| 10A/10D: Salt- and brackish- water marsh/Scrub-shrub wetlands |
| 10A: Salt- and brackish- water marsh |
| 10B: Freshwater marsh |
| 10C: Swamps |
| 10D: Scrub-shrub wetlands and/or Mangroves |
| 9A: Sheltered tidal flats; Mud flats |
| 9B: Vegetated low banks |
| 9C: Hypersaline tidal flats |
| 8A: Sheltered rocky shores and sheltered scarps in bedrock, mud, or clay |
| 8B: Sheltered solid man-made structures |
| 8C: Sheltered riprap |
| 7: Exposed tidal flats; Sand flats |
| 6A: Gravel beaches |
| 6B: Exposed riprap |
| 5: Mixed sand and gravel beaches |
| 4: Coarse-grained sand beaches |
| 3A: Fine- to medium- grained sand beaches |
| 3B: Scarps and steep slopes in sand |
| 2A: Exposed wave-cut platforms in bedrock, mud, or clay |
| 2B: Exposed scarps and steep slopes in clay |
| 1A: Exposed rocky shores; Exposed rocky banks |
| 1B: Exposed, solid man-made structures |