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CFO11 Developed Wetland Vegetation Cultural Formation

Type Concept Sentence: Very uncommon vegetation that includes urban, suburban and rural planted and managed emergent and woody wetlands, such as small urban ponds with emergent vegetation. Tree canopy can vary from 0 to 100% (e.g., open to shaded planted wetlands).


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Developed Wetland Vegetation Cultural Formation

Colloquial Name: Developed Wetland Vegetation

Hierarchy Level:  Cultural Formation

Type Concept: Very uncommon vegetation that includes urban, suburban and rural planted and managed emergent and woody wetlands, such as small urban ponds with emergent vegetation. Tree canopy can vary from 0 to 100% (e.g., open to shaded planted wetlands).

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Type is very uncommon and concept needs review. Emergent and woody wetlands are typically natural to semi-natural.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available

Physiognomy and Structure: Vegetation includes urban, suburban and rural planted and managed emergent and woody wetlands, such as small urban ponds with emergent vegetation. Tree canopy can vary from 0 to 100% (e.g., open to shaded planted wetlands).

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: Localized across the globe, except in very dry or very cold regions.

Nations: AU,CA,US

States/Provinces:  No Data Available



Confidence Level: None

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: GNA

Greasons: No Data Available

Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Cultural Class CCL01 Anthromorphic Vegetation Cultural Class CCL01 7
Cultural Formation CFO11 Developed Wetland Vegetation Cultural Formation CFO11 7.C.3
Cultural Subclass CSC03 Herbaceous & Woody Developed Vegetation Cultural Subclass CSC03 7.C
Cultural Subformation CSF23 Developed Wetland Vegetation Cultural Subformation CSF23 7.C.3.1

Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): Hierarchy Revisions Working Group, Federal Geographic Data Committee (Faber-Langendoen et al. 2014)

Author of Description: D. Faber-Langendoen

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-17-14

  • Faber-Langendoen, D., T. Keeler-Wolf, D. Meidinger, C. Josse, A. Weakley, D. Tart, G. Navarro, B. Hoagland, S. Ponomarenko, J.-P. Saucier, G. Fults, and E. Helmer. 2015c. Classification and description of world formation types. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-000. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.