Bear Creek Watershed Habitats

Plains/FoothillsMontaneSubalpine/Alpine

Plains/Foothills

Habitat TypeCode - Description
GrasslandTSG - shortgrass prairie
GrasslandTTG - taller grassland
ShrubsSOS - oak scrub
ShrubsSMM - montane shrubland
ShrubsSLE - low-elevation shrubland
WoodlandWJJ - scattered junipers
WoodlandWPP - woodland, Ponderosa Pine
ForestFRD - riparian deciduous
ForestFUCP - ponderosa pine forest
ForestFUCD - Douglas fir forest
Wetlands/WaterAEM - emergent wetlands (marshes)
Wetlands/WaterASU - submerged or floating mats of vegetation
Wetlands/WaterASL - shoreline
Wetlands/WaterOWL - open water: lakes and ponds
Wetlands/WaterOWS - open water: streams
Urban/OtherURB - residential: includes parks and industrial areas
Urban/OtherRRL - rural: scattered farm buildings, with/without plantings
Urban/OtherTSU - barren ground: plowed fields, blowouts, dunes
Urban/OtherMCL - cliffs (but not talus, scree, rock piles, which would be MSC)
Urban/OtherMBK - dirt or clay bank: natural or man made
Urban/OtherMSB - bridges & culverts: use this for nest location only
Urban/OtherMSP - power poles, transmission towers (for nests); not fence posts
Urban/OtherMSC - miscellaneous: anything not above