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1. NHESP Natural Communities [MassGIS_GISDATA.NATCOMM_POLY]
The NHESP Natural Communities datalayer consists of polygons that represent the extent of various natural communities of biodiversity conservation interest in Massachusetts. These polygons are based ...


2. NHESP Estimated Habitats of Rare Wildlife [MassGIS_GISDATA.ESTHAB_POLY]
Estimated Habitats are for use with the Wetlands Protection Act regulations (310 CMR 10.00). The Estimated Habitats of Rare Wildlife datalayer contains polygons that are a subset of the Priority Habitats ...


3. Acidic Peatland Community Systems [MassGIS_GISDATA.VCPEATLAND_POLY]
Acidic Peatland Community Systems include evergreen forest and shrub bogs, Atlantic White Cedar (AWC) swamps and bogs, and shrub and graminoid fens. This data was created by starting with the DEP ...


4. Coastal Natural Community Systems [MassGIS_GISDATA.VCCOASTAL_POLY]
The Coastal Natural Community Systems extend from the ocean to the inland limits of tidal influence and salt spray. Community types include dunes, beaches, salt marshes, tidal flats, undeveloped barrier ...


5. Coastal Plain Pond Systems [MassGIS_GISDATA.VCCOASTALPLAINPOND_POLY]
Coastal Plain Pond Systems consist of certain kettlehole ponds and the pondshores developed around their fluctuating water levels. Most of this data in the southeast came from a shapefile created ...


6. Massachusetts 2000 Urban Boundaries [MassGIS_GISDATA.MA2000URBBND_POLY]
In 2000, the Census Bureau used the Census Block Group data to designate the urban boundaries by following the Census Bureau maintained road segments called TIGER. The Office of Transportation Planning, ...


7. National Wetlands Inventory (Arcs) [MassGIS_GISDATA.NWI_ARC]
This polyline layer represents river and stream features as created by the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) program, administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The NWI project was ...


8. Pine Barrens Nat. Comm. Sys. (UMass Pitch Pine) [MassGIS_GISDATA.VCPINEBARRENS2_POLY]
Pine Barrens Systems are a mosaic of pitch pine and scrub oak, with heath and grassy openings, located on nutrient-poor, acidic, drought-prone soils. Most of this data is in the southeast a subset ...


9. Pine Barrens Natural Community Systems [MassGIS_GISDATA.VCPINEBARRENS_POLY]
Pine Barrens Systems are a mosaic of pitch pine and scrub oak, with heath and grassy openings, located on nutrient-poor, acidic, drought-prone soils. Most of this data is in the southeast a subset ...


10. Riverine Natural Community Systems [MassGIS_GISDATA.VCRIVERINE_POLY]
Riverine Systems are complex areas defined by the extent of river flooding. They include floodplain and alluvial forests, riverside marshes and shrub swamps, and brackish and freshwater wetlands along ...


11. Sandplain Natural Community Systems [MassGIS_GISDATA.VCSANDPLAIN_POLY]
Sandplain Systems are complex mosaics of native grassland and heathland found on dry sandy soils, usually near the coast. Most of this data in the southeast is a subset of grassland and heathland ...


12. Upland Forest [MassGIS_GISDATA.VCFOREST_POLY]
The Upland Forest layer is a polygon layer vectorized from classified satellite imagery. It depicts the distribution of several upland forest types derived from Landsat 5 imagery acquired on April ...


13. Artificial Reefs in Massachusetts [CZM_moris_artificial_reefs_pt]
These vector point data represent the three permitted artificial reefs deployed in Massachusetts. Supplemental information including a brief history of their inception and their success in creating ...


14. Coastal Barrier Resources Act [CZM_cbra]
The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) designates various undeveloped coastal barrier islands, depicted by specific maps, for inclusion in the Coastal Barrier Resources System (System). Areas so ...


15. National Estuarine Research Reserve System [CZM_nerrs]
Section 315 of CZMA establishes the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS). States may seek federal approval and designation of certain areas as NERRS sites if the areas qualify as biogeographic ...


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