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Name	†	Color on Map	EPA Code‡
Lake Superior Clay Plain	✓		50a
Menominee-Drummond Lakeshore	○		50aa
Cheboygan Lake Plain	✓		50ab
Onaway Moraines	✓		50ac
Vanderbilt Moraines	✓		50ad
Mio Plateau	✓		50ae
Cadillac Hummocky Moraines	✓		50af
Newaygo Barrens	✓		50ag
Tawas Lake Plain	✓		50ah
Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain	○		50b
St. Croix Pine Barrens	○		50c
Superior Mineral Ranges	✓		50d
Chequamegon Moraines and Outwash Plain	○		50e
Blue Hills	○		50f
Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines	○		50g
Perkinstown End Moraines	○		50h
Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country	○		50i
Brule and Paint River Drumlins	○		50j
Wisconsin/Michigan Pine Barrens	○		50k
Menominee Drumlins and Ground Moraine	○		50l
Mesabi Range	○		50m
Boundary Lakes and Hills	○		50n
Glacial Lakes Upham and Aitkin	○		50o
Toimi Drumlins	○		50p
Itasca and St. Louis Moraines	○		50q
Chippewa Plains	○		50r
Nashwauk/Marcell Moraines and Uplands	○		50s
North Shore Highlands	○		50t
Keweenaw-Baraga Moraines	○		50u
Winegar Dead Ice Moraine	○		50v
Michigamme Highland	○		50w
Grand Marais Lakeshore	✓		50x
Seney-Tahquamenon Sand Plain	○		50y
Rudyard Clay Plain	○		50z

† Status: ✓ = Complete ○ = Needs Image … = Incomplete ∅ = Stub Only

‡ This code refers to the US EPA's Level 4 ecoregion codes for the continental U.S., see here.

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