Name: Cropland

Definition:
An area that has been tilled for the planting of crops. (See also ORCHARD_OR_PLANTATION , VINEYARDS and HOPS .)

CC: EA010

Name: Hedgerow

Definition:
A continuous growth of shrubbery planted as a fence, a boundary, or a wind break.

CC: EA020

Name: Plant Nursery

Definition:
A place where shrubs, flowers, plants and trees are grown for transplanting, seed or grafting.

CC: EA030

Name: Botanical Garden

Definition:
A cultural area where plants and/or trees are displayed. (See also PARK .)

CC: EA031

Name: Orchard / Plantation

Definition:
An area covered by systematic plantings of trees which yield fruits, nuts or other products. (See also CROPLAND , VINEYARDS and HOPS .)

CC: EA040

Name: Vineyards

Definition:
An area covered by the systematic planting of grape vines. (See also CROPLAND , ORCHARD_OR_PLANTATION and HOPS .)

CC: EA050

Name: Hops

Definition:
An area covered by the systematic planting of hop vines. (See also CROPLAND and ORCHARD_OR_PLANTATION .)

CC: EA055

Name: Grassland

Definition:
An area composed of uncultured plants which have little or no woody tissue.

CC: EB010

Name: Grass / Scrub / Brush

Definition:
An area composed of uncultured plants which may have some woody tissue.

CC: EB015

Name: Scrub / Brush / Bush

Definition:
An area of low-growing woody plants. (See also TREES .)

CC: EB020

Name: Land Use / Land Cover (Vegetation)

Definition:
Thematic classification of the predominant vegetation and land use characteristics of the land surface cover.

CC: EB030

Name: Bamboo / Cane

Definition:
A site of woody and/or tree-like gresses of the tropical or temperate regions that have jointed hollow stems with solid nodes.

CC: EC010

Name: Forest

Definition:
An area set aside as a woodland or recreational preserve. (See also FOREST_PRESERVE .)

CC: EC015

Name: Forest Preserve

Definition:
An area of forest protected from logging and other human activities detrimental to the environment. (See also FOREST .)

CC: EC016

Name: Oasis

Definition:
A small, isolated, fertile or green area in a desert region usually having a spring or well.

CC: EC020

Name: Trees

Definition:
A group of woody-perennial plants, having a self-supporting main stem or trunk. (See also ORCHARD_OR_PLANTATION , SCRUB_OR_BRUSH_OR_BUSH and FOREST .)

CC: EC030

Name: Treeline

Definition:
A relatively linear arrangement of woody-perennial plants, each having a self-supporting main stem or trunk. (See also FOREST , HEDGEROW and TREE_INDIVIDUAL .)

CC: EC031

Name: Tree (Individual)

Definition:
An individual woody-perennial plant, having a self-supporting main stem or trunk. (See also BUSH_OR_SHRUB_INDIVIDUAL and TREELINE .)

CC: EC032

Name: Bush / Shrub (Individual)

Definition:
An individual low growing multi-stemmed woody plant. (See also HEDGEROW and TREE_INDIVIDUAL .)

CC: EC033

Name: Cleared Way / Cut Line / Firebreak

Definition:
A man-made clearing in a cultural area or through a stand of trees, designed to provide access for a road, railroad, pipeline or power transmission line, or for boundary demarcation, survey line-of-sight, or to impede the progress of forest fires.

CC: EC040

Name: Marsh

Definition:
An area of wet, often-spongy ground that is subject to frequent or tidal inundations, but not considered to be continually under water. It is characterized by the growth of non-woody plants and by the lack of trees. (See also LAND_SUBJECT_TO_INUNDATION , MARSH_OR_SWAMP and SWAMP .)

CC: ED010

Name: Swamp

Definition:
A low lying saturated area covered with water all or most of the year, where accumulating dead vegetation does not rapidly decay. It can exist on flat-lying areas created by certain geomorphic environments. The vegetation mainly consists of hydrophytic trees and/or scrubs whose roots are adapted to wet conditions, with an open to very dense canopy closure. (See also LAND_SUBJECT_TO_INUNDATION , MARSH and MARSH_OR_SWAMP .)

CC: ED020

Name: Mixed Vegetation

Definition:
A mixture of woody and non-woody vegetation types.

CC: EE000

Name: Logging Area

Definition:
An area of forest or vegetation being exploited for lumber resources.

CC: EE010

Name: Land Devoid of Vegetation.

Definition:
Ground or land with little (less than 5 percent) or no vegetation.

CC: EE020

Name: Desert Region

Definition:
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation.

CC: EE030

Name: Vegetation

Definition:
An unspecified mixture of woody and non-woody vegetation which may be capable of elaboration or separation into individual object types based on status/type grouping information which was unable to be determined at the time of classification assignment.

CC: EE100