Table 1. Coding system for the ecological land classification for Fort Greely.

Code

Class

Code

Class

GEOMORPHIC UNITS (modified from Kreig and

Reger 1982)

144

Closed Paper Birch Forest

011

Weathered Bedrock (Bxw)

145

Closed Quaking Aspen Forest

012

Residual Soil over Weathered Bedrock (Bxr)

147

Closed Quaking Aspen-Balsam Poplar Forest

015

Mountain Complex: Bxw + Bxr + Ct

151

Open Paper Birch Forest

016

Rugged Mountain Complex: Bxw + Ct

152

Open Quaking Aspen Forest

330

Solifluction Deposits *

153

Open Balsam Poplar Forest

335

Talus (Ct)

154

Open Paper Birch-Quaking Aspen Forest

371

Lowland Loess (Ell)

162

Balsam Poplar Woodland

372

Upland Loess (Elu)

165

Broadleaf-Shrub Woodland (post burn)

373

Frozen Upland Silt (Elx)

171

Closed Spruce-Paper Birch Forest

374

Loess, Undifferentiated/Old Moraine (El/Gmo)

173

Closed Spruce-Paper Birch-Quaking Aspen Forest

375

Lowland Loess/Old Moraine (Ell/Gmo)

174

Closed Quaking Aspen-Spruce Forest

376

Lowland Loess/Glaciofluvial, Undifferentiated (Ell/GF)

175

Closed Balsam Poplar-White Spruce Forest

377

Loess, Undifferentiated/Young Moraine (El/Gmy)

176

Closed SpruceQuaking AspenBalsam Poplar Forest

441

Meander Floodplain Riverbed Deposit (Fmr)

181

Open Spruce-Paper Birch Forest

445

Meander Active-floodplain Cover Deposit (Fmca)

182

Open Quaking Aspen-Spruce Forest

447

Meander Inactive-floodplain Cover Deposit (Fmci)

184

Open Spruce-Balsam Poplar Forest

448

Meander Abandoned Floodplain

191

SprucePaper Birch Woodland

452

Abandoned-floodplain Cover Deposit (Fpac/ Fpr)

192

SpruceQuaking Aspen Woodland

481

Headwater Stream, Riverbed Deposit (Fhr)*

211

Open Black Spruce Dwarf Tree Scrub

482

Headwater Stream, Active-floodplain Cover Deposit*

213

Open Quaking Aspen Dwarf Tree Scrub

(Fhca)

214

Open Balsam Poplar Dwarf Tree Scrub

483

Headwater Stream, Inactive-floodplain Cover Deposit*

216

Black Spruce Dwarf Tree Woodland

484

Headwater Stream, Abandoned Floodplain*

221

Closed Tall Willow Shrub

487

Headwater Floodplain-Steep, Undifferentiated

222

Closed Tall Alder Shrub

488

Headwater Floodplain-Lowland, Undifferentiated

224

Closed Tall Alder-Willow Shrub (riverine)

502

Alluvial Fan, Active Riverbed

231

Open Tall Willow Shrub (riverine)

503

Alluvial Fan, Inactive Riverbed

232

Open Tall Alder Shrub

504

Alluvial Fan, Abandoned Riverbed Deposit (Ffrb)

241

Closed Shrub Birch Shrub

506

Alluvial Fan, Active Cover Deposit*

242

Closed Low Willow Shrub

520

Retransported Deposits, Lowland (Fsl)

243

Closed Low Shrub Birch-Willow Shrub

521

Retransported Deposit, Hilly

245

Closed Low AlderWillow Shrub

612

Ice-cored Moraine (Gmi)

246

Closed Low Shrub Birch-Ericaceous Shrub

621

Older Moraine (Gmo)

252

Open Low Mixed Shrub-Sedge Tussock Meadow

622

Younger Moraine (Gmy)

253

Open Low Mesic Shrub Birch-Ericaceous Shrub

701

Glaciofluvial Deposit, Undifferentiated (GF)

(alpine)

702

Glaciofluvial Outwash, Active Riverbed (Gfora)

255

Open Low Shrub Birch-Ericaceous Shrub Bog

703

Glaciofluvial Outwash, Inactive Riverbed (Gfori)

256

Open Low Ericaceous Shrub Bog

705

Glaciofluvial Outwash, Abandoned Riverbed (Gforb)

257

Open Low Shrub BirchWillow Shrub

712

Glaciofluvial Outwash, Inactive Cover (Gfoci)

259

Open Low Shrub (post burn, uplands)

715

Glaciofluvial Outwash, Abandoned Cover (GFocb)

260

Open Low Willow Shrub

718

Glaciofluvial Outwash, Terrace

262

Open Low Willow-Graminoid Shrub Bog (fen)

750

Lacustrine (L)

265

Open Low Alder Shrub

780

Human-made Deposits (H)

266

Open Low Silverberry Shrub

843