250K OnDemand Topo Cartographic Specifications - Land Cover

Feature Type

Land Cover

LAND COVER

Barren

FType: 106

FCode: 10605

Feature Description: Areas of bedrock, desert pavement, scarps, talus, slides, volcanic material, glacial debris, sand dunes, strip mines, gravel pits and other accumulations of earthen material. Generally, vegetation accounts for less than 15% of total cover.

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Cropland

FType: 106

FCode: 10603

Feature Description: Areas of grasses, legumes, or grass-legume mixtures planted for livestock grazing or the production of seed or hay crops, typically on a perennial cycle, and areas used for the production of annual crops, such as corn, soybeans, vegetables, tobacco, and cotton, and also perennial woody crops such as orchards and vineyards. Pasture, hay, or crop vegetation accounts for greater than 20% of total vegetation. This class also includes all land being actively tilled.

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Grassland

FType: 106

FCode: 10604

Feature Description: Areas dominated by gramanoid or herbaceous vegetation, generally greater than 80% of total vegetation. These areas are not subject to intensive management such as tilling, but can be utilized for grazing. 

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Sedge

FType: 106

FCode: 10606

Feature Description: Alaska only areas dominated by sedges and forbs, generally greater than 80% of total vegetation. This type can occur with significant other grasses or other grass like plants, and includes sedge tundra, and sedge tussock tundra.

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Shrubland

FType: 106

FCode: 10602

Feature Description: Areas dominated by shrubs; less than 5 meters tall with shrub canopy typically greater than 20% of total vegetation. This class includes true shrubs, young trees in an early successional stage or trees stunted from environmental conditions. Also includes Alaska only areas dominated by shrubs less than 20 centimeters tall with shrub canopy typically greater than 20% of total vegetation. This type is often co-associated with grasses, sedges, herbs, and non-vascular vegetation. 

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Woodland

FType: 106

FCode: 10601

Feature Description: An area dominated by trees generally greater than 5 meters tall and greater than 20% of total vegetation cover. 

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