Ecosystem*
Subclass Code
Class Code RI
Class: Subclass
SE
Riparian
Description
Project Sunshine Ecosystems associated with Coast / and influenced by water. Central Includes areas along creeks, & North streams, gullies, canyons Okanagan and larger floodplains. / South Includes fringes along ponds, / lakeshores, and some sites with Okanagan Vancouver significant seepage. Island Sunshine Fringe ecosystems associated Coast / with streams, pond or lake Central shorelines or sites with & North significant seepage but no Okanagan floodplain. / South Okanagan High-bench floodplain terraces (only periodically and briefly Sunshine inundated by high waters but Coast lengthy subsurface flow in the rooting zone). Low-bench floodplain terraces Sunshine (flooded at least every other Coast year).
Coastal/ Interior/ either
Either
RI
ff
SE
Riparian:fringe
RI
fh
SE
Riparian:high bench
RI
fl
SE
Riparian:low bench
RI
fm
SE
Riparian: medium bench
Medium-bench floodplain terraces (flooded every 1-5 years for short periods).
Sunshine Coast
Coastal
Riparian:Bench or
Central & North Okanagan / South Okanagan
Interior
forested floodplain
Benches along creeks and rivers (high, medium, or low benches in the Central Okanagan); forested floodplain (South Okanagan).
Riparian:gully
Gullies. Historical unit, now mapped as RI:gu.
Vancouver Island Sunshine Coast / Central & North Okanagan / South Okanagan Central & North Okanagan / South Okanagan South Okanagan
Coastal
Vancouver Island
Coastal
RI
RI
fp
g
SE
SE
Riparian:
RI
gu
SE
Riparian:gully
Watercourse is in a steep V-shaped gully (Sunshine Coast); gullies with intermittent or permanent creeks (Central Okanagan/ South Okanagan).
RI
ri
SE
Riparian:river
Large river watercourses including gravel bars.
RI
sh
SE
Riparian: shrub floodplain
SG
co
OIE
Older Second Growth Forest:coniferous
Shrub dominated floodplain or lakeshore. Conifer forests 60-100 years old with <15% deciduous. Historical unit, now mapped as MF:co.
267
Either
Coastal
Coastal
Either
Either Interior
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