**Community Types Found in the Connecticut River Watershed**

(from the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Final Action
Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, October, 1995, U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA)

Acidic Atlantic white cedar basin

Acidic lake/pond shores

Acidic seepage forest

Acidic seepage swamp

Acidic talus forest/woodland

Acidic/circumneutral cliff

Alluvial marsh

Alluvial swamp

Basin marsh

Bat hibernaculum

Beech‑birch‑maple forest

Bivalve

Black spruce swamp

Blackgum/red maple basin swamp

Brackish intertidal marsh

Calcarious riverside seep

Cave/mine

Certified vernal pool

Cicindelid community

Clear soft water lake/pond

CNE Dry transitional forest on acidic bedrock/till

CNE Mesic conifer forest

CNE Mesic transitional forest on acidic bedrock/till

Coastal sand dunes

Cold calcareous cliff

Cold‑air talus woodland

Deep emergent marsh

Drawdown pondshore

Dry acidic oak forest on stratified

Dry subacidic forest

Floodplain forest

Freshwater tidal flat

Freshwater tidal marsh

Hemlock forest

High‑elevation hardwoods

High‑gradient stream

Highly alkaline lake/pond

Kettle basin shrub swamp

Lowland bog

Medium fen

Mesic oak‑hickory‑northern hardwood

Mesic red oak‑hardwood forest

NE Acidic riverside seep

NE Alpine community

NE Alpine/subalpine pond

NE Boreal heathland

NE Calcareous riverside seep

New England Alpine/subalpine bog

New England Pitch pine/scrub oak

New England Sandplain grassland

NNE Acidic cliff

NNE Acidic level fen

NNE Acidic rocky summit/rock outcrop

NNE Acidic seepage swamp

NNE Acidic talus forest/woodland

NNE Basin swamp

NNE Calcareous cliff

NNE Calcareous level fen

NNE Calcareous rocky summit/rock outcrop

NNE Calcareous seepage swamp

NNE Calcareous sloping fen

NNE Circumneutral cliff

NNE Circumneutral talus forest/woodland

NNE Cold‑air talus forest/woodland

NNE Dry forest on acidic bedrock/till

NNE Floodplain forest

NNE High elevation spruce/fir forest

NNE Level bog

NNE Lowland spruce/fir forest

NNE Mesic hardwood forest on acidic bedrock/till

NNE Nutrient‑poor streamside/lakeside marsh

NNE Rich mesic forest

NNE Riverside outcrop

NNE Seepage forest

NNE Seepage marsh

Northern White cedar swamp

Owl winter roost

Pitch pine‑oak heath rocky summit

Poor fen

Red maple‑ash swamp

Red pin forest/woodland

Remote pond

Rich fen

Rich Northern hardwood forest

River mud shore

Riverine floodplain forest

Rivershore grassland

Riverside outcrop

Salt marsh

Saltwater intertidal beaches and shore

Saltwater intertidal flat

Sand barren

Shallow emergent marsh

SNE Acidic rocky summit/rock outcrop

SNE Acidic seepage swamp

SNE Acidic talus forest/woodland

SNE Basin swamp, black gum

SNE Basin swamp, coastal

SNE Calcareous basin fen

SNE Calcareous seepage swamp

SNE Calcareous sloping fen

SNE Circumneutral rocky summit/rock outcrop

SNE Circumneutral talus forest/woodland

SNE Cold‑air talus forest/woodland

SNE Dry central hardwood forest on acidic bedrock or till

SNE Dry rich forest, hickory

SNE Floodplain forest

SNE High‑energy riverbank

SNE Lake sediment/river terrace forest

SNE Level bog

NE Mesic central hardwood forest on acidic bedrock/till

SNE Nutrient‑rich streams

SNE Rich mesic forest

SNE Riverside outcrop

SNE Seepage marsh

Spruce‑fir forest

Spruce‑fir‑tamarack swamp

Subacidic cold talus forest/woodland

Subacidic rocky summit/outcrop

Subalpine heath/krummholz

Tannic water lake/pond

Tupelo pine‑oak‑swamp

Vernal woodland pool

Warm acidic outcrop

Warm acidic/circumneutral talus woodland