| Description
|
Common
Name |
| 1. |
a. |
Wetland
dominated by non-persistent emergents, open water, aquatic
bed, unconsolidated bottom, or stream bed. |
2
|
| |
b. |
Wetland
dominated by trees, shrubs, or persistent emergents with greater
than 30% areal coverage, or farmed. |
7
|
| 2. |
a. |
Water
contained within a channel. |
3 |
| |
b. |
Water
not contained within a channel. |
5
|
| 3. |
a. |
Water
velocity slow, possibly intermittent. Bottom consists of mud,
clay, sand, or bedrock. |
4 |
| |
b. |
Water
velocity fast. Bottom consists of coarse sand, gravel, or rock
(rubble to boulders). |
Upper
Perennial
Stream |
| 4. |
a. |
Water
flowing throughout the year. |
Lower
Perennial
Stream |
| |
b. |
Water
flowing only part of the year. When not flowing
the water may remain in isolated pools, or surface water may
be absent. |
Intermittent
Stream |
| 5. |
a. |
Area
greater than 20 acres (8 hectares). |
Open
Lake |
| |
b. |
Area
less than 20 acres (8 hectares). |
6
|
| 6.
|
a. |
All,
or part of the wetland made up of no active wave formed or bedrock
shoreline present. |
Lake
Shore |
| |
b. |
All,
or part of the wetland made up of an active, wave formed or
bedrock shoreline. |
Pond
|
| 7. |
a. |
Greater
than 50% of the vegetation woody. |
8 |
| |
b. |
Greater
than 50% of the vegetation herbaceous. |
10 |
| 8. |
a. |
Woody
vegetation greater than 20 feet tall (6.0 meters). |
9 |
| |
b. |
Woody
vegetation less than 20 feet tall (6.0 meters). |
Scrub-Shrub
Wetland |
| 9. |
a. |
Surface
water present semipermanently to permanently. Woody
vegetation adapted to living in standing water. |
Swamp
|
| |
b. |
Surface
water present temporarily to seasonally. Woody vegetation
not able to survive prolonged inundation.
|
Forested
Wetland |
| 10. |
a. |
Standing
water present temporarily to seasonally during the growing season.
Soil pH neutral (approximately 6-7.3). (Areas may be framed
during dry periods.) |
Wet
Meadow |
| |
b. |
Standing
water present, or soil saturated throughout the growing season;
or soil pH not neutral. |
11
|
| 11. |
a. |
Soil
pH alkaline due to calcareous seepage. |
Fen
|
| |
b. |
Soil
ph neutral to acid. |
12 |
| 12. |
a. |
Soil
Ph neutral (approximately 5-7.3).
Sphagnum moss and peat absent. |
Marsh
|
| |
b. |
Soil
Ph neutral (less than 5). Sphagnum moss and peat present. |
Bog
|
