TABLE 2 Land Cover Classifications
NLCD (2001 and 2006) Land Cover ClassificationsLand Cover Classifications in This Study
Barren landBarren
Developed open space/recreational grassesGrassy recreational lands
Developed, high intensity
Developed medium intensity
Developed low intensity
Developed
Dwarf shruba Scrub/shruba
Grasslanda
Sedge/herbaceousa
Lichensa
Mossa
Cultivated crops
Pasture/hay
Farmland
Deciduous forest
Evergreen foresta
Mixed foresta
Emergent herbaceous wetlandsa
Woody wetlandsa
Forestland
Open waterWater
  • Note: NLCD, National Land Cover Database.

  • a These categories account for less than 0.5% of the land cover in our study area in 2001 and 2006 and less than 1% in 1992.