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

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 intende...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Huffman,Robert Terry, Tucker,Gary E, Wooten,Jean W, Klimas,Charles V, Freel,Mike W
Other Authors: ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1982
Subjects:
Biology
*Swamps
Flood plains
United States
North(Direction)
East(Direction)
Identification
Classification
Handbooks
Vegetation
Plants(Botany)
*Wetlands
North Atlantic States
The Guides
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA117804
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA117804
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Summary: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) Report on Dredging Operations Technical Support Program.

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