APPENDIX

Wetland Classification

Appendix E
Characteristics of Delineated Wetlands
Wetland
ID1

Class

NWET1A

PFO1A

NWET2A

PFO1C

NWET2B

PFO1C

NWET2E

PFO1A

NWET3A

PFO1A

NWET3B

PFO1A

NWET3C

PFO1A

NWET4A

PEM1A

NWET4B

PFO1A

NWET5A

PEM1C

NWET5C

PEM1C

NWET5D

PEM1C

NWET5E

PFO1C

Dominant Vegetation
Common Name
Red maple
Loblolly pine
Black gum
Southern arrow-wood
Japanese honeysuckle
Tuliptree
Red maple
Northern spicebush
Horsebrier
Southern arrow-wood
Skunk cabbage
Japanese honeysuckle
Red maple
Sweet-bay
Southern arrow-wood
Skunk cabbage
Cinnamon fern
Red maple
Northern spicebush
Southern arrow-wood
Horsebrier
Iris sp.
Red maple
Skunk cabbage
Red maple
Black gum
Horsebrier
Cinnamon fern
Red maple
Southern arrow-wood
Japanese honeysuckle
Sensitive fern
Broad-leaf cattail
Rice cut grass
Red maple
Ash-leaf maple
Southern arrow-wood
Small-spike false nettle
Ground ivy
Reed sp.
Skunk cabbage
Sensitive fern
Sweet-bay
Flowering dogwood
Southern arrow-wood
Common boneset
Arrow-leaf tearthumb
Skunk cabbage
Japanese stilt grass
Red maple
American holly
Southern arrow-wood
Skunk cabbage
Sensitive fern

Scientific Name
Acer rubrum
Pinus taeda
Nyssa sylvatica
Viburnum dentatum
Lonicera japonica
Liriodendron tulipifera
Acer rubrum
Lindera benzoin
Smilax rotundifolia
Viburnum dentatum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Lonicera japonica
Acer rubrum
Magnolia virginiana
Viburnum dentatum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Osmunda cinnamomea
Acer rubrum
Lindera benzoin
Viburnum dentatum
Smilax rotundifolia
Iris sp.
Acer rubrum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Smilax rotundifolia
Osmunda cinnamomea
Acer rubrum
Viburnum dentatum
Lonicera japonica
Onoclea sensibilis
Typha latifolia
Leersia oryzoides
Acer rubrum
Acer negundo
Viburnum dentatum
Boehmeria cylindrica
Glechoma hederacea
Phragmites sp.
Symplocarpus foetidus
Onoclea sensibilis
Magnolia virginiana
Cornus florida
Viburnum dentatum
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Persicaria sagittata
Symplocarpus foetidus
Microstegium vimineum
Acer rubrum
Ilex opaca
Viburnum dentatum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Onoclea sensibilis

Principal
Functions 2,3

FA

WH

F&SH

F&SH, NR, WH

NR, PE, WH
FA, NR, PE, WH

GR/D, FA, S/TR,

GR/D, FA

FA, S/TR, WH

WH

FA, F&SH, WH

Wetland
ID1

Class

NWET5F

PEM1C

NWET6A

PFO1C

NWET9A

PEM1A

NWET10A

PFO1A

NWET11A

PFO1A

NWET11B

PFO1A

NWET11D

PEM1A

NWET11E

PEM1A

NWET11F

PFO1A

NWET12A

PEM1C

NWET12B

PFO1C

NWET12E

PFO1A

NWET13A

PEM1C

NWET13C

PEM1C

Dominant Vegetation
Common Name
Kidney-leaf buttercup

Scientific Name
Ranunculus arborvitus

Narrow-leaf cattail
Black gum
Tuliptree
Sweet-bay
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Skunk cabbage
Uptight sedge
Lamp rush
Broad-leaf cattail
Red maple
Sweetgum
Pin oak
Red maple
Black gum
Highbush blueberry
Cinnamon fern
Sedge sp.
Red maple
Black gum
Highbush blueberry
Cinnamon fern
Goldenrod sp.
Hairy bittercress
Eastern hayscented fern
Reed canary grass
Cinnamon fern
Red maple
Highbush blueberry
Deer-tongue rosette grass
Grass sp.
Japanese stilt grass
Lamp rush
Red maple
Loblolly pine
Highbush blueberry
Northern red oak
Cinnamon fern
Lowbush blueberry
Red maple
Brookside alder
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Skunk cabbage
Greater bladder sedge
Uptight sedge
Red maple
Common persimmon
Southern arrow-wood
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Skunk cabbage
New York fern
Grass sp.
Virginia creeper
Eastern poison-ivy
Common persimmon
Sensitive fern

Typha angustifolia
Nyssa sylvatica
Liriodendron tulipifera
Magnolia virginiana
Clethra alnifolia
Symplocarpus foetidus
Carex stricta
Juncus effusus
Typha latifolia
Acer rubrum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Quercus palustris
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Vaccinium corymbosum
Osmunda cinnamomea
Carex sp.
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Vaccinium corymbosum
Osmunda cinnamomea
Solidago sp.
Cardamine hirsuta
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Phalaris arundinacea
Osmunda cinnamomea
Acer rubrum
Vaccinium corymbosum
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Poaceae sp.
Microstegium vimineum
Juncus effusus
Acer rubrum
Pinus taeda
Vaccinium corymbosum
Quercus rubra
Osmunda cinnamomea
Vaccinium angustifolium
Acer rubrum
Alnus serrulata
Clethra alnifolia
Symplocarpus foetidus
Carex intumescens
Carex stricta
Acer rubrum
Diospyros virginiana
Viburnum dentatum
Clethra alnifolia
Symplocarpus foetidus
Thelypteris noveboracensis
Poaceae sp.
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Toxicodendron radicans
Diospyros virginiana
Onoclea sensibilis

Principal
Functions 2,3
FA, S/TR, NR

FA, ST/R, NR,

S/TR, NR
GR/D, PE, WH

GR/D, PE

GR/D, FA, PE,

GR/D, FA, WH
GR/D, FA, WH
GR/D, FA, PE,
WH
F&SH

WH

F&SH, WH

FA, ST/R

FA

Wetland
ID1

Class

NWET13E

PEM1C

NWET13F

PEM1C

NWET13H

PFO1C

NWET13I

PFO/SS1C

NWET13J

PEM1C

NWET13K

PFO1C

NWET13L

PEM1C

NWET14A

PFO1C

NWET14B

PEM5C

NWET14D

PEM1A

NWET15A

PFO1C

Dominant Vegetation
Common Name
Yellow pond-lily
Japanese stilt grass
American sycamore
Silky dogwood
Blackberry sp.
Japanese stilt grass
Red maple
River birch
Southern red oak
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Horsebrier
Japanese stilt grass
Japanese honeysuckle
Black gum
Southern red oak
White oak
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
American hazelnut
Arrow-leaf tearthumb
Dotted smartweed

Scientific Name
Nuphar lutea
Microstegium vimineum
Platanus occidentalis
Cornus amomum
Rubus sp.
Microstegium vimineum
Acer rubrum
Betula nigra
Quercus falcata
Clethra alnifolia
Smilax rotundifolia
Microstegium vimineum
Lonicera japonica
Nyssa sylvatica
Quercus falcata
Quercus alba
Clethra alnifolia
Corylus americana
Persicaria sagittata
Persicaria punctata

Dotted smartweed

Persicaria perfoliata

River birch
American sycamore
Common winterberry
Eastern poison ivy
Japanese honeysuckle
Japanese stilt grass
Horsebrier
Flowering dogwood
Japanese stilt grass
Pin oak
Red maple
Sweet-bay
Common winterberry
Southern arrow-wood
Skunk cabbage
Japanese stilt grass
Knotweed sp.
Virginia creeper
Eastern poison-ivy
Horsebrier
Highbush blueberry
Silky dogwood
Japanese stilt grass
Reed canary grass
Black willow
Ash-leaf maple
Black gum
Japanese stilt grass
Common reed
Eastern poison ivy
Fox grape
Red maple
Southern red oak
Northern spicebush
Horsebrier
Cinnamon fern

