Wetland Classification and Mapping of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

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Ecosystems

Plant Community Introduction Map Unit Summary Key to the communities Riparian
        Key Wetland / Upland Complex: WