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3.2.5 Non -wetland areas within clear-cut <br />Vegetation in the non -wetland clear-cut portions of the site is dominated by red alder and large <br />thick patches of salmonberry. Additional typical vegetation includes big leaf maple (Acer <br />macrophyllum, Facp, thimbleberry (Rubes parviorus, Fac), and Himalayan blackberry. <br />The soils within the non -wetland, clear-cut areas were dry to moist at the time of inspection. <br />Sampled soils were brown (IOYR 4/3) from 0 to 18 inches below the surface. The sampled soils <br />had a gravelly sandy loam texture. These soil characteristics do not satisfy the criteria for hydric <br />soils. <br />Soils sampled in the buffer were dry with light chromas, inferring the lack of water at or near the <br />surface for at least 12.5 percent of the growing season. This does not satisfy wetland hydrology <br />criteria. <br />These areas do not meet the three parameters for classification as wetland. <br />3.2.6 Non -wetland forested areas <br />Red alder, Western red cedar, and big leaf maple dominate the overstory of the forested areas <br />that remain. The understory is dominated by dense salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis, Fac), Indian <br />plum (Oemlaia cerasiformis, Facq, red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa, Facq, red huckleberry <br />(Vaccinium parvifolium, N.I.), and sword fern (Polystichum munitum, Facq. The dominance of species <br />rated "Facultative-" and drier does not meet the criteria for hydrophytic vegetation. <br />The soils within the forested areas were moist at the time of inspection. Sampled soils were found <br />to range from dark gray (10YR 3/2) from 0 to 6 inches below the surface, to dark yellowish <br />brown (IOYR 4/4) from 6 to 18 inches below the surface. The sampled soils had a gravelly sandy <br />loam texture. These soil characteristics do not satisfy the criteria for hydric soils. <br />Soils sampled in the buffer were dry with light chromas, inferring the lack of water at or near the <br />surface for at least 12.5 percent of the growing season. This does not satisfy wetland hydrology <br />criteria. <br />These areas do not meet the three parameters for classification as wetland. <br />CriticalArea Study 10 WRI# 15202 <br />Soundview Business Campus Rev. #2: October 2, 2015 ' <br />