Betula nigra
Platanus occidentalis
Ilex verticillata
Toxicodendron radicans
Lonicera japonica
Microstegium vimineum
Smilax rotundifolia
Cornus florida
Microstegium vimineum
Quercus palustris
Acer rubrum
Magnolia virginiana
Ilex verticillata
Viburnum dentatum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Microstegium vimineum
Polygonum sp.
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Toxicodendron radicans
Smilax rotundifolia
Vaccinium corymbosum
Cornus amomum
Microstegium vimineum
Phalaris arundinacea
Salix nigra
Acer negundo
Nyssa sylvatica
Microstegium vimineum
Phragmites australis
Toxicodendron radicans
Vitis labrusca
Acer rubrum
Quercus falcata
Lindera benzoin
Smilax rotundifolia
Osmunda cinnamomea

Principal
Functions 2,3
FA, ST/R, NR
FA, ST/R

FA, NR, WH

FA, ST/R

FA, F&SH, S/TR,

FA, NR, WH

FA, NR, WH

FA, WH

FA, S/SS, WH

FA, F&SH, S/TR,

FA, S/TR, WH

Wetland
ID1

Class

NWET15B

PFO1C

NWET15C

PFO1C

NWET16B

PEM5C

NWET16C

PFO1C

NWET16J

PEM1A

NWET16L

PEM1A

NWET18A

PSS1A

NWET19B

PEM1A

NWET20A

PFO1A

NWET22A

PFO1A

NWET23A

PFO1A

NWET24C

PFO1A

NWET24E

PFO1A

Dominant Vegetation
Common Name
Red maple
Black gum
Southern arrow-wood
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Jack-in-the-pulpit
White oak
Red maple
Sweet-bay
Swamp doghobble
Black gum
Horsebrier
Skunk cabbage
Skunk cabbage
Japanese stilt grass
Rice cut grass
Red maple
Gray dogwood
Southern arrow-wood
Japanese stilt grass
Skunk cabbage
Eastern poison-ivy
Weeping willow
America sycamore
Narrow-leaf cattail
American sycamore
Weeping willow
Flowering dogwood
Common reed
Japanese stilt grass
Grass sp.
Red maple
Callery pear
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Narrow-leaf cattail
Lamp rush
Ash-leaf maple
Deer-tongue rosette grass
River birch
Japanese honeysuckle
Small-spike false nettle
Asian bittersweet
Ash-leaf maple
Silver maple
Silky dogwood
Creeping-jenny
Summer grape
Red maple
River birch
Green ash
Horsebrier
Ash-leaf maple
Green ash
Northern spicebush
Highbush blueberry
Skunk cabbage
Asian bittersweet
Ash-leaf maple
American sycamore

Scientific Name
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Viburnum dentatum
Clethra alnifolia
Arisaema triphyllum
Quercus alba
Acer rubrum
Magnolia virginiana
Eubotrys racemosa
Nyssa sylvatica
Smilax rotundifolia
Symplocarpus foetidus
Symplocarpus foetidus
Microstegium vimineum
Leersia oryzoides
Acer rubrum
Cornus racemosa
Viburnum dentatum
Microstegium vimineum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Toxicodendron radicans
Salix x sepulcralis
Platanus occidentalis
Typha angustifolia
Platanus occidentalis
Salix x sepulcralis
Cornus florida
Phragmites australis
Microstegium vimineum
Poaceae sp.
Acer rubrum
Pyrus calleryana
Clethra alnifolia
Typha angustifolia
Juncus effusus
Acer negundo
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Betula nigra
Lonicera japonica
Boehmeria cylindrica
Celastrus orbiculatus
Acer negundo
Acer saccharinum
Cornus amomum
Lysimachia nummularia
Vitis aestivalis
Acer rubrum
Betula nigra
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Smilax rotundifolia
Acer negundo
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Lindera benzoin
Vaccinium corymbosum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Celastrus orbiculatus
Acer negundo
Platanus occidentalis

