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Natural Communities of Louisiana's Coastal Zone Fact Sheets

Natural Community Type State Rank  Global Rank
MARINE    
Marine Submergent Vascular Vegetation S1S2 G3G5
ESTUARINE
Salt Marsh S3S4 G5
Brackish Marsh S3S4 G4?
Intermediate Marsh S3S4 G4
Coastal Mangrove-Marsh Shrubland S3 G2?
Estuarine Submergent Vascular Vegetation S1S2 G3G5
Vegetated Pioneer Emerging Delta S2S3 G3G4
PALUSTRINE
Freshwater Marsh S1S2 G3G4
Coastal Prairie S1 G2Q
Scrub/Shrub Swamp S4S5 G3?
Cypress-Tupelo Swamp S4 G3G5
Cypress Swamp S4 G4G5
Pondycypress/Swamp Blackgum Swamp S1 G3
Bottomland Hardwood Forest S4 G4G5
Batture S4S5 G4G5
Live Oak Natural Levee Forest S1S2 G2
Slash Pine-Pondcypress/Hardwood Forest S2S3 G2?
Pine Flatwood S3 G2G3
Eastern Longleaf Pine Savannah S1 G1
Small Stream Forest S3 G3
RIVERINE
Sandbar S4S5 G4
TERRESTRIAL
Coastal Dune Grassland S1S2 G2G3
Coastal Dune Shrub Thicket S1 G3?
Salt Dome Hardwood Forest S1 G1
Coastal Live Oak-Hackberry Forest S1S2 G2
Barrier Island Live Oak Forest S1 G1
Spruce Pine-Hardwood Flatwood S1 G1G2
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