Vegetation Map Description
Type Symbol
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1 . . . . . 1 . . . tropical evergreen rainforest, mangrove forest
2 . . . . . 2 . . . tropical/subtropical evergreen seasonal
broadleaved forest
3 . . . . . 3 . . . subtropical evergreen rainforest
4 . . . . . 4 . . . temperate/subpolar evergreen rainforest
5 . . . . . 5 . . . temperate evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest,
summer rain
6 . . . . . 6 . . . evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous forest,
winter rain
7 . . . . . 7 . . . tropical/subtropical evergreen needleleaved forest
8 . . . . . 8 . . . temperate/subpolar evergreen needleleaved forest
9 . . . . . 9 . . . tropical/subtropical drought-deciduous forest
10 . . . . . A . . . cold-deciduous forest, with evergreens
11 . . . . . B . . . cold-deciduous forest, without evergreens
12 . . . . . C . . . xeromorphic forest/woodland
13 . . . . . D . . . evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous woodland
14 . . . . . E . . . evergreen needleleaved woodland
15 . . . . . F . . . tropical/subtropical drought deciduous woodland
16 . . . . . G . . . cold-deciduous woodland
17 . . . . . H . . . evergreen broadleaved shrubland/thicket, evergreen
dwarf-shrubland
18 . . . . . I . . . evergreen needleleaved or microphyllous shrubland/
thicket
19 . . . . . J . . . drought-deciduous shrubland/thicket
20 . . . . . K . . . cold-deciduous subalpine/subpolar shrubland,
cold-deciduous dwarf shrubland
21 . . . . . L . . . xeromorphic shrubland/dwarf shrubland
22 . . . . . M . . . arctic/alpine tundra, mossy bog
23 . . . . . N . . . tall/medium/short grassland with 10-40% woody tree
cover
24 . . . . . O . . . tall/medium/short grassland with <10% woody tree
cover or tuft-plant cover
25 . . . . . P . . . tall/medium/short grassland with shrub cover
26 . . . . . Q . . . tall grassland, no woody cover
27 . . . . . R . . . medium grassland, no woody cover
28 . . . . . S . . . meadow, short grassland, no woody cover
29 . . . . . T . . . forb formations
30 . . . . . U . . . desert
31 . . . . . V . . . ice
32 . . . . . W . . . cultivation