Principal
Functions 2,3

FA, S/TR, WH

FA, ST/R, WH

FA, ST/R, WH

FA, NR, WH

GR/D

GR/D, S/TR

WH

GR/D, F&SH
S/TR

WH

GR/D, S/TR

FA

FA, F&SH, WH

Wetland
ID1

Class

NWET24F

PFO1A

NWET25A

PEM1A

NWET28A

PEM2A

NWET29A

PFO1C

NWET29B

PFO1A

NWET30B

PFO1A

NWET31A

PEM2B

NWET32A

PFO1A

NWET33A

PEM1A

NWET35A

PEM1A

NWET38A

PFO1A

SWET1A

PEM1Fr

Dominant Vegetation
Common Name
Highbush blueberry
Northern spicebush
Spotted touch-me-not
English ivy
Grape sp.
Green ash
Tuliptree
Spotted touch-me-not
Lizards tail
Blackberry sp.
Red maple
Green ash
Black gum
Common reed
Carolina dayflower
Red maple
Green ash
Silver maple
Grass sp.
Knotweed sp.
Green ash
Red maple
Small-spike false nettle
Green ash
Red maple
Northern spicebush
Honey locust
Slippery elm
Black locust
Green ash
Devils pitchfork
Straw-color flat sedge
Silver maple
American sycamore
Ash-leaf maple
Japanese stilt grass
Fox grape
Red maple
Ash-leaf maple
American sycamore
Common reed
Straw-color flat sedge
Spotted touch-me-not
Jumpseed
American burnweed
Green ash
Grass sp.
Goldenrod sp.
Trumpet creeper
Japanese honeysuckle
Broad-leaf cattail

Scientific Name
Vaccinium corymbosum
Lindera benzoin
Impatiens capensis
Hedera helix
Vitis sp.
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Liriodendron tulipifera
Impatiens capensis
Saururus cernuus
Rubus sp.
Acer rubrum
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Nyssa sylvatica
Phragmites australis
Commelina caroliniana
Acer rubrum
Fraxinus pennsylvacia
Acer saccharinum
Poaceae sp.
Polygonum sp.
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Acer rubrum
Boehmeria cylindrica
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Acer rubrum
Lindera benzoin
Gleditsia triacanthos
Ulmus rubra
Robinia psuedoacacia
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Bidens frondosa
Cyperus strigosus
Acer saccharinum
Platanus occidentalis
Acer negundo
Microstegium vimineum
Vitis labrusca
Acer rubrum
Acer negundo
Platanus occidentalis
Phragmites australis
Cyperus strigosus
Impatiens capensis
Persicaria virginiana
Erechtites heiracifolia
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Poaceae sp.
Solidago sp.
Campsis radicans
Lonicera japonica
Typha latifolia

Principal
Functions 2,3

FA, F&SH, ST/R

FA, WH

NR
FA

FA
GR/D

WH

FA, WH

FA, PE

S/TR

n/a

NR

SWET1B

PEM1Jr

Common reed

Phragmites australis

NR

SWET1C

PEM1Jr
PFO1C

Typha latifolia
Acer rubrum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Clethra alnifolia

