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Attribute: HABITAT_TYPE

code  description    
BankSide    Along elevated banks of stream     
Bedrock    Continuous cover of bedrock in stream     
Bedrock/cobbles    Mixture of bedrock and cobble-sized sediments     
BermudaGrass    Bermuda grass in stream     
Biofilm    Biofilm of microscopic organisms     
Boulder    Boulder-sized sediments     
Chara    Chara, green algal species     
Cladophora    Cladophora, green algal species     
Cobble    Cobble-sized sediments     
Cobble/rock    Mixture of cobble-sized and larger sediments     
Depositional    Area of low water velocity with sediments and other material deposited     
FBOM    Fine benthic organic material     
FilamentousAlgae    Filmentous algal mats, algal type not specified     
FilamentousGreenAlga   Filmentous green algal mats, genus not specified     
Glide    Area intermediate between pool and riffle in terms of water velocity     
Grasses    Grass in stream, species unspecified     
Gravel    Gravel-sized sediments     
Gravel/cobble    Mixture of gravel- and cobble-sized sediments     
Lemna    Lemna or duckweed in stream     
Myriophyllum    Aquatic macrophytes in stream, Myriophyllum     
Nasturtium    Aquatic macrophytes in stream, Nasturtium     
Organic-richFineSed    Fine benthic sediments with high concentration of organic fraction     
Pool    Pool in stream     
Ranunculus    Ranunculus buttercup plant in stream     
Riffle    Riffle in stream, comparatively fast velocity     
Riffle/Glide    Transition between riffle and glide habitat types     
Rock/sand    Mixture of sand and larger sediment sizes     
Rocks    Large sediment, size not specified     
Sand    Sand in stream     
Silt    Comparatively fine sediments, intermediate between sand and clay     
StreamSide    Along side of stream     
TotalWoodSurface    Surface area (measured) of all wood submerged in stream     
Veronica    Veronica, vascular plant, in stream     
Watercress    Watercress plant in stream     
WholeStream    Entire stream included in areal estimate, no further partioning