APPENDIX A. IDAHO-WYOMING/NEVADA/UTAH VEGETATION COVER TYPE CODES
CODE REGIONAL COVER-TYPE STATE COVER-TYPE (State Codes in Parenthesis)


Idaho/Wyoming Nevada Utah
CONIFER TREES
1 Alpine Fir Alpine Fir (1-3) Alpine Fir (34-35)
2 Alpine Fir/Doug Fir Alpine Fir/Doug Fir (4-6)

3 Alpine Fir/Lodgepole Alpine Fir/Lodgepole (7-9)

4 Alpine Fir/Spruce Alpine Fir/Spruce (10-12)
Alpine Fir/Spruce (2,23)
5 Alpine Fir/Whitebark Alpine Fir/Whitebark (13-15)

6 Doug Fir Doug Fir (16-18)

7 Doug Fir/Grand Fir Doug Fir/Grand Fir (19-21)

8 Doug Fir/Limber Doug Fir/Limber (51-52)

9 Doug Fir/Lodgepole Pine Doug Fir/Lodge. Pine (22-24)

10 Doug Fir/Ponderosa Pine Doug Fir/Pond. Pine (25-27)

11 Doug Fir or White Fir

Mountain Fir (5,24)
12 Grand Fir Grand Fir (28-30)

13 Juniper,Utah Juniper (31-33) Juniper (8-9) Juniper (6)
14 Juniper,Western Juniper,Western (34-36)

15 Lodgepole Lodgepole (37-40) Sierra Lodgepole (22-24) Lodgepole (4)
16 Lodgepole/Aspen

Lodgepole/Aspen (21)
17 Mojave Bristlecone
Mojave Bristlecone (10-12)
18 Pinyon
Pinyon (16-17) Pinyon (7)
19 Pinyon-Juniper Pinyon-Juniper (55-56) Pinyon-Juniper (18-19) Pinyon-Juniper (8)
20 Ponderosa Pine Ponderosa Pine (41-44) Ponderosa Pine (20-21) Ponderosa Pine (3,22)
21 Sierra Red Fir
Sierra Red Fir (25-26)
22 Sierra Whitebark
Sierra Whitebark (27-28)
23 Sierra White Fir
Sierra White Fir (29)
24 Sierra Yellow Pine
Sierra Yellow Pine (30-33)
25 Spruce Spruce (45-47) Spruce (4-5)
26 Whitebark/Limber Pine Whitebark/Limb. Pine (48-50) Great Basin Subalp. Pine (6-7)
27 White Fir
White Fir (36-38)
OTHER TREES
28 Ash
Ash (1)
29 Aspen Aspen (60-62) Aspen (2-3) Aspen (10)
30 Aspen/Conifer Aspen/Conifer (63-65)
Aspen/Conifer (25)
31 Maple Maple (66-68)
Maple (12)
32 Mountain Mahogany Mountain Mahogany (69-71) Mountain Mahogany (13-15) Mountain Mahogany (9)
33 Oak

Oak (11)
SHRUBS
34 Bitterbrush Bitterbrush (76) Bitterbrush (39)
35 Blackbrush
Blackbrush (40) Blackbrush (34)
36 Burn_Shrub Burn Shrub (77)

37 Clearcut_Srub Clearcut Shrub (78)

38 Creosote-Bursage
Creosote-Bursage (41) Creosote-Bursage (35)
39 Greasewood
Greasewood (42) Greasewood (36)
40 Hopsage
Hopsage (43)
41 Mesquite
Mesquite (44)
42 Mojave Mixed Scrub
Mojave Mixed Scrub (45)
43 Montane Shrub Montane Shrub (81,87) Mountain Shrub (47) Mountain Shrub (13)
44 Mountain Sage Mountain Sage (82-83,86) Mountain Sage (46) Mountain Sage (39)
45 Pickleweed

Pickleweed (37)
46 Sagebrush
Sagebrush (48) Sagebrush (14)
47 Sagebrush Steppe Big/Low Sagebrush (75,80,84) Sagebrush/Per. Grass (49) Sagebrush/Per. Grass (15)
48 Salt Desert Scrub Salt Desert Scrub (85) Salt Desert Scrub (50) Salt Desert Scrub (32)
49 Sierra Mt. Shrub
Sierra Mt. Shrub (51)
HERBACEOUS
50 Alpine Herbaceous Alpine Herbaceous (90) Alpine Herbaceous (52) Alpine Herbaceous (17)
51 Burn_herbaceous Burn_herbaceous (92)

52 Clearcut_herbaceous Clearcut_herbaceous (93)

53 Desert Grassland

Desert Grassland (33)
54 Dry Meadow Dry Meadow (94) Dry Meadow (53) Dry Meadow (18)
55 Grassland Grassland (91,95,96) Grassland (54) Grassland (16)
56 Perennial Grass Montane Perennial Grass Montane (97)

7 Tall Forb Montane Tall Forb Montane (98)

58 Wet Meadow Wet Meadow (99) Wet Meadow (55) Wet Meadow (19)
MISC.
59 Barren Barren/Rock (101,104) Barren (57,60) Barren (20)
60 Lava Lava (102-103)
Lava (29)
61 Sand Dune Sand Dune (105-106) Sand Dune (61) Sand Dune(40)
62 Water Water (107,) Water (64) Water (1)
63 Snow Snow (108) Snow (62)
69 Cloud

Cloud (28)
RIPARIAN
64 Lowland Riparian Riparian (110-111,113,115) Lowland Riparian (58) Lowland Riparian (27)
65 Mt. Riparian Riparian (112,114) Mt. Riparian (59) Mt. Riparian (26)
WETLAND
66 Wetland Wetland (120-123) Wetland (65) Wetland (38)
LAND-USE
67 Agricultural Agriculture (126-128) Agriculture (56) Agriculture (30)
68 Urban Urban,Disturbed (129-132) Urban (63) Urban (31)

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