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<br /> located on the southern and western portiona of the property
<br /> and an open ahrubland, found on the northeestern portion of
<br /> the property.
<br /> The forested area runa along the western and aouthern
<br /> portione of the property and includea a woodad hillside and
<br /> the site of a former house and ita associated qrounda as
<br /> evidenced by aerial photos. The dominant plant spacies in
<br /> this area were red alder (BjIIyg yyb2$, FAC) treea, Himalayan
<br /> blackberry ($yLiy@ diacolor, FACU-) , salmonberry ($y�yg
<br /> eoectabilis, FACW) , willow (Salig spp, , FAC-OBL) ,
<br /> thimbleberry (g�yg parviflorug, FACU+) and sword-fern
<br /> (Poly�tichum �,�, UPL) . There were scattered tall
<br /> Dcuqlas fir (Paeudotsuaa menziesii, UPL) , and a few weatern
<br /> red cedar (Thuia nlicata, FACj . As seen in Tablea 8.2, and
<br /> B.3 (Appendix B) , 50 gercent of the dominant species were
<br /> rated FAC or wetter, which f�ilfilla the federal definition
<br /> of hydrophytic species; however, the WI�lI was 3.4 and 3.5,
<br /> which indicates a qood probability that the site is an
<br /> upland. As epecified in Fiqure A. 1, additional data
<br /> regardinq the soils and hydroloqy were deeirable.
<br /> The shrubland is located on a nearly flat portion of the
<br /> property which had been scarified somatime prior to 1965, as
<br /> evidenced by aerial photos. A ditch runs diagonally
<br /> (southeast to northwest) acrosa the northeaet corner of the
<br /> property. The shrubland area was dominated by hardhack
<br /> spirea (Sniraea menzieaii, FACW) , willow (FAC-OBL) , and soft
<br /> �gh (�LNII�St@ g�fY@�&, FACW) Other scattered speciea
<br /> included tall feacue (Festuca arundinacea, FACU-) , horsetail
<br /> (Eauiaetum spp. , FAC-OBL) , read canaryqrase (Phelaris
<br /> arundinacea, FACW) , common vnlvet-qrase (Holcy$ lanatus,
<br /> FAC) , sweetqrass (Hierochloe odorata, FACW) , alonq with
<br /> scattered Douqlas fir (UPL) trees and saplinqs, and biq-leaf
<br /> maple (Acer macroohvllum, FACU) trees. Although upland
<br /> species were interminqled throughout this area, tho dominant
<br /> species were rated FAC or wetter. As seen in Table 8.4, 100
<br /> percent of the dominant plants were rated FAC or wetter, and
<br /> the weiqhted mean index was 2.5. Based on the predominance
<br /> of hydrophytic plant speciea, this portion of the proparty
<br /> wae determined to conform to the quidelines for wetland
<br /> vegetation as defined by the federal delineation manual,
<br /> however, as indicated in Fiqure A. 1, additional data
<br /> � regarding soils and/or hydrology were deairable.
<br /> Several small, linear areas at the edqe of the shrubland had
<br /> signs of eurface pondinq and were investiqated. The field
<br /> survey data is shown in Table B.S. Willowa (FAC-OBL)
<br /> dominated, with a qround cover of horsetnil (FAC-OBL)
<br /> coverinq between 25 to 50 percent of the area. Reed
<br /> canaryqrass (FACW) and a species of graes (unidentifiable
<br /> due to lack of floral parts, not rated) covered between 5
<br /> and 25 percent of the area. Other areas were unvegetated.
<br /> All (100 percent) of the dominant plant species wera rated
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