Alaskveg

Translation of the Major Ecosystems of Alaska^a

*ALASKVEG^b*	TEMVEG	Description of Vegetation Type
201	3	Moist Tundra
202	3	Wet Tundra
203	2	Alpine Tundra
204	3	Mixture of Types; Less than 50% 0f any Single Type
205	9	Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forest
206	4	Bottomland Spruce-Poplar Forest
207	4	Upland Spruce-Hardwood Forest
208	4	Lowland Spruce-Hardwood Forest
209^c	3,4	High Brush
210	5	Low Brush, Muskeg-Bog
211	1	Ice (Glaciers)

^a Major Ecosystem of Alaska. July 1973. Joint Federal - State Land Use Planning Commission of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A.

^b Classification code (ALASKVEG) developed by the Marine Biological Laboratory.

^c High Brush below 67.0⁰ N latitude is defined as boreal forest and above 67.0⁰ N latitude is defined as tundra.