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� M � <br /> Hydrophytic Veget�tiun (Wetlaud Vegctsrtiun) <br /> V�'elland vegetation is de�ned in the 1987 vtanual as "`fhe sum t�tal c�f macrophytic plant life <br /> �;rovvin� in �vater or on a subslrale that is at least periodically defcient in oxygen as a result c►f <br /> excessive watc;r contcnt. Whcn hydiroph��tic vegetatian comprises a community wherc; indicHtors <br /> of hydric soils and wetland hydrolo�y also accur, the a��ea has wctland ve�;efativn." In more <br /> standard terms, some plants arc rnore adapted to �r��wing within inundated nr saturAtecl soil. <br /> I3ased an (ileraturc reco�+[ls and pratc�ional cxperiettce, ti panel of cxperts compilcd a (ist of <br /> plant species and assigned each � hydrophytic status (described below and 'uicludes five major <br /> clatises of probability of a plant c�ccurring within a wetland). <br /> In tenns of deline�ition there is a gr�dient Uf plant speciw tht�t �rc adt�pted to `'gr���ving in +vat�r <br /> or an substeate that is at least periodic111y de�cient af asy�;en". field��n�ic a�.soci�ted wi�h <br /> w�etlund deiinc�tions includcs a procedure (the SO/Zp ltulc, tor dctcrn�iiiation c�t' d��min�nce), <br /> ��rhich is also outlineci in the 19$7 Manual, by� which to detcimine iC hydraphyiic plant species <br /> daminatv the ve�etation at a �ivcn IocArion. '1'his pracedure has t�n u�d fcN� tl�c wetlAnci <br /> delincati�n at the subjcct parcel of chis report. <br /> Hydric Suil <br /> Dcfined in thc 1987 MAnual as "A soil that is saturated, Ilooded, or ponded lon� enau�h during <br /> thc gruwing sea�on io dcvclap a�aerobic canditivns that favar the growth and regeneration of <br /> hvdrophytic vegetation. Hydric soils that occur in nreas h���in� positive indicak� of <br /> hydrophytic vegecatinn and we.tland hydrology ai•e wetland soils:' <br /> For the purposes of cielineation af wetlands, soils cannot bc �ie�ved withaut digging pits or <br /> extracting soil using an au�er. Ther�fore, transects of soil samples are t�ken fram pe��ceived <br /> upland to perceived wetlands along a transilionat baundai�y. There are specific color indi�ators, <br /> textures, and depth requiremcnls in the soil th�t �re reviewcd in ordcr to determinc whelhcr <br /> hvdric soils occur�t a given ppinl ar nut. �fler +� tr�nsect oCsoil sumplcs has bc;en taken, upcm <br /> considei�tian ni'vegetation and indicatars oT apprapriate hydrola�y a working prot�ty� far the <br /> given wctlAnd is developed by thc dclincator. Thc �vetl�nd delineatar t}�en uses this workin� <br /> pratatype ta eomplctc the Iocution of the rcm�indcr of the wetland boundary�, unless th� ���etlan� <br /> is large enougl� or the landscape featui•es (vegctaiian ar tapography) change enou�h to warrant <br /> additi�nal transcct samples. <br /> A-3 <br />