South Florida Vegetation Classification Scheme Crosswalks

Crosswalks for 5 vegetation classification schemes used in south Florida: 1. Everglades Vegetation Classification System (EVSC, South Florida National Parks), 2. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC), 3. Florida Gap Analysis Project (FLGAP, US Geological Survey), 4. Florida Land Use and Cover Classification System (FLUCCS, Florida Department of Transportation and Water Management Districts), 5. Multi-Species Recovery Project (MSRP, US Fish and Wildlife Service).

Class Scheme Descriptions
Florida Gap
Florida Land Use and Cover
FLUCCS/SWFFS/SFMM
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
MSRP Ecological Community
South Florida National Parks Vegetation System

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EVCS FFWCC FLGAP FLUCCS MSRP SWFFS*	EVCS FFWCC FLGAP FLUCCS MSRP SWFFS

* FLUCCS/SWFFS/SFMM crosswalk prepared by Mike Duever, South Florida Water Management District.

For additional information contact:
Leonard Pearlstine or Frank Mazzotti
University of Florida-FLREC; 3205 College Avenue; Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314; (954) 577-6300

FFWCC		FLGAP		EVCS		FLUCCS		MSRP
ID	Name	ID	Name	ID	Name	ID	Name	ID	Name
	Coastal Strand	33	Coastal Strand	BCH	Beaches	322	Coastal scrub		Beach Dune
		40	Sea Oats Dune Grassland			652	Shorelines		Coastal Strand
		59	Sand/ Beach			710	Beaches other than swimming beaches		Maritime Hammock
	Dry Prairie	29	Dry Prairie Ecological Complex	PPI	Prairie with scattered pines	321	Palmetto prairies		Dry Prairie
		39	Graminiod Dry Prairie Ecological Complex			411	Pine flatwoods		Cutthroat Grass Communities
		41	Wiregrass Grassland			411	Pine flatwoods		Cutthroat Grass Communities
	Pineland	13	South Florida Slash Pine Forest	SVPI	Pine savanna	410	Upland coniferous forests		Scrubby Flatwoods
		15	Sand Pine Forest	SVx	Slash pine mixed with palms	411	Pine flatwoods		Scrubby High Pine
		16	Mesic-Hydric Pine Forest Compositional Group	SVPIh	Slash pines with hardwoods	413	Sand pine		Pine Rocklands
		25	South Florida Slash Pine Woodland	SVPIc	Slash pine with cypress	414	Pine - mesic oak		Mesic Pine Flatwoods
						419	Other pines
						440	Tree plantations
						441	Coniferous plantations
	Sand Pine Scrub	15	Sand Pine Forest			413	Sand pine		Florida Scrub
	Sandhill	26	Sandhill Ecological Complex			412	Longleaf pine - xeric oak		High Pine
	Sandhill	26	Sandhill Ecological Complex			412	Longleaf pine - xeric oak		Scrubby High Pine
	Xeric Oak Scrub	4	Xeric-Mesic Live Oak Ecological Complex	FO	Oak-sabal forest	329	Other shrubs and brush		Florida Scrub
		35	Xeric Scrubland	S	Scrub	420	Upland Hardwood Forests		Scrubby High Pine
				SB	Shrublands	421	Xeric oak
				SB	Shrublands	432	Sand live oak
	Mixed Hardwood-Pine	14	Mesic-Xeric Mixed Pine/Oak/Hickory Forest Ecological Complex	SVPIh	Slash pines with hardwoods	414	Pine - mesic oak		Florida Scurb
						423	Oak - pine - hickory		Scrubby Flatwoods
						434	Hardwood conifer mixed		Scrubby High Pine
	Upland Hardwood Forest	4	Xeric-Mesic Live Oak Ecological Complex	FO	Oak-sabal forest	420	Upland Hardwood Forests		Maritime Hammock
		5	Mesic-Hydric Live Oak/ Sabal Palm Ecological Complex	FC	Cabbage palm forest	421	Xeric oak		Mesic Temperate Hammock
		19	Mixed Evergreen-Cold-deciduous Hardwood Forest			425	Temperate hardwood
		24	Live Oak Woodland			427	Live oak
						428	Cabbage palm
						431	Beach - magnolia
						432	Sand live oak
						438	Mixed hardwoods
