Wetlands Mapper Legend Categories

For ease of viewing the map information, wetland types are displayed in groups of similar classifications (e.g. all freshwater emergent wetlands are displayed as a single color category). The display categories are shown in the table below. Wetlands descriptions, definitions and codes are explained further in Wetlands Codes.

Display Color	Wetland Type	Map Code	Cowardin	General Description
R 0 G 136 B 55	Freshwater- Forested and Shrub wetland	PFO, PSS	Palustrine forested and/or Palustrine shrub	Forested swamp or wetland shrub bog or wetland
R 127 G 195 B 28	Freshwater Emergent wetland	PEM	Palustrine emergent	Herbaceous march, fen, swale and wet meadow
R 104 G 140 B 192	Freshwater pond	PUB, PAB	Palustrine unconsolidated bottom, Palustrine aquatic bed	Pond
R 102 G 194 B 165	Estuarine and Marine wetland	E2, M2	Estuarine intertidal and Marine intertidal wetland	Vegetated and non-vegetated brackish and saltwater marsh, shrubs, beach, bar, shoal or flat
R 1 G 144 B 191	Riverine	R	Riverine wetland and deepwater	River or stream channel
R 19 G 0 B 124	Lakes	L	Lacustrine wetland and deepwater	Lake or reservoir basin
R 0 G 124 B 136	Estuarine and Marine Deepwater	E1, M1	Estuarine and Marine subtidal water and wetland	Open water estuary, bay, sound, open ocean
R 178 G 134 B 83	Other Freshwater wetland	Misc. types	Palustrine wetland	Farmed wetland, saline seep and other miscellaneous wetland