S/TR

SWET1D

Broad-leaf cattail
Red maple
Sweetgum
Coastal sweet-pepperbush

WH

Wetland
ID1

Class

SWET1E

PFO1C

SWET2A

PFO1Fx

SWET3A

PFO1A

SWET4A

PFO1E

SWET5A

PFO1C

SWET6A

PFO1F

SWET7A

PFO1Eb

SWET8A

PFO1A

SWET9A

PFO1C

SWET10A

PFO1C

Dominant Vegetation
Common Name
Black gum
Sweetgum
Highbush blueberry
White-tinge sedge
Horsebrier
Willow oak
Red maple
Black gum
Lamp rush
Horsebrier
Red maple
Sweetgum
Northern spicebush
Skunk cabbage
Japanese honeysuckle
Scarlet oak
Southern red oak
White oak
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Horsebrier
Red maple
Willow oak
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Horsebrier
Red maple
Black gum
Willow sp.
Broad-leaf cattail
Woolgrass
Rice cutgrass
Red maple
Tuliptree
Gray alder
Possumhaw
Southern arrow-wood
Three-way sedge
Horsebrier
Red maple
Southern red oak
Willow oak
Black gum
Highbush blueberry
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
White-tinged sedge
Willow oak
Red maple
Black gum
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Bristly dewberry
Japanese honeysuckle
Tuliptree
Sweetgum
Northern spicebush
Common winterberry
Skunk cabbage
Japanese honeysuckle
Eastern poison ivy
Horsebrier

Scientific Name
Nyssa sylvatica
Liquidambar styraciflua
Vaccinium corymbosum
Carex albicans
Smilax rotundifolia
Quercus phellos
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Juncus effusus
Smilax rotundifolia
Acer rubrum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lindera benzoin
Symplocarpus foetidus
Lonicera japonica
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus alba
Clethra alnifolia
Smilax rotundifolia
Acer rubrum
Quercus phellos
Clethra alnifolia
Smilax rotundifolia
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Salix sp.
Typha latifolia
Scirpus cyperinus
Leersia oryzoides
Acer rubrum
Liriodendron tulipifera
Alnus incana
Viburnum nudum
Viburnum dentatum
Dulichium arundinaceum
Smilax rotundifolia
Acer rubrum
Quercus falcata
Quercus phellos
Nyssa sylvatica
Vaccinium corymbosum
Clethra alnifolia
Carex albicans
Quercus phellos
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Clethra alnfolia
Rubus hispidus
Lonicera japonica
Liriodendron tulipifera
Liquidambar styraciflua
Lindera benzoin
Ilex verticillata
Symplocarpus foetidus
Lonicera japonica
Toxicodendron radicans
Smilax rotundifolia

Principal
Functions 2,3

NR, WH

WH

FA, WH

WH

WH

WH

WH, R

WH

WH

FA, WH

Wetland
ID1

Class

SWET11A

PEM1Gr

SWET12A

PFO1B

SWET13A

PFO1C

SWET14A

PFO1J

SWET15A

PEM1Cr

SWET15B

PEM1Cr

SWET16A

PEM1

SWET18A

PFO1F

SWET19A

PFO1Gs

SWET19B

PFO1Cs

SWET20A

PFO1G

SWET21A

PFO1Z

Dominant Vegetation
Common Name
Tuliptree
Virginia pine
Sweetgum
Broad-leaf cattail
Small carp grass
Tall fescue
Japanese honeysuckle
Red maple
Highbush blueberry
Uptight sedge
Horsebrier
Japanese honeysuckle
Red maple
Sweet-bay
Black gum
Northern spicebush
Southern arrow-wood
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Black cherry
Northern long sedge
Mannagrass sp.
Horsebrier
Virginia creeper
Red maple
Tuliptree
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Southern arrow-wood
Spotted touch-me-not
Cinnamon fern
Horsebrier
Broad-leaf cattail

Scientific Name
Liriodendron tulipifera
Pinus virginiana
Liquidambar styraciflua
Typha latifolia
Arthraxon hispidus
Festuca arundinacea
Lonicera japonica
Acer rubrum
Vaccinium corymbosum
Carex stricta
Smilax rotundifolia
Lonicera japonica
Acer rubrum
Magnolia virginiana
Nyssa sylvatica
Lindera benzoin
Viburnum dentatum
Clethra alnifolia
Prunus serotina
Carex folliculata
Glyceria sp.
Smilax rotundifolia
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Acer rubrum
Liriodendron tulipifera
Clethra alnifolia
Viburnum dentatum
Impatiens capensis
Osmunda cinnamomea
Smilax rotundifolia
Typha latifolia

Broad-leaf cattail
Annual bluegrass
Grass sp.
Tuliptree
Red maple
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Highbush blueberry
Common winterberry
Skunk cabbage
Willow sp.
Red maple
Yellow pond-lilly
Woolgrass
Red maple
Loblolly pine
Highbush blueberry
Cinnamon fern
White-tinge sedge
Japanese honeysuckle
Red maple
Loblolly pine
Highbush blueberry
Swamp doghobble
American sycamore
Loblolly pine
Eastern white pine

Typha latifolia
Poa annua
Poeceae sp.
Liriodendron tulipifera
Acer rubrum
Clethra alnifolia
Vaccinium corymbosum
Ilex verticillata
Symplocarpus foetidus
Salix sp.
Acer rubrum
Nuphar lutea
Scirpus cyperinus
Acer rubrum
Pinus taeda
Vaccinium corymbosum
Osmunda cinnamomea
Carex albicans
Lonicera japonica
Acer rubrum
Pinua taeda
Vaccinium corymbosum
Eubotrys racemosa
Platanus occidentalis
Pinus taeda
Pinus strobus

Principal
Functions 2,3

n/a

FA, WH

WH

WH

n/a
n/a
n/a

FA, F&SH, WH

n/a

WH

WH

n/a

Wetland
ID1

Class

SWET22A

PEM1J

SWET23A

PEM1Cdx

SWET24A

PEM1J

SWET24B

PEM1J

SWET25A

PFO1J

SWET26A1

PFO1J

SWET26A2

PFO1J

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Dominant Vegetation
Common Name
Black cherry
Red maple
Tall fescue
Japanese honeysuckle
Eastern poison ivy
Red maple
Willow sp.
Common reed
Japanese honeysuckle
Red maple
Franks sedge
Knotweed sp.
Japanese honeysuckle
Eastern poison-ivy
River-bank grape
Red maple
Southern arrow-wood
Asiatic tearthumb
Japanese honeysuckle
Eastern red cedar
Common reed
Southern arrow-wood
Skunk cabbage
Wrinkle-leaf goldenrod
Oriental bittersweet
Japanese honeysuckle
Loblolly pine
Red maple
Black gum
Smartweed sp.
Japanese honeysuckle
Red maple
Black willow
Southern arrow-wood
Skunk cabbage
Shallow sedge
Fox grape
Red maple
Black gum
Southern arrow-wood
Skunk cabbage
Japanese honeysuckle
Fox grape
Horsebrier

Scientific Name
Prunus serotina
Acer rubrum
Festuca arundinacea
Lonicera japonica
Toxicodendron radicans
Acer rubrum
Salix sp.
Phragmites australis
Lonicera japonica
Acer rubrum
Carex frankii
Persicaria sp.
Lonicera japonica
Toxicodendron radicans
Vitis riparia
Acer rubrum
Viburnum dentatum
Persicaria perfoliata
Lonicera japonica
Juniperus virginiana
Phragmites australis
Viburnum dentatum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Solidago rugosa
Celastrus orbiculatus
Lonicera japonica
Pinus taeda
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Persicaria sp.
Lonicera japonica
Acer rubrum
Salix nigra
Viburnum dentatum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Carex lurida
Vitis labrusca
Acer rubrum
Nyssa sylvatica
Viburnum dentatum
Symplocarpus foetidus
Lonicera japonica
Vitis labrusca
Smilax rotundifolia

Principal
Functions 2,3

WH

ST/R

n/a

n/a

WH

WH

WH

= WSSC wetlands
= No principal functions were recorded during the functional assessment. However, these wetlands do provide limited
functions such as WH, S/TR, but at a lower level than the larger more diverse systems.
3GR/D=Groundwater Recharge/Discharge, FA=Floodflow Alteration, ST/R =Sediment Trapping/Retention,
NR=Nutrient Removal, PE=Production Export, F&SH=Fish and Shellfish Habitat, S/SS=Shoreline Stabilization, WH=Wildlife
Habitat, U/H=Uniqueness/Heritage, ESH=Endangered Species Habitat
2n/a