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Wetland Classification and Mapping of the Kenai Lowland, Alaska
Map Unit Descriptions Ecosystem: Relict Glacial Lakebed Map Unit: LB56
Extent: 2 wetland polygons; 13.1 ha; 0.01% of wetland area; 0.01% of wetland polygons. |
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The LB56 wetland at the edge of a small lakebed complex in the city of Kenai (polygon 8451). |
Wetland Indicators Type: Peat or Mineral Average depth to water table: LB5: 57.0 cm; n=2 LB6: 31.4 cm; n=46 Organic layer thickness: LB5: 78.5 cm; n=2 LB6: 70.2 cm; n=62 Average depth to redoximorphic features: LB5: n/a LB6: 51.0; n=14 Common Soils: LB6: STARICHKOF, KALIFONSKY, DOROSHIN, NIKOLAI Common Plant communities: LB5 component:
LB6 component: Black spruce / Woodland horsetail - Labrador tea Black Spruce / Crowberry - Lingonberry Lutz spruce / Barclay's willow / Field horsetail / Crowberry |
| Accuracy assessment: No polygons that were interpreted as LB56 on aerial photographs were field checked. | |
Two polygons have been mapped as LB56. One lies at the edge of a smaller lakebed complex between Beaver Creek Road and the Spur Highway in the City of Kenai. It consists of a Lutz spruce forest with a bluejoint understory at the edge of several businesses. The bluejoint component probably invaded post- human disturbance. The second lies at the edge of a short bluff above Kachemak Bay, near the mouth of Fritz Creek. It also consists of a lutz spruce forest with a bluejoint understory, but seems to lack human-caused disturbance.
