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DIVISION 2. <br />DESIGNATION OF PROTECTED WETLANDS <br />Sec. 78-1602 Wetland Types <br />The wetlands protected and regulated by this Section are types 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, <br />and 8 wetlands, as defined in circular 39, “Wetlands of the United States”, 1971 edition. <br />United States Dq)artment of the Interior, unless the wetland is within a shorelond district <br />in which case the more restrictive rules regarding setbacks would apply. Protected <br />wetlands are further defined as follows: <br />(1) 1)fpe 1 Seasonally Flooded Basins or Floodplains: Type 1 wetlands are <br />seasonally flooded basins or flats in which soil is covert with water or is <br />waterlogged during variable seasonal periods but usually is well-drained <br />during much of the growing season. Type 1 wetlands are located in <br />depressions and in overflow bottom lands along water courses. Vegetation <br />varies greatly according to the season and duration of the flooding, and <br />includes bottom land hardwoods, as well as herbaceous plants. <br />(2) Type 2 Inland Fresh Meadow: Occurs along the shallow edges of lakes, <br />marshes and floodplains, or in perched depressions. The soil is usually <br />without standing water during much of the growing season, but is <br />waterlogged within at least a few inches of the surface. Vegetation <br />includes grasses, sedges, rushes and various herbaceous plants. <br />(3) T)pe 3 Inland Shallow Fresh Marsh: Soil is usually water logged during <br />the growing season, often covered with as much as six inches or more of <br />water. Vegetation includes grasses, bulrushes, cattails, arrowheads, <br />smartweeds and other emergent aquatic vegetation. <br />(4) 7)pc 4 Inland Deep Fresh Marsh: Soil covered with six inches to three <br />feet or more of water during growing season. Vegetation includes cattails, <br />reeds, bulrushes and wild rice. Open water areas may contain pondweeds, <br />naiads, cooutail, water milfoils and other submergent aquatic vegetation. <br />Type 5 Inland Open Fresh Water: Water is usually less than 10 feet deep <br />and is fringed by a border of emergent vegetation. Vegetation includes <br />pondweeds, naiads, coontail, water milfoils and other submergent aquatic <br />vegetation. <br />(6) T'ype 6 Shrub Swan^: Occurs along sluggish streams or on floodplains. <br />The soil is usually waterlogged during the growing season, and is often <br />covered with as much as six inches of water. Vegetation includes alder, <br />willow and dogwood.