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VEGETATION - Use scientific names of plants <br />Samplinq Point: SP-A <br />50/20 Thresholds <br />Tree Stratum Plot Size ( 30 ft Radius ) <br />Absolute <br />Dominant <br />Indicator <br />20% 50% <br />% Cover <br />Species <br />Status <br />Tree Stratum 2 5 <br />1 Fraxinus pennsylvanica <br />10 <br />Y <br />FACW <br />Sapling/Shrub Stratum 7 18 <br />2 <br />Herb Stratum 11 29 <br />3 <br />Woody Vine Stratum 0 0 <br />4 <br />5 <br />Dominance Test Worksheet <br />6 <br />Number of Dominant <br />7 <br />Species that are OBL, <br />8 <br />FACW, or FAC: 4 (A) <br />9 <br />Total Number of <br />10 <br />Dominant Species Across 7 (B) <br />10 <br />= Total Cover <br />Percent of Dominant <br />Species that are OBL, <br />Sapling/Shrub Plot Size ( 15 ft Radius ) <br />Absolute <br />Dominant <br />Indicator <br />FACW, or FAC: 57.14% (A/B) <br />Stratum <br />/o Cover <br />Species <br />Status <br />1 Cornus alba <br />25 <br />Y <br />FACW <br />Prevalence Index Worksheet <br />2 Cornus racemosa <br />10 <br />Y <br />FAC <br />Total % Cover of: <br />3 <br />OBL species 0 x 1= 0 <br />4 <br />FACW species 45 x 2 = 90 <br />5 <br />FAC species 10 x 3 = 30 <br />6 <br />FACU species 47 x 4 = 188 <br />7 <br />UPL species 0 x 5= 0 <br />8 <br />Column totals 102 (A) 308 (B) <br />9 <br />Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.02 <br />10 <br />35 <br />= Total Cover <br />Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: <br />Herb Stratum Plot Size ( 5 ft Radius ) <br />Absolute <br />Dominant <br />Indicator <br />Rapid test for hydrophytic vegetation <br />% Cover <br />Species <br />Status <br />X Dominance test is >50% <br />1 Poa pratensis <br />25 <br />Y <br />FACU <br />Prevalence index is <_3.0* <br />2 Phalaris arundinacea <br />10 <br />Y <br />FACW <br />_ <br />Morphological adaptations* (provide <br />3 Solidago canadensis <br />10 <br />Y <br />FACU <br />supporting data in Remarks or on a <br />4 Glechoma hederacea <br />10 <br />Y <br />FACU <br />sheet) <br />5 Trifolium pratense <br />2 <br />N <br />FACU <br />—separate <br />Problematic hydrophytic vegetation* <br />6 <br />_ (explain) <br />7 <br />'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be <br />8 <br />present, unless disturbed or problematic <br />9 <br />10 <br />Definitions of Vegetation Strata: <br />11 <br />Tree - Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in diameter <br />12 <br />at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. <br />13 <br />14 <br />Sapling/shrub - Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH and <br />15 <br />greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. <br />57 <br />= Total Cover <br />Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of <br />size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. <br />Woody Vine <br />Plot Size (30 ft Radius ) <br />Absolute <br />Dominant <br />Indicator <br />Stratum <br />% Cover <br />Species <br />Status <br />Woody vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in <br />1 <br />height. <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />Hydrophytic <br />5 <br />vegetation <br />0 <br />= Total Cover <br />present? Y <br />Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet) <br />Prevalence index greater than 3.0 <br />US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region <br />