Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland (Biotic Subclass)

Component: Biotic

Unique Identifier: 437

Biotic Setting	Benthic/Attached Biota
Biotic Class	Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Biotic Subclass	Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Biotic Group	Brackish Tidal Scrub-Shrub Freshwater Tidal Scrub-Shrub Saltwater Tidal Scrub-Shrub Tidal Mangrove Shrubland

Description

Definition

Estuarine or tidal riverine areas dominated by shrub vegetation that has less than 10% tree cover. (The cutoff value is the standard employed by FGDC-STD-005-2008 for defining the Shrubland and Grassland Formation Class [FGDC 2008]).