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Prairie Basin Wetlands of the Dakotas:
A Community Profile

Tables

Table 1. Wetland systems, subsystems, classes, and subclasses of Cowardin et al. (1979) that occur in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Dakotas, and for which dominance types are plants.

System Subsystem Class Subclass
Riverine Lower Perennial Aquatic Bed Algal
Aquatic Moss
Rooted Vascular
Floating
Unconsolidated
Shore		 Vegetated
Emergent Wetland Non-persistent
Upper Perennial Aquatic Bed Algal
Aquatic Moss
Rooted Vascular
Floating
Unconsolidated
Shore		 Vegetated
Intermittent Streambed Vegetated
Lacustrine Limnetic Aquatic Bed Algal
Aquatic Moss
Rooted Vascular
Floating
Littoral Aquatic Bed Algal
Aquatic Moss
Rooted Vascular
Floating
Emergent Wetland Non-persistent
Palustrine (no subsystems) Aquatic Bed Algal*
Aquatic Moss*
Rooted Vascular*
Floating*
Unconsolidated
Shore		 Vegetated
Moss-Lichen Moss
Wetland Lichen
Emergent Wetland Persistent*
Non-persistent*
Scrub-Shrub Broad-leaved
Wetland Deciduous
Forested Broad-leaved
Wetland Deciduous

*See Appendix B for common dominance types.

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