| RIPARIAN WETLANDS |
| LR | Lowland Riparian Lowland Riparian habitat occurs generally
lower than 5,500 ft in elevation and consists primarily of Fremont cottonwood dominant
landscapes with varying densities of shrubby understory vegetation.
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| MR | Mountain Riparian Mountain riparian occurs generally above
5,500 ft in elevation and consists primarily of narrowleaf cottonwood and thinleaf
alder dominant landscapes with varying densities of shrubby understory vegetation.
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| WL | Wetlands Wetland habitat consists primarily of low elevation
marsh and Wetland areas (5,500 ft).
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| WM | Wet Meadow Wet Meadow habitat consists of water saturated
meadows containing mostly grasses and sedges at elevations ranging from approximately
3,300 - 9,800 ft.
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| SHRUBLANDS |
| SS | Shrubsteppe Shrubsteppe habitat consists primarily of sagebrush
communities with a variety of associated shrubs and grass species.
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| MS | Mountain Shrub Mountain Shrub habitat in Utah consists primarily
of mountain mahogany and Gambel oak communities, or Rocky Mountain maple dominant
landscapes which are often associated with various other higher elevation shrubs
within conifer forests at 3,300 - 9,800 ft elevation.
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| HD | High Desert Scrub High Desert Scrub consists primarily of
greasewood, Atriplex, and halogeton dominant landscapes associated with various grasses,
forbes, and other shrubs (primarily sagebrush) at 2,200 - 10,300 ft elevation.
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| LD | Low Desert Scrub Low Desert Scrub habitat consists primarily
of black brush and creosote dominant landscapes associated with various other warm
desert shrubs at 2,200 - 6,000 ft elevation.
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| NO | Northern Oak Northern Oak habitat in Utah consists of one
oak type, Gambel oak, with associated maples and sagebrush.
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| DO | Desert Oak Deseret Oak habitat in Utah consists of Gambel oak,
shrub live-oak, and shinnery oak, and related hybrid forms (wavyleaf oak and shrub live-oak)
co-occurring with various shrubs. Desert Oak communities are limited in distribution to
Emery, Garfield, Grand, Kane, San Juan, Washington, and Wayne counties at elevations
ranging from 2,700 - 7,000 ft.
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| GRASSLAND |
| GL | Grassland Grassland communities consist of perennial and annual
grasses/forbes. The predominant elevations at which Grassland habitat occurs is
approximately 2,200 - 9,000 ft.
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| AL | Alpine Alpine (high elevation tundra) habitat consist of
primarily sedges and some grasses at elevations above 9000 ft.
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| FOREST
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| SA | Sub-Alpine Conifer Sub-Alpine Conifer in Utah and consists
primarily of Engelmann spruce and/or subalpine fir dominant communities occurring
between 6,000 - 11,200 ft elevation. Associated forested habitats occurring within
Sub-Alpine Conifer vary with that range of elevation.
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| MC | Mixed Conifer Mixed Conifer habitat in Utah consisting primarily
of Douglas and white fir dominant communities occurring primarily between 5,000 -
10,000 ft elevation.
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| PP | Ponderosa Pine Ponderosa Pine forests in Utah occur between
5,200 - 8,700 ft elevation. Habitat diversity changes according to elevation within
Ponderosa Pine forests both in terms of shrub composition in the understory and association
with other tree species.
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| LP | Lodgepole Pine Lodgepole Pine habitat occurs between 6,000 -
11,300 ft elevation. Lodgepole Pine is the most common conifer in the Uinta Mountains,
and within (8,000 - 11,000 ft elevation, lodgepole habitat becomes mixed with either
blue spruce or subalpine fir, depending upon location.
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| PJ | Pinyon-Juniper Pinyon-Juniper represents the second-most common
habitat within Utah between approximately 2,700 - 11,000 ft elevation. However, community
composition varies considerably with elevation within this broad statewide band.
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| AS | Aspen Aspen occurs in all Utah counties within elevations between
5,600 - 10,500 ft.
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| ADDITIONAL HABITAT CATEGORIES |
| W | Water Water habitat consists of natural lakes, streams and rivers,
and man-made reservoirs.
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| R | Rock Rock habitats consist of rock outcrops and rock dominant
landscapes throughout all elevations.
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| P | Playa The Playa habitat category consists of the Barrens and
Pickleweed Barrens habitat types at 4,200 ft elevation or below.
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| AG | Agriculture The agricultural features include pastureland,
hay fields, row crops (mostly corn, wheat, barley, and other cereal grains) and
orchards with their adjacent margins and irrigation canals.
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| U | Urban The urban habitat category refers to metropolitan areas,
cities, towns, and landscapes developed mainly for residential and industrial purposes.
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| C | Cliff Cliffs and rocky precipices, sometimes adjacent or near
active waterfalls.
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