						439	Other hardwoods
						442	Hardwood plantations
						623	Atlantic white cedar
	Tropical Hardwood Hammock	2	Tropical Hardwood Hammock Formation	FT	Subtropical hardwood forest	426	Tropical hardwoods		Tropical Hardwood Hammock
	Tropical Hardwood Hammock	2	Tropical Hardwood Hammock Formation	FP	Paurotis palm forest	433	Western Everglades hardwoods		Tropical Hardwood Hammock
	Coastal Saltmarsh	38	Saltwort/ Glasswort Ecological Complex	PGj	Black rush	642	Saltwater marshes		Coastal Salt Marsh
		47	Salt Marsh Ecological Complex	PGs	Cordgrass
		49	Black needle Rush Marsh	PH	Halophytic herbaceous prairie
		50	Saltmarsh Cordgrass Marsh	PHg	Halophytic graminoid prairie
		51	Saltmeadow Cordgrass/ Salt Grass Salt Marsh	PHs	Halophytic succulent prairie
	Freshwater Marsh	36	St. Johns Wort Shrubland Compositional Group	P	Prairies and marshes	640	Vegetated Non-forested wetlands		Cutthroat Grass Communities
		42	Graminoid Emergent Marsh Compositional Group	PG	Graminoid prairie/marsh	641	Freshwater marshes		Freshwater Marshes
		43	Sawgrass Marsh	PGc	Sawgrass	6411	Freshwater marshes - sawgrass		Wet Prairies
		44	Spikerush Marsh	PGm	Muhly grass	6412	Freshwater marshes - cattail
		45	Muhly Grass Marsh	PGe	Spike rush	643	Wet prairies
		46	Cattail Marsh Compositional Group	PGp	Common reed	6439	Wet prairies - with pine
		52	Sparsely Wooded Wet Prairie Compositional Group	PGa	Maidencane	644	Emergent aquatic vegetations
		53	Dwarf Cypress Prairie	PGw	Maidencane-spike rush	731	Exposed rock with marsh grasses
		54	Temperate Wet Prairie	PGx	Mixed graminoids
		55	Maidencane Marsh	PE	Non-graminoid emergent marsh
		56	Forb Emergent Marsh	PEb	Broadleaf emergents
		57	Water lily or Floating Leaved Vegetation	PEf	Floating/floating attached emergents
		58	Periphyton	PEa	Leather fern
				PEo	Other mixed non-graminids
				PC	Cattail marsh
	Cypress Swamp	6	Bay/Gum/Cypress Ecological Complex	FS	Swamp forest	610	Wetland Hardwood Forests		Freshwater Marshes
		18	Cypress Forest Compositional Group	FSc	Cypress strands	620	Wetland Coniferous Forests		Flowing Water Swamps
		53	Dwarf Cypress Prairie	FSd	Cypress domes/heads	621	Cypress		Pond Swamps
				FSx	Cypress-mixed hardwoods	6219	Cypress - with wet prairies
				FSa	Mixed hardwoods, cypress and pine
				FSCpi	Cypress-pines
				SVC	Cypress savanna
				SVCd	Dwarf cypress
				SVCpi	Cypress with pine
	Hardwood Swamp	3	Semi-decidous/Evergreen Tropical/Subtropical Swamp Forest	FS	Swamp forest	611	Bay Swamps		Flowing Water Swamps
		17	Swamp Forest Ecological Complex	FSh	Mixed hardwood swamp forest	615	Stream and lake swamps (bottomland)		Pond Swamps
				FSx	Cypress-mixed hardwoods	617	Mixed wetland hardwoods		Seepage Swamps
				FSa	Mixed hardwoods, cypress and pine	6171	Mixed wetland hardwoods - willows
				FSa	Mixed hardwoods, cypress and pine	630	Wetland forested mixed
	Bay Swamp	6	Bay/Gum/Cypress Ecological Complex	FS	Swamp forest	611	Bay Swamps		Flowing Water Swamps
		7	Loblolly Bay Forest	FSb	Bayhead	613	Gum swamps		Pond Swamps
		7	Loblolly Bay Forest			613	Gum swamps		Seepage Swamps
	Shrub Swamp	28	Flooded Broad-leaved Evergreen / Mixed Evergreen Shrubland Ecological Complex	FS	Swamp forest	329	Other shrubs and brush		Scrubby Flatwoods
		30	Gallberry/ Saw Palmetto/Titi Compositional Group	S	Scrub	614	Titi swamps		Flowing Water Swamps
		37	Flooded Cold-deciduous shrubland Ecological Complex	SP	Saw palmetto scrub	6172	Mixed wetland hardwoods - mixed shrubs		Pond Swamps
				SH	Hardwood scrub
				SS	Bay-hardwood scrub
				SB	Shrublands
