USGS Land Characteristics Legend

 

North America Seasonal Land Cover Regions Legend

 

1 Cropland (Small Grains and Pasture) with Grasslands

2 Cropland (Small Grains) with Grasslands

3 Cropland(Coffee, Sugar Cane, Mixed Crops)

4 Cropland

5 Cropland (Small Grains, Pasture) with Deciduous Woodlands

6 Cropland (Small Grains, Row Crops)

7 Cropland (Winter Wheat)

8 Cropland (Corn and Soybeans)

9 Cropland (Corn and Other Row Crops, Forage Crops)

10 Cropland (Truck Crops) with Deciduous Woodlands (Oak)

11 Cropland (Corn and Soybeans)

12 Cropland (Corn and Soybeans)

13 Cropland (Small Grains, Hay, Pasture) with Wetlands

14 Cropland (Mixed Row Crops) with Woodland

15 Cropland (Grass Seed, Small Grains) with Mixed Woodlands

16 Cropland (Cultivated Grassland)

17 Cropland (Winter Wheat)

18 Cropland (Sugar Cane)

19 Cropland (Cotton, Soybeans, Rice)

20 Cropland (Sugar Cane)

21 Cropland (Cultivated Grasses) with Woodland

22 Cropland (Cultivated Grasses) with Savanna

23 Cropland (Corn, Soybeans, Cotton, Rice) with Woodlands

24 Cropland with Savanna

25 Cropland

26 Cropland

27 Cropland with Grassland

28 Irrigated Agriculture

29 Irrigated Agriculture

30 Irrigated Agriculture

31 Irrigated Agriculture

32 Irrigated Agriculture

33 Irrigated Agriculture

34 Irrigated Agriculture

35 Irrigated Agriculture

36 Irrigated Agriculture

37 Irrigated Agriculture

38 Cropland/Deciduous Forest (Aspen) Mosaic

39 Cropland, Woodland, Urban Mosaic

40 Cropland/Woodland (Maple, Beech, Birch) Mosaic

41 Cropland (Corn, Soybeans, Alfalfa)/Woodlands Mosaic

42 Cropland (Corn, Soybeans, Pasture)/Woodland (Maple, Elm) Mosaic

43 Cropland (Corn, Small Grains)/Deciduous Forest (Oak, Hickory) Mosaic

44 Cropland (Corn, Soybeans, Pasture)/Woodland (Oak, Hickory) Mosaic

45 Cropland/Deciduous Forest Mosaic

46 Cropland/Woodland

47 Cropland(corn, Cotton, Soybeans)/Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Slash Pine) Mosaic

48 Grassland, Cropland (Small Grains), Fallow Mosaic

49 Cropland (Small Grains, Pasture)/Grassland Mosaic

50 Grassland/Cropland (Wheat, Corn) Mosaic

51 Cropland (Row Crops, Small Grains)/Grassland Mosaic

52 Cropland (Small Grains, Row Crops)/Grassland

53 Cropland (Corn, Sorghum, Small Grains)/Grassland Mosaic

54 Cropland/Grassland

55 Cropland (Corn, Cotton, Sorghum, Pasture)/Grassland Mosaic

56 Cropland (Pasture)/Grassland Mosaic

57 Wet Herbaceous Meadows

58 Grassland (Short mid Grass Prairie)

59 Grassland (Short Grass Prairie)

60 Grassland with Cropland (Small Grains)

61 Mixed Rangeland (Grassland/Shrubland)

62 Grassland

63 Grassland (Warm Season Grasses)

64 Grassland with Cropland (Small Grains, Pasture)

65 Mixed Rangeland (Grassland and Shrubland)

66 Grassland with Woodland and Wetlands

67 Grassland with Cropland

68 Grassland (Tall Grass Prairie)

69 Grassland with Cropland

70 Savanna

71 Grassland

72 Mixed Rangeland (Big Sage, Rabbitbrush, Needlegrass)

73 Mixed Rangeland (Saltbush, Sand Sage, Rabbitbrush)

74 Mixed Rangeland (Shrubs and Grasses)

75 Mixed Rangeland (Grassland, Shrubland) with Crops, Fallow

76 Sparsely Vegetated Desert Shrublands

77 Desert Shrublands (Creosote, Saltbush, Sand Sage) Sonoran

78 Tall Shrubs (Willow, Birch, Alder)

79 Desert Shrubland (Creosote, Saltbush, Mesquite, Sand Sage)

80 Desert Shrubland (Creosote, Saltbush, Sand Sage, Mesquite) Chihuahan

81 Deciduous Shrublands (Willow, Birch, Alder)

82 Low Shrubs (Willow, Alder) and Wet Herbaceous

83 Desert Shrubland/Grassland (Creosote, Saltbush, Mesquite, Sand Sage)

84 Tall/Low Shrubs, Tundra, Spruce

85 Desert Shrublands (Creosote, Saltbush, Mesquite, Sand Sage)

86 Tall/Low Shrubs, Tundra, Spruce

87 Desert Shrubland (Creosote, Saltbush, Mesquite, Cactus) with Grasses

88 Tall Shrubs (Willow, Birch, Alder) and Wet Herbaceous Meadows

89 Chaparral

90 Oak Savanna

91 Deciduous Dry Forest with Savanna Patches

92 Woody Savanna

93 Oak Woodlands

94 Grassland/Woodland (Oak) Mosaic with Cropland

95 Grassland/Forest

96 Deciduous Forest (Aspen)

97 Deciduous Forest (Aspen) with Pasture

98 Open Needleleaf Forest (Ponderosa Pine and Lodgepole Pine)

99 Deciduous Forest (Aspen)

100 Deciduous Woodlands (Aspen)/Shrublands (Mountain Mahogany)

101 Deciduous Forest (Maple, Beech, Birch) with Cropland (Pasture, Hay)

102 Deciduous Dry Forest

103 Deciduous Forest (Oak)

104 Deciduous Forest (Maple, Beech, Birch, Oak, Hickory) with Pasture

105 Deciduous Forest (Oak, Hickory, Sweet Gum, Southern Pines) with Cropland and

Pasture

106 Tropical Dry Forest

107 Semi-Deciduous Tropical Forest

108 Semi-Deciduous Dry Forest

109 Semi-Deciduous Tropical Forest

110 Montane Tropical Broadleaf Forest

111 Tropical Broadleaf Forest

112 Tropical Broadleaf Forest

113 Degraded Tropical Forest

114 Degraded Tropical Forest

115 Evergreen Broadleaf Tropical Forest

116 Woody Shrublands, Tundra, and Fens

117 Subalpine Forest (Englemann Spruce, Subalpine Fir, Douglas Fir)

118 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Balsam Fir, White Spruce, Black Spruce)

119 White, Black Spruce Forest

120 Spruce Forest

121 Ponderosa, Lodgepole Pine Forest

122 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Balsam Fir, Black Spruce, White Spruce)

123 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest and Woodland (Black and White Spruce)

124 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Lodgepole Pine and Douglas Fir)

125 Needleleaf Forest (Englemann Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Douglas Fir)

126 Open Black Spruce with Balsam Fir, Aspen, Birch

127 Needleleaf Boreal Forest (Black and White Spruce, Tamarack, Aspen)

128 Needleleaf Boreal Forest (Black and White Spruce, Aspen, Birch)

129 Open Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Ponderosa Pine)

130 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Lodgepole Pine, Englemann Spruce, Ponderosa Pine)

131 Needleleaf Forest (Douglas Fir, Spruce, Western Red Cedar)

132 Spruce and Pine Forest

133 Needleleaf Forest (Spruce, Jack Pine, Aspen, Birch, Tamarack)

134 Needleleaf Forest (Hemlock, Spruce, Douglas Fir)

135 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar)

136 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Douglas Fir, Lodgepole Pine, Larch, Western Red Cedar)

137 Open Needleleaf Forest (Ponderosa Pine and Lodgepole Pine)

138 Mixed Boreal Forest (Aspen, Birch, Spruce, Pine)

139 Needleleaf Forest (Lodgepole Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Englemann Spruce, Subalpine Fir)

140 Needleleaf Forest (Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock)

141 Needleleaf Forest (Red Pine, Jack Pine, Spruce, Aspen, Birch, Tamarack)

142 Needleleaf Forest (Western Red Cedar, Lodgepole Pine, Douglas Fir, Larch, Ponderosa Pine)

143 Needleleaf Forest (Ponderosa, Lodgepole and White Pine, Douglas Fir)

144 Needleleaf Forest (Douglas Fir, Lodgepole Pine, Western White Pine)

145 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Chihuahua Pine, Apache Pine)

146 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Douglas Fir, Ponderosa, Jeffrey Pine)

147 Needleleaf Forest (Ponderosa Pine)

148 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Spruce, Balsam Fir, Eastern White Pine, Eastern

Hemlock)

149 Needleleaf Forest (Douglas Fir) with Mixed Hardwoods

150 Open Needleleaf Forest (Ponderosa Pine, Pinyon-Juniper)

151 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Pine Species)

152 Needleleaf Forest (Douglas Fir)

153 Needleleaf Forest (Western Hemlock, Sitka Spruce, Douglas Fir)

154 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Loblolly, Slash Pine) with Hardwoods (Gum, Cypress)

155 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Ponderosa Pine)

156 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Redwoods)

157 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest (Longleaf, Slash Pine)

158 Caribbean Montane Pine Forest

159 Open Needleleaf Forest (Spruce) with Aspen

160 Mixed Forest (Aspen, Birch, Spruce)

161 Mixed Forest (Aspen, Birch, White Spruce, Black Spruce)

162 Deciduous Forest (Aspen, Birch, Balsam Poplar) with Black and White Spruce

163 Mixed Forest (Black and White Spruce, Aspen, Birch)

164 Mixed Forest (Balsam Fir, Jack Pine, Black and White Spruce, Jack Pine, Aspen,Birch)

165 Mixed Forest (Pine and Oak)

166 Mixed Forest (Pine and Oak)

167 Mixed Forest (Aspen, Birch, Spruce, Balsam Fir)168 Mixed Forest (Aspen, Maple, Oak, Jack Pine, Red Pine, Spruce)

169 Mixed Forest (Pine and Oak)

170 Mixed Forest (Pine, Oak)

171 Mixed Forest (Oak, Pine Species)

172 Deciduous Shrublands (Oak) with Pinyon Juniper

173 Deciduous Tropical Dryland Woodland

174 Spruce Woodlands and Shrub Bogs

175 Black Spruce Woodlands, Bogs

176 Subalpine Transitional Forest

177 Open Spruce Forest with Tall Shrubs (Willow, Birch, Alder)

178 Black Spruce, Tamarack, Lichen Woodland

179 Juniper Woodland

180 Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

181 Spruce Woodlands with Low/Tall Shrubs

182 Ponderosa/Lodgepole Pine Woodland

183 Ponderosa Pine and Pinyon Juniper Woodland

184 Pinyon Juniper Woodland

185 Northern Mixed Forest (Maple, Beech, Birch, Pine)

186 Pine and Juniper Forest and Woodland

187 Mixed Wetlands; Herbaceous and Woody (Mangrove)

188 Sparsely Vegetated Arctic Tundra

189 Herbaceous Alpine Tundra

190 Herbaceous Arctic Tundra191 Herbaceous Alpine Tundra

192 Herbaceous Arctic Tundra

193 Sparsely Vegetated Alpine Shrublands

194 Woody Alpine Tundra

195 Herbaceous Arctic Tundra

196 Woody Arctic Tundra with Lichen

197 Herbaceous Alpine Tundra

198 Herbaceous Arctic Tundra

199 Woody Arctic Tundra

200 Woody Arctic Tundra, Dwarf Shrublands

201 Shrub Fens and Bogs (Willow, Alder, Birch, Black Spruce)

202 Ice and Snow

203 Barren

204 Barren or Sparsely Vegetated

205 Water