Taxonomy

Landcover Taxonomy

The TerrAdapt:Cascadia landcover model uses the following taxonomy:

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Value
Non-vegetated	Water	Water	1
Non-vegetated	Snow and Ice	Snow and Ice	2
Non-vegetated	Barren	Barren	3
Natural vegetation	Wetland	Emergent Wetland	4
Natural vegetation	Wetland	Woody Wetland	5
Natural vegetation	Grass and Forb	Mesic Grass and Forb	6
Natural vegetation	Grass and Forb	Xeric Grass and Forb	7
Natural vegetation	Shrub	Mesic Shrub	8
Natural vegetation	Shrub	Xeric Shrub	9
Natural vegetation	Forest	Deciduous Forest	10
Natural vegetation	Forest	Coniferous Forest	11
Human modified	Irrigated Agriculture	Pasture	12
Human modified	Irrigated Agriculture	Irrigated Rowcrops	13
Human modified	Irrigated Agriculture	Orchard	14
Human modified	Non-irrigated Agriculture	Non-irrigated Rowcrops	15
Human modified	Non-irrigated Agriculture	Fallow	16
Human modified	Developed	Developed - High Intensity	17
Human modified	Developed	Developed - Medium Intensity	18
Human modified	Developed	Major Road	19