Preliminary Guide to the Onsite Identification and Delineation of the Wetlands of the North Atlantic United States.

Abstract

This guide to the major plant associations and communities found in wetland within the North Atlantic region of the United States is one of a series of eight such guides, each prepared by a specialist or specialists familiar with the wetlands in the region coverd by the guide. The guides are intended for distribution to the various U.S. Army Engineer Districts for use in the onsite technical identification and delineation of wetland boundaries. The classification system in this guide is adpated from that utilized by the National Wetland Inventory (NWI) Project of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but frequently departs from NWI's system to describe common and/or distinct wetland communities or associations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117804

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  • Charles V. Klimas
  • Gary E. Tucker
  • Jean W. Wooten
  • Mike W. Freel
  • Robert Terry Huffman

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  • Human Systems

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  • Birds
  • Boundaries
  • Classification
  • Engineers
  • Floods
  • Forests
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Groundwater
  • Habitats
  • New England
  • North America
  • Oceanography
  • Plants
  • Production
  • United States
  • Wildlife

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  • Environmental science

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