				SBs	Willow
				SBf	Pop ash
				SBm	Wax myrtle
				SBc	Buttonbush
				SB1	Primrose
				SBy	Cocoplum
				SBa	Pond Apple
				EA	Shoebutton ardisia
	Mangrove Swamp	9	Mixed Mangrove Forest Formation	FM	Mangrove forest	612	Mangrove swamps		Mangroves
		10	Black Mangrove Forest	FMa	Black mangrove forest
		11	Red Mangrove Forest	FM1	White mangrove forest
		20	Buttonwood Woodland	FM1b	White mangrove or buttonwood forest
		21	Mixed Mangrove Woodland	FMr	Red mangrove forest
		22	Black Mangrove Woodland	FMx	Mixed mangrove forest
		23	Red Mangrove Woodland	FB	Buttonwood forest
		32	Dwarf Mangrove Ecological Complex	SM	Mangrove scrub
				SMr	Red mangrove scrub
				Sma	Black mangrove scrub
				SM1	White mangrove scrub
				SM1b	White mangrove or buttonwood scrub
				SMx	Mixed mangrove scrub
				EO	Lather leaf
	Bottomland Hardwood Forest	6	Bay/Gum/Cypress Ecological Complex	FS	Swamp forest	610	Wetland Hardwood Forests		Flowing Water Swamps
		17	Swamp Forest Ecological Complex	FSh	Mixed hardwood swamp forest	611	Bay Swamps		Pond Swamps
				FSx	Cypress-mixed hardwoods	613	Gum swamps		Seepage Swamps
				FSa	Mixed hardwoods, cypress and pine	615	Stream and lake swamps (bottomland)
				FSb	Bayhead	617	Mixed wetland hardwoods
						6171	Mixed wetland hardwoods - willows
						622	Pond pine
						630	Wetland forested mixed
	Open Water	1	Open water	W	Open water	166	Holding ponds
						500	Water
						510	Streams and Waterways
						520	Lakes
						521	Lakes larger than 500 acres
						522	Lakes larger than 100 acres - less than 500 acres
						523	Lakes larger than 10 acres - less than 100 acres
						524	Lakes less than 10 acres
						530	Reservoirs
						531	Reservoir larger than 500 acres
						532	Reservoirs larger than 100 acres - less than 500 acres
						533	Reservoirs larger than 10 acres - less than 100 acres
						534	Reservoirs less than 10 acres
						540	Bays and Estuaries
						550	Major Spring
						560	Slough Water
						616	Inland ponds and sloughs
						645	Submergent aquatic vegetation
						650	Non-vegetated
						651	Tidal flats
						653	Intermittent ponds
						816	Canals and locks
	Grass and Agriculture	65	Agriculture			200	Agriculture
		66	Pasture/Grassland/Agriculture			210	Cropland and Pastureland
		67	Ag/Groves/Ornamental			212	Unimproved pastures
		68	Ag/Confined Feeding Operation			213	Woodland pastures
						214	Row crops
						215	Field crops
						2156	Field crops -sugar cane
						220	Tree Crops
						221	Citrus groves
						222	Fruit orchards
						223	Other groves
						230	Feeding operations
						231	Cattle feeding operations
						232	Poultry feeding operations
						233	Swine feeding operations
						240	Nurseries and Vineyards
						241	Tree nurseries
						242	Sod farms
						243	Ornamentals
						244	Vineyards
						245	Floriculture
						246	Timber nursery
						250	Specialty farms
						251	Horse farms
						252	Dairies
						253	Kennels
						254	Aquaculture
						259	Other
						260	Other open lands (rural)
						261	Fallow crop land
						300	Rangeland
						329	Other shrubs and brush
						330	Mixed rangeland
						444	Experimental tree plots
						445	Seed plantations
	Shrub and Brush	27	Broad-leaved Evergreen /Mixed Evergreen Shrubland	S	Scrub	320	Shrub and brushland		Florida Scrub
		30	Gallberry/ Saw Palmetto/Titi Compositional Group	SC	Buttonwood scrub	322	Coastal scrub		Scrubby Flatwoods
		34	Groundsel-tree/ Marsh Elder Tidal Shrubland	SP	Saw palmetto scrub	329	Other shrubs and brush
				SH	Hardwood scrub	614	Titi swamps
				SB	Shrublands
				SBm	Wax myrtle
				SBb	Groundsel bush
	Exotic Plant	8	Cajeput Forest Compositional Group	F	Forest	4119	Pine flatwoods - melaleuca infested		Scrubby Flatwoods
		12	Casuarina Forest	S	Scrub	422	Brazilian pepper
		27	Broad-leaved Evergreen /Mixed Evergreen Shrubland	SC	Buttonwood scrub	424	Melaleuca
		31	Brazilian Pepper Shrubland	SP	Saw palmetto scrub	4289	Cabbage palm - melaleuca infested
		66	Pasture/Grassland/Agriculture	SH	Hardwood scrub	437	Australian Pine
				SB	Shrublands	6218	Cypress - melaleuca infested
				SBm	Wax myrtle	740	Disturbed lands
				E	Exotics
				EM	Cajeput
				EC	Australian pine
				ES	Brazilian pepper
				EL	Tropical soda apple
	Barren and Urban	60	Bare soil/Clearcut	HI	Structures and cultivated lawns	100	Urban and Built-Up
		61	Pavement	HId	Disturbed fish camp site	110	Residential low density
		62	Urban	RD	Major Roads	111	Fixed single family units
		63	Urban Residential	ORV	ORV trails	113	Mixed units (fixed and mobile home units)
		64	Urban Open/Others	SA	Spoil areas	119	Low density under construction
		69	Extractive	SAd	Artificial deer islands	120	Residential medium density
		70	Recreation			121	Fixed single family units
						123	Mixed units (fixed and mobile home units)
						129	Medium density under construction
						130	Residential high density
						131	Fixed single family units
						133	Multiple dwelling units low rise
						134	Multiple dwelling units high rise
						135	Mixed units (fixed and mobile home units)
						139	High density under construction
						140	Commercial and services
						141	Retail sales and services
						1411	Retail sales and services - shopping centers
						142	Wholesale sales and services
						1423	Wholesale sales and services - junk yards
						143	Professional services
						144	Cultural and entertainment
						145	Tourist services
						146	Oil and gas storage
						147	Mixed commercial services
						149	Commercial and services under construction
						150	Industrial
						151	Food processing
						152	Timber processing
						153	Mineral processing
						154	Oil and gas processing
						155	Other light industrial
						156	Other heavy industrial
						159	Industrial under construction
						160	Extractive
						161	Strip mines
						162	Sand and gravel pits
						163	Rock quarries
						164	Oil and gas fields
						165	Reclaimed land
						170	Institutional
						171	Educational facilities
						172	Religious
						174	Medical and health care
						175	Governmental
						176	Correctional
						177	Other institutional
						178	Commercial child care
						179	Institutional under construction
						180	Recreational
						181	Swimming beach
						182	Golf courses
						183	Race tracks
						184	Marinas and fish camps
						185	Parks and zoos
						186	Community recreational facilities
						187	Stadiums
						189	Other recreational
						740	Disturbed lands
						741	Rural land in transition
						743	Spoil areas
						800	Transportation
						810	Transportation
						811	Airports
812	Railroads
813	Bus and truck terminals
814	Roads and highways
815	Port facilities
818	Auto parking facilities
819	Transportation facilities under construction
820	Communications
821	Transmission towers
822	Communication facilities
829	Communication facilities under construction
830	Utilities
831	Electrical power facilities
832	Electrical power transmission lines
833	Water supply plants
834	Sewage treatment
835	Solid waste disposal
839	Utilities under construction