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Wetland Classification and Mapping of the Kenai Lowland, Alaska
Map Unit Descriptions Ecosystem: Discharge Slope Map Units: SCL; SLC; SCLd; SLCd
Extent: SCL: 10 wetland polygons; 62.5 ha; 0.04% of wetland area; 0.06% of wetland polygons. SLC: 7 wetland polygons; 49.0 ha; 0.03% of wetland area; 0.04% of wetland polygons. |
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 An SCL wetland at the edge of a parking area in Kachemak City (polygon 50155).
A logged SLC wetland in the Bridge Creek watershed, the City of Homer's drinking water supply (polygon 116). |
Wetland Indicators Type: Mineral or Peat Average depth to water table: SC: 54.8 cm; n=5 SL: 35.0 cm; n=113 Organic layer thickness: SC: 39.1 cm; n=7 SL: 34.8 cm; n=126 Average depth to redoximorphic features: SC: 17.2 cm; n=6 SL: 26.3 cm; n=78 Common Soils: SC: BELUGA, NIKOLAI, KALIFONSKY SL: CHUNILNA, SPENARD, COAL CREEK, NIKOLAI, TRUULI, DOROSHIN Common Plant communities: SC component: SL component: Lutz spruce / Barclay's willow / Bluejoint Lutz spruce / Field horsetail – Bluejoint Lutz spruce / Sitka alder / Field horsetail Lutz spruce / Barclay's willow / Field horsetail / Crowberry Lutz spruce / Rusty menziesia / Field horsetail |
| Accuracy assessment: 1 polygon interpreted as SCL on aerial photographs was field checked. It was revised to SCA. | |
In Homer, the names SCLd and SLCd refer to wetlands that were either SCL or SLC but are now disturbed.
