VVEG	VEMAP Vegetation Type	Küchler Vegetation Types
		vveg.v1 *	vveg.v2 **
1	Tundra	52	52
2	Boreal coniferous forest	15, 21, 93, 96	15, 21, 93, 96
3	Temperate maritime coniferous forest	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
4	Temperate continental coniferous forest	8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 95	8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 95
5	Cool temperate mixed forest	28, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110	106, 107, 108, 109, 110
6	Warm temperate/ subtropical mixed forest	29, 89, 90, 111, 112	26, 28, 29, 89, 90, 111, 112
7	Temperate deciduous forest	26, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104	98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104
8	Tropical deciduous forest	not present ***	not present
9	Tropical evergreen forest	not present	not present
10	Temperate mixed xeromorphic woodland	30, 31, 32, 36, 37	30, 31, 32, 36, 37
11	Temperate conifer xeromorphic woodland	23	23
12	Tropical thorn woodland	not present	not present
13	(v1) Temperate/subtropical deciduous savanna	61, 71, 81, 82, 84, 87, 88	71, 81, 82, 84, 88
	(v2) Temperate deciduous savanna
14	Warm temperate/ subtropical mixed savanna	60, 62, 83, 85, 86	60, 61, 62, 83, 85, 86, 87
15	Temperate conifer savanna	24	24
16	Tropical deciduous savanna	not present	not present
17	C3 grasslands	47, 48, 50, 51, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68	47, 48, 50, 51, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68
18	C4 grasslands	53, 54, 65, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76, 77	53, 54, 65, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76, 77
19	Mediterranean shrubland	33, 34, 35	33, 34, 35
20	Temperate arid shrubland	38, 39, 40, 46, 55, 56, 57	38, 39, 40, 46, 55, 56, 57
21	Subtropical arid shrubland	41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 58, 59	41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 58, 59
90	Ice	not present	not present
91	Inland water bodies	no symbol	no symbol
92	Wetlands	49, 78, 79, 80, 92, 94, 113, 114	49, 78, 79, 80, 92, 94, 113, 114

^* vveg.v1 was used in VEMAP Phase 1 for simulations that input current potential natural vegetation.
^** vveg.v2 was used in VEMAP Phase 1 site files and VEMAP Phase 2.
^*** not present = vegetation type is not present in the current distribution of types for the U.S. on the 0.5deg. grid (vveg.v1, vveg.v2). These types are included because they are outputs of VEMAP biogeographical models where vegetation distribution could change under altered climate and CO₂ forcing, and they were used as inputs to selected biogeochemical model runs.

 

Code	Küchler Vegetation Type
WESTERN FORESTS
Needleleaf Forests
1	Spruce-cedar hemlock forest
2	Cedar-hemlock-Douglas fir forest
3	Silver fir-Douglas fir forest
4	Fir-hemlock forest
5	Mixed conifer forest
6	Redwood forest
7	Red fir forest
8	Lodgepole pine-subalpine forest
9	Pine-cypress forest
10	Ponderosa shrub forest
11	Western ponderosa forest
12	Douglas fir forest
13	Cedar-hemlock-pine forest
14	Grand fir-Douglas fir forest
15	Western spruce-fir forest
16	Eastern ponderosa forest
17	Black Hills pine forest
18	Pine-Douglas fir forest
19	Arizona pine forest
20	Spruce-fir-Douglas fir forest
21	Southwestern spruce-fir forest
22	Great Basin pine forest
23	Juniper-pinyon woodland
24	Juniper steppe woodland
Broadleaf forests
25	Alder-ash forest
26	Oregon oakwoods
27	Mesquite bosques
Broadleaf and needleleaf forests
28	Mosaic of numbers 2 and 26
29	California mixed evergreen forest
30	California oakwoods
31	Oak-juniper woodland
32	Transition between 31 and 37
WESTERN SHRUB AND GRASSLAND
Shrub
33	Chaparral
34	Montane chaparral
35	Coastal sagebrush
36	Mosaic of numbers 30 and 35
37	Mountain mahogany-oak scrub
38	Great Basin sagebrush
39	Blackbrush
40	Saltbush-greasewood
41	Creosote bush
42	Creosote bush-bur sage
43	Palo verde-cactus shrub
44	Creosote bush-tarbush
45	Ceniza shrub
46	Desert: vegetation largely absent
Grasslands
47	Fescue-oatgrass
48	California steppe
49	Tule marshes
50	Fescue-wheatgrass
51	Wheatgrass-bluegrass
52	Alpine meadows and barren
53	Grama-galleta steppe
54	Grama-tobosa prairie
Shrub and grasslands combinations
55	Sagebrush steppe
56	Wheatgrass-needlegrass shrubsteppe
57	Galleta-three awn shrubsteppe
58	Grama-tobosa shrubsteppe
59	Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
60	Mesquite savanna
61	Mesquite-acacia savanna
62	Mesquite-live oak savanna
CENTRAL AND EASTERN GRASSLANDS
Grasslands
63	Foothills prairie
64	Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass
65	Grama-buffalo grass
66	Wheatgrass-needlegrass
67	Wheatgrass-bluestem-needlegrass
68	Wheatgrass-grama-buffalo grass
69	Bluestem-grama prairie
70	Sandsage-bluestem prairie
71	Shinnery
72	Sea oats prairie
73	Northern cordgrass prairie
74	Bluestem prairie
75	Nebraska Sandhills prairie
76	Blackland prairie
77	Bluestem-sacahuista prairie
78	Southern cordgrass prairie
79	Palmetto prairie
Grassland and forest combinations
80	Marl-Everglades
81	Oak savanna
82	Mosaic of numbers 74 and 100
83	Cedar glades
84	Cross timbers
85	Mesquite-buffalo grass
86	Juniper-oak savanna
87	Mesquite-oak savanna
88	Fayette prairie
89	Blackbelt
90	Live oak-sea oats
91	Cypress savanna
92	Everglades
EASTERN FORESTS
Needleleaf forests
93	Great Lakes spruce-fir forest
94	Conifer bog
95	Great Lakes pine forest
96	Northeastern spruce-fir forest
Broadleaf forests
98	Northern floodplain forest
99	Maple-basswood forest
100	Oak-hickory forest
101	Elm-ash forest
102	Beech-maple forest
103	Mixed mesophytic forest
104	Appalachian oak forest
105	Mangrove
Broadleaf and needleleaf forests
106	Northern hardwoods
107	Northern hardwoods-fir forest
108	Northern hardwoods-spruce forest
109	Transition between numbers 104 and 106
110	Northeastern oak-pine forest
111	Oak-hickory-pine forest
112	Southern mixed forest
113	Southern floodplain forest
114	Pocosin
115	Sand pine scrub
116	Subtropical pine forest