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Wetland lA <br /> The vegetation transition zone along Sample Transect 1-3 at the wetland point started with a <br /> dominance of reed canary grass, bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), porcupine sedge <br /> (Carex hystericina), beggertick (Bidens cerna) and two upland tree species along with several <br /> other FAC W non-dominants equaling about 54 percent coverage at the herb layer. <br /> The vegetation transition to upland yielded a dominance sugar maple(Acer saccharum)trees and <br /> common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) as an herb. Total coverage of vegetation within the <br /> upland herb layer was 25 percent with the remaining area being bare soil. <br /> Soils at SP 1-3 WET were low chroma and value down to 14 inches and transitioned to a <br /> depleted matrix down to 22. More than 20 percent redox concentrations were noted starting at 8 <br /> inches and continuing throughout the remainder of the profile. Textures were loamy mucky <br /> mineral at the surface horizon down to 8 inches and became a silty clay loam for the remainder <br /> of the profile. <br /> Soils at SP 1-3 UP were low chroma and value down to 13 inches and then became depleted. <br /> Redox concentrations started at 13 inches but were only 1 percent of the matrix. Textures were <br /> more sandy and loamy at the surface and became more clayey at the bottom of the described <br /> profile. <br /> Surface saturation was noted at the wetland sample point. SP 1-3 UP had no indicators of <br /> hydrology, however. <br /> SER delineated Wetland lA as a Type 3,PEM/SS1F, Shallow Marsh wetland. Wetland lA <br /> connects with Wetland 1, which further defines the complex that will be described at the end of <br /> the Results section. <br /> Dranageway <br /> The vegetation transition zone along Sample Transect 1-2 at the wetland point had a dominance <br /> of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) and boxelder (Acer negundo) trees and transitioned to <br /> sugar maple trees and herbaceous common buckthorn in the upland. <br /> Soils at SP 1-2 WET were made up of two stratums that were both black with loamy and clayey <br /> textures down to 24 inches. The surface horizon had 5 percent prominent redox concentrations. <br /> Soils at SP 1-2 UP were similar in color and texture as the wetland point down to 18 inches but <br /> more sandy. <br /> Hydrology indicators at the wetland sample point included an algal mat (B4) and sparsely <br /> vegetated concave surface(B8) along with three additional secondary indicators. <br /> SER delineated the drainageway area as a connection between wetlands 1 and lA and is <br /> therefore considered part of the same wetland complex as Wetlands 1 and lA. The complex of <br /> these wetlands(Wetland 1, lA and the Drainageway) is Type 2/3, PEM/SS1/B/F, Wet Meadow <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources 2900 Deer Run Trail <br /> Project No.:201 I-026 4 Marcia Hammond <br />