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Hugh Henrickson Janua�y'?4, 1996 Page - .'. • Facultati�e Wetland (FACW) - plants Giat occur in wetlands 67 to 99 percent of the time, under natural conditions. • Facuttativr; (FAC) - plants that occur in weUands 34 to 66 percent of the time, under na!ural conditions. • Facultative Upland (FACU) - plants that occur in wedands 1 to 33 percent of the time, under natural conditioas. • Obligate Upland (UPL) - plants that occur in wetlands less than 1 pereent of the time, under natura] conditions. More than 50 percent of the dominant species within a sample area must be rated obligate we[land, facultative wetland andlor facultative in order for the area to meet the hydrophytic vege[ation criteria. 2. Hydric (wetland) soils are def:ned as those soils which are saturated, flooded or ponded long enough during the growi�g season to devclop anaerobic conditions that favor the growth and regeneration of hydrophytic ve,getation. Hydric indicators include lovr soi] chroma, motdes, gleying and high organic content. These indicators are defined as: • Low Soil Chroma - Chtoma is ihe relative inYensity of hue (e.g. YR) as related to the grayness of a soil. Chroma is measured on a scale from G to 8; a low chroma is 2 or less. (I{ollmorgen 1975) • Niottles - Spots or stained areas of differently colored soil that is interspersed in the matrix color of a soil layer. • Gleying - Neuual gray, bluish, or greenish colors throughout a soil matrix, or occurring as mottles within a soil layer. • High Organic Content - More than 20 percent organic material within the upper 32 inches of [he soil profile. A soil widi a chroma of 1 with or without mottles, or chroma of 2 with mottles, or with a high organic content, meeu the hydric soil cri[erion. 3. Areas, possessing wetland hydrology are inundated either permanently or periodically, or the soil is saturated to within one foot of the surface for a week or more during the growing season. Vegetation on the si[e was examined and used as the primary indicator for deterntining wedand potential. Based on vegetative indicators, soils were dien randomly sampled with a hand-held suil auger and examined for hydric indicztors. The site was also examined for inditators of wetland hydrology, including pondino, soil saturation, water-stained leaves, and cracking oP the soil surface. In areas where no positive HIIEN\HGNRCKSN.DOC