Major Classes - first number is Level 1, second number is Level 2, third number is Level 3, and fourth number is Level 4. We have a Grass type that is level 5. Classes to be identified statewide (primarily Level 3) with Landsat satellite imagery classification are underlined. Number in parentheses following classification name is the grid value.
1 Urban
11 Low Intensity Urban (1)
12 High Intensity Urban
121 Airports (3)
122 Road/Parking Lot (4)
123 High Intensity Urban (2)
2 Agricultural
21 Herbaceous Agriculture
211 Cropland
2111 Non-vegetated Farmland (5)
2112 Row crops (6)
2113 Forage crops (7)
2114 Other Cropland
212 Non-tilled Herbaceous Agriculture
22 Non-Herbaceous Agriculture
222 Orchards/Vineyards/Nursery (9)
7 Bare/Sparsely Vegetated
710 Sand/Soil (31)
720 Exposed Rock (32)
730 Mud Flats (33)
790 Other Bare/Sparsely Vegetated (35)
3 Upland Openland
350 Parks/Golf Courses (13)
330 Low Density Trees (12)
3301 Low Density Deciduous Trees
3302 Low Density Conifer Trees
3303 Mixed Low Density Trees
320 Upland Shrub (12)
3201 Sweet Fern
3202 Autumn Olive/Honeysuckle
3203 Upland Blueberry
3204 Mast Producing Shrub
3205 Mixed Upland Shrub
310 Herbaceous Openland (10)
3101 Poverty Grass, Cladonia
3102 Grass
31021 Warm Season Grass
31022 Cool Season Grass
3103 Rubus-Fern
3104 Degraded
3105 Mixed Upland Herbaceous
4 Upland Forest
41 Upland Deciduous Forest
411 Northern Hardwood (14)
4110 Sugar Maple Association
4111 S. Maple, Hard Mast Association
4112 Maple, Beech, Cherry Association
4113 R. Maple, Conifer
4114 Beech, Hemlock
4115 Y. Birch, Hemlock NH
4116 Mixed N. Hardwood – Aspen
4117 Mixed N. Hardwood - Pine
4119 Mixed Northern Hardwoods
412 Oak Types (15)
4120 Oak, Hickory
4121 Oak, Aspen
4122 Oak, Pine
4123 Red Oak
4124 Red with White Oak
4125 Black, N. Pin Oak
4126 White, Black, N. Pin Oak
4129 Mixed Oak
413 Aspen Types (16)
4130 Aspen
4131 Aspen, Oak
4132 Aspen, Jack Pine
4133 Aspen, Mixed Pine
4134 Aspen, Spruce/Fir
4135 Aspen, Cedar
4136 Aspen, Mixed Conifer
4137 Aspen, Birch
4139 Aspen, Mixed Deciduous
414 Other Upland Deciduous (17)
4141,2,… Single Species e.g. Birch
419 Mixed Upland Deciduous (18)
4190 Mixed Upland Deciduous with Cedar
4191 Mixed Upland Deciduous with Conifer
4192 Mixed Southern Upland Deciduous
4193 Birch, Aspen
4199 Other Mixed Upland Deciduous
42 Upland Coniferous Forest
42(1,2) Pine Types (19)
* Planted vs. Natural Pines will NOT be distinguished statewide at level 3;
separate 3 digit numbering for each is for convenience NOT classification
421 Planted Pines*
42100 Planted White Pine
42101 Planted White Pine, Mixed Deciduous
42110 Planted Red Pine
42111 Planted Red Pine, Mixed Deciduous
42120 Planted Jack Pine
42121 Planted Jack Pine, Mixed Deciduous
42130 Planted Scotch Pine
42140 Planted Mixed Pine
42141 Planted Mixed Pine, Mixed Deciduous
42150 Strip Planted Pine
422 Natural Pines*
42200 Natural White Pine
42201 Natural White Pine, Mixed Deciduous
42210 Natural Red Pine
42211 Natural Red Pine, Mixed Deciduous
42220 Natural Jack Pine
42221 Natural Jack Pine, Mixed Deciduous
42250 Pine, Oak
42260 Natural Pine, Mixed Deciduous
42290 Natural Mixed Pine
423 Other Upland Conifers (20)
42300 Planted Larch
42301 Planted Larch, Mixed Deciduous
42310 Planted Spruce
42311 Planted Spruce, Mixed Deciduous
42320 Upland Spruce
42330 Upland Fir
42340 Upland Spruce/Fir
42350 Upland Hemlock
42360 Upland Cedar
42370 Upland Cedar, Aspen
42380 Non Pine Upland Conifer, Mixed Deciduous
42390 Mixed Non-Pine Upland Conifers
429 Mixed Upland Conifers (21)
43 Upland Mixed Forest (22)
4310 Pine, Oak Mix
4311 Pine, Aspen Mix
4312 Hemlock, Mixed Deciduous
4319 Mixed Upland Forest
5 Water
50 Water (23)
6 Wetlands
61 Lowland Forest
611 Lowland Deciduous Forest (24)
6110 Cottonwood
6111 Lowland Balsam Poplar
6112 Lowland Aspen
6113 Lowland Maple
6114 Lowland Oak
6115 Lowland Ash
6116 Lowland Birch
6117 Lowland Deciduous, Mixed Coniferous
6118 Lowland Deciduous with Cedar
6119 Mixed Lowland Deciduous Forest
612 Lowland Coniferous Forest (25)
6120 Lowland Cedar
6121 Tamarack
6122 Black Spruce
6123 Lowland Fir
6124 Lowland Spruce-Fir
6125 Lowland Black Spruce, Jack Pine
6126 Lowland Jack Pine
6127 Lowland Pine
6128 Lowland Coniferous, Mixed Deciduous
6129 Mixed Coniferous Lowland Forest
613 Lowland Mixed Forest (26)
6130 Fir, Aspen, Maple
6131 Hemlock, White Pine, Maple, Birch
6132 Mixed Lowland Forest with Cedar
6139 Mixed Lowland Forest
62 Nonforested Wetlands
621 Floating Aquatic (27)
622 Lowland Shrub (28)
6220 Alder/Willow
6221 Fen
6222 Shrub-Carr
6223 Inundated Shrub Swamp
6224 Treed Bog
6225 Bog
6229 Mixed Lowland Shrub
623 Emergent Wetland (29)
6230 Cattail
6231 Phragmites
6232 Wet Prairie
6233 Wet Meadow
6239 Mixed Emergent Wetland
629 Mixed Non-forest Wetland (30)