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.
