 Low White Cedar Shrub Fen L1 SFES1-A Willow Shrub Fen L1 S Lambton Woods, 2007 inclusion, possibly elsewhereFES2-A Willow Shrub Mineral Fen L2 S old gravel pits, e.g. Brock NorthFET1 Treed Fen Ecosite organic soil; Carex, brown moss>SphagnumFET1-1 Tamarack Treed Fen L1 A,S see also BOT2-1FET1-2 Tamarack - White Cedar Treed Fen L1 A,SFET2-A White Cedar Low Treed Mineral Fen L2 A,S old gravel pits, e.g. Brock NorthFET2-B White Cedar - Scots Pine Low Treed Mineral Fen L2 A,S old gravel pits, e.g. Brock NorthMAM5 Mineral Fen Meadow Marsh Ecosite mineral soil, non-coastal; seepageMAM5-1 Mineral Fen Meadow Marsh L2 S +thin cover, see also MAM2-7, MAM2-CMAM4 Great Lakes Coastal Fen Meadow Marsh Ecosite Lake Ontario coastline ONLYMAM4-A Nelson's Scouring Rush - Baltic Rush Coastal Fen L1 S equxnel>other equ_spp, calcana, junbaltMAM6 Tallgrass Meadow Marsh Ecosite coastal in TRCA jur. (that's why it's with MAM4 here not MAM5)MAM6-A Bluejoint - Switchgrass Tallgrass Meadow Marsh L1 S probably only on Toronto Island




BOO1 Open Bog Ecosite Sphagnum in ground layerBOO1-2 Cotton-grass Open Bog L1 probably not in our jurisdictionBOS2 Shrub Kettle Bog Ecosite Sphagnum in ground layerBOS2-1 Leatherleaf Shrub Kettle Bog L1 S see also FES1-4BOS2-2 Highbush Blueberry Shrub Kettle Bog L1 S almost certainly not in TRCA - see also FES1-8BOT2 Treed Kettle Bog Ecosite Sphagnum in ground layerBOT2-1 Tamarack - Leatherleaf Treed Kettle Bog L1 A,S see also FET1-1 which has less Sphagnum and more seepageBOT2-1A White Pine - Red Maple - Birch - Leatherleaf Treed Kettle Bog L1 A,S larlari absent; scattered other treesMAM2 Mineral Meadow Marsh Ecosite short season of saturation / inundationMAM2-1 Buejoint Mineral Meadow Marsh L3 SMAM2-2 Reed Canary Grass Mineral Meadow Marsh L+ SMAM2-3 Red-top Mineral Meadow Marsh L4 SMAM2-4 Fowl Manna Grass Mineral Meadow Marsh L4 SMAM2-5 Narrow-leaved Sedge Mineral Meadow Marsh L3 S leaf width <5 mm e.g. carstriMAM2-6 Broad-leaved Sedge Mineral Meadow Marsh L3 S leaf width > 5 mm e.g. carlacuMAM2-7 Horsetail Mineral Meadow Marsh L3 S non-coastal; also denser cover than MAM5-1MAM2-9 Jewelweed Mineral Meadow Marsh L4 SMAM2-10 Forb Mineral Meadow Marsh L5 S forbs other than impcape or lytsaliMAM2-a Common Reed Mineral Meadow Marsh L+ SMAM2-b Purple Loosestrife Mineral Meadow Marsh L+ SMAM2-C Rush Mineral Meadow Marsh L3 S Juncus; denser cover than MAM5-1MAM2-D Rice Cut-Grass Mineral Meadow Marsh L4 SMAM2-E Bulrush Mineral Meadow Marsh L4 SMAM2-f Miscanthus Mineral Meadow Marsh L+ SMAM2-g Cool-season Grass Mineral Meadow Marsh L+ S aloequ,elyrepe, needs strong soil evidenceMAM3 Organic Meadow Marsh Ecosite short season of saturation / inundationMAM3-1 Bluejoint Organic Meadow Marsh L2 SMAM3-2 Reed Canary Grass Organic Meadow Marsh L+ S may result from siltation of kettlesMAM3-3 Rice Cut-grass Organic Meadow Marsh L3 SMAM3-4 Fowl Manna Grass Organic Meadow Marsh L3 SMAM3-5 Narrow-leaved Sedge Organic Meadow Marsh L2 S leaf width <5 mm e.g. carstriMAM3-6 Broad-leaved Sedge Organic Meadow Marsh L2 S leaf width > 5 mm e.g. carlacuMAM3-8 Jewelweed Organic Meadow Marsh L3 SMAM3-9 Forb Organic Meadow Marsh L3 SMAM3-a Common Reed Organic Meadow Marsh L+ S disturbed organic wetlands, e.g. dead tree seepage swamps near roadsMAS2 Mineral Shallow Marsh Ecosite saturated or inundated most of yearMAS2-1 Cattail Mineral Shallow Marsh (type of cattail not identified) need to identify dominant cattail - native or not?MAS2-1A Broad-leaved Cattail Mineral Shallow Marsh L4 S typlatiMAS2-1b Narrow-Leaved Cattail Mineral Shallow Marsh L+ S typangu or typxgla




MAS2-2 Bulrush Mineral Shallow Marsh L4 S for scipung see MAS2-6; other sci_sppMAS2-3 Narrow-leaved Sedge Mineral Shallow Marsh L3 S leaf width <5 mm e.g. carstriMAS2-4 Broad-leaved Sedge Mineral Shallow Marsh L3 S leaf width > 5 mm e.g. carlacuMAS2-6 Threesquare Mineral Shallow Marsh L3 S scirpus pungens dominant, for other scirpus see MAS2-2MAS2-7 Bur-reed Mineral Shallow Marsh L3 SMAS2-8 Rice Cut-grass Mineral Shallow Marsh L4 SMAS2-9 Forb Mineral Shallow Marsh L4 S forbs other than acoamer, lytsaliMAS2-a Common Reed Mineral Shallow Marsh L+ SMAS2-b Purple Loosestrife Mineral Shallow Marsh L+ SMAS2-C Horsetail Mineral Shallow Marsh L3 SMAS2-d Reed Canary Grass Mineral Shallow Marsh L+ SMAS2-e Giant Manna Grass Mineral Shallow Marsh L+ S glymaxi ONLY (an exotic). See MAS2-GMAS2-F Sweet Flag Mineral Shallow Marsh L3 SMAS2-G Manna Grass Mineral Shallow Marsh L4 S native gly_spp ONLYMAS2-H Unvegetated Mineral Vernal Pool L2 S almost no vegetation, visible on map in otherwise uplandMAS3 Organic Shallow Marsh Ecosite saturated or inundated most of yearMAS3-1 Cattail Organic Shallow Marsh (type of cattail not identified) need to identify dominant cattail - native or not?MAS3-1A Broad-leaved Cattail Organic Shallow Marsh L3 S typlatiMAS3-1b Narrow-leaved Cattail Organic Shallow Marsh L+ S typangu or typxglaMAS3-2 Bulrush Organic Shallow Marsh L2 SMAS3-3 Narrow-leaved Sedge Organic Shallow Marsh L2 S leaf width <5 mm e.g. carstriMAS3-4 Broad-leaved Sedge Organic Shallow Marsh L2 S leaf width > 5 mm e.g. carlacuMAS3-7 Bur-reed Organic Shallow Marsh L2 SMAS3-8 Rice Cut-grass Organic Shallow Marsh L2 SMAS3-9 Common Reed Organic Shallow Marsh L+ SMAS3-10 Forb Organic Shallow Marsh L2 S forbs other than calpals,decvert,lytsaliMAS3-11 Calla Lily Organic Shallow Marsh L2 SMAS3-12 Swamp Loosestrife Organic Shallow Marsh L2 SMAS3-a Purple Loosestrife Organic Shallow Marsh L+ SMAS3-B Horsetail Organic Shallow Marsh L2 S usually equfluvMAS3-C Manna Grass Organic Shallow Marsh L2 S usually glysept, glyboreMAS3-d Reed Canary Grass Organic Shallow Marsh L+ SMAS3-E Unvegetated Organic Vernal Pool L2 S almost no vegetation, visible on map in otherwise uplandMAS3-f Giant Manna Grass Organic Shallow Marsh L+ S glymaxi ONLY (an exotic). See MAS3-C

AquaticSAS1 Submerged Shallow Aquatic Ecosite submerged >(10)25%; floating <25%SAS1-1 Pondweed Submerged Shallow Aquatic L4 spp. with no floating leavesSAS1-2 Waterweed Submerged Shallow Aquatic L4SAS1-3 Stonewort Submerged Shallow Aquatic L4




SAS1-4 Water Milfoil Submerged Shallow Aquatic L4SAS1-5 Wild Celery Submerged Shallow Aquatic L3SAS1-A Coon-tail Submerged Shallow Aquatic L4SAS1-B Bushy Naiad Submerged Shallow Aquatic L3SAM1 Mixed Shallow Aquatic Ecosite submerged >(10)25%; floating >25%SAM1-1 Pickerel-weed Mixed Shallow Aquatic L2 most likely not in TRCASAM1-2 Duckweed Mixed Shallow Aquatic L4 lemmino, lemtris, spipoly, wol_sppSAM1-3 Watercress Mixed Shallow Aquatic L3SAM1-4 Pondweed Mixed Shallow Aquatic L3 spp. with floating leavesSAM1-5 Bur-reed Mixed Shallow Aquatic L2SAM1-6 Bladderwort Mixed Shallow Aquatic L2SAM1-7 Water Milfoil Mixed Shallow Aquatic L3SAM1-A Water Lily - Bullhead Lily Mixed Shallow Aquatic L4SAM1-b Floating-heart Mixed Shallow Aquatic L+ nympelt (exotic) with submerged spp.SAM1-C Crowfoot Mixed Shallow Aquatic L2 ranflab, ranscel, ranaquaSAF1 Floating-leaved Shallow Aquatic Ecosite floating >25%; submerged <10(25)%SAF1-1 Water Lily - Bullhead Lily Floating-leaved Shallow Aquatic L3SAF1-3 Duckweed Floating-leaved Shallow Aquatic L4SAF1-A Liverwort Floating-leaved Shallow Aquatic L3 riccflu, riccnatOAO1 Open Aquatic (deep or riverine unvegetated) L5 natural system, deep or moving waterOAO1-T Turbid Open Aquatic (disturbed unvegetated) L+ disturbed system, sediment and/or nutrient

Dynamic (Beach, Bluff, Barren, Prairie, Savannah)BBO1 Mineral Open Beach L3 coastal, no cakeden or chapolyBBO1-1 Sea Rocket Open Sand Beach L2 coastalBBO1-2 Wormwood Open Gravel Beach L2 coastalBBO1-3 Reed Canary Grass Riparian Bar L3 usually riparian; cover >10-25%BBO1-A Open Riparian Sand / Gravel Bar L5 generally bare, disturbed hydrologyBBO2-A Rubble Open Shoreline L5 anthropogenic debris or bouldersBBO2-B Rubble Open Riparian Bank L5 anthropogenic debris or bouldersBBO3-B Constructed Channel - Sluiceway L+ armoured channel with some but limited vegetationBBS1 Mineral Shrub Beach / Bar EcositeBBS1-2 Willow Shrub Bar (Beach if coastal) cover >10-25% - subdivided into coastal or riparian belowBBS1-2A Willow Shrub Beach L2BBS1-2B Willow Shrub Riparian Bar L4BBS1-A Red Osier Dogwood Shrub Beach L3 usually sheltered coastalBBT1 Mineral Treed Beach / Bar Ecosite A subdivided into coastal or riparian belowBBT1-A Mineral Treed Beach L3 ABBT1-B Mineral Treed Riparian Bar L3 A




BBT2-A Rubble Treed Shoreline L5 A anthropogenic debris or bouldersSDO1 Open Sand Dune EcositeSDO1-1 Switchgrass - Beachgrass (- Little Bluestem) Open Sand Dune L1SDO1-A Sand Dropseed - Flat-stemmed Bluegrass Open Sand Dune L2SDS1 Sand Shrub Dune EcositeSDS1-A Willow Shrub Sand Dune L3 check also BBS1-2, CUT1-GSDS1-B Dogwood Shrub Sand Dune L2SDT1 Treed Sand Dune EcositeSDT1-1 Cottonwood Treed Sand Dune L2 ASDT1-2 Balsam Poplar Treed Sand Dune L2 ASDT1-a Willow Treed Sand Dune L2 ABLO1 Mineral Open Bluff L4 use for all non-shrub/treed bluffs; we don't differentiate sub-typesBLO1-1 Open Clay BluffBLS1 Mineral Shrub Bluff EcositeBLS1-A Sumac - Willow - Cherry Shrub Bluff L3BLS1-B Serviceberry - Buffaloberry Shrub Bluff L2BLS1-c Exotic Shrub Bluff L+ exotics >50% canopy: elaumbe, etc.BLT1 Mineral Treed Bluff EcositeBLT1-A White Cedar Treed Bluff L2 A coniferous or mixed compositionBLT1-B Deciduous Treed Bluff L3 A deciduous compositionBLT1-c Exotic Treed Bluff L+ A exotics >50% canopy: alnglut, robpseu, etc.CLS1 Carbonate Shrub Cliff L2 consolidated rock onlyCLT1-1 White Cedar Carbonate Shrub Cliff L2? A consolidated rock onlyCLT1-2 Sugar Maple - Ironwood - White Ash Treed Carbonate Cliff L2 A consolidated rock onlyCBO1 Open Clay Barren L2 exposed soil, not steep, solnemo, grassesCBS1 Shrub Clay Barren L2 stunted pruvirg, juniperus, etc.CBT1-A White Cedar Low Treed Clay Barren L3 ASBO1 Open Sand Barren EcositeSBO1-1 Dry Bracken Fern Sand Barren L1SBO1-2 Dry Hay Sedge Sand Barren L1 unlikely as a veg type in TRCA (Carex siccata)SBO1-2A Mixed Sedge Sand Barren L1? Rouge Park near Kingston RoadSBO1-3 Dry Slender Wheat-grass Sand Barren L1 unlikely as a veg type in TRCA (Elymus trachycaulus)SBO1-A Dry Dropseed Sand Barren L2SBO1-B Dry-Fresh Flat-stemmed Bluegrass - Forb Sand Barren L2SBO1-c Hard Fescue Sand Barren L+SBO1-D Forb Sand Barren L2SBO2 Anthropogenic Sand / Gravel Barren L4 ground rubble, asphalt, brick fragmentsSBS1 Shrub Sand Barren L2 we don't differentiate subtypes of shrub sand barren




SBT1 Treed Sand Barren L2 A we don't differentiate subtypes of treed sand barrenTPO1 Dry Tallgrass Prairie EcositeTPO1-1 Dry Tallgrass Prairie L1TPO2 Fresh-Moist Tallgrass Prairie EcositeTPO2-1 Fresh-Moist Tallgrass Prairie L1TPO2-A Fresh-Moist Tallgrass Prairie Planting L5TPS1 Dry Tallgrass Savannah EcositeTPS1-1 Dry Black Oak Tallgrass Savannah L1 A tallgrass prairie grasses presentTPS1-2 Dry Black Oak - Pine Tallgrass Savannah L1 A tallgrass prairie grasses presentTPS1-2A Mixed Oak - Pine Tallgrass Savannah L1? A tallgrass prairie grasses present; in Rouge Park lower section in 2014TPW1 Dry Tallgrass Woodland EcositeTPW1-1 Dry Black Oak - White Oak Tallgrass Woodland L1 A tallgrass prairie grasses presentTPW1-A Mixed Oak - Pine Tallgrass Woodland L1? A tallgrass prairie grasses presentTPW2 Fresh-Moist Tallgrass Woodland Ecosite Non-tallgrass types to be included in prairie/savannah in new ELCTPW2-A Fresh-Moist Cottonwood Tallgrass Woodland L2 A coastal variantCUS1-3 Red Oak Non-tallgrass Savannah L3 A Non-tallgrass types to be included in prairie/savannah in new ELCCUS1-3A White Oak Non-tallgrass Savannah L2 A Non-tallgrass types to be included in prairie/savannah in new ELCCUS1-3B Bur Oak Non-tallgrass Savannah L3 A often relatively moistCUW1-2 Red Oak Non-tallgrass Woodland L3 A Non-tallgrass types to be included in prairie/savannah in new ELCCUW1-2A Black Oak Non-tallgrass Woodland L2 A black oak with tallgrass prairie grasses absentCUW1-C White Oak Non-tallgrass Woodland L2 A tallgrass prairie grasses absent

MeadowCUM1 Mineral Successional Meadow EcositeCUM1-1 Dry-Moist Old Field MeadowCUM1-A Native Forb Meadow L5 sol_spp, ast_spp, other natives 50+%CUM1-b Exotic Cool-season Grass Graminoid Meadow L+ broinin, phlprat, poaprat, etc.CUM1-c Exotic Forb Meadow L+ cynross, daucaro, cirarve, etc.

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