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Riparian Forest (RF)
Includes mainly riparian forest along Clear Creek, forested wetland
depressions, and some upland forests, including coastal flatwoods.
Wetland hydrology is controlled mainly by overbank flooding along
Clear Creek.
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Coastal Flatwoods (CF)
Forested wetlands with hydrology controlled mainly by localized
runoff. In this area dominated by Willow Oak and palmettoes.
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Estuarine (E) - Areas
influenced by tidal fluctuations.
a. Intertidal - includes salt, brackish,
and freshwater regularly and irregularly flooded marshes.
b. Subtidal - includes subtidal habitats
that were formed by the subsidence of tidal marshes, off channel
subtidal habitats, and associated tidal marsh remnants.
c. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation -
includes subtidal/ephemeral widgeon grass Ruppia maritima habitats.
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Other Prairie (OP)
Other wet prairies. Usually "gumbo" clay. Very broad wet depressions
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Prairie Pothole Pimple-Mound Complexes (PP)
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PP-1 Pothole and pimple
mound complex is essentially intact. Little or no land-leveling
has taken place. The full range of topographic variation is present.
Vegetation may or may not be disturbed |
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PP-2 Pothole and pimple
mound complex has been at least semi-leveled. Few pimple mounds
remain, but the wetland configuration is essentially intact, although
the wetlands may have significantly less storage capacity than in
their original condition. Or the complex may be essentially intact,
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PP-3 Pothole and pimple
mound complex has been extensively leveled, but significant wetland
resources remain on the site. Or the area may be semi-leveled, but
significant urban disturbance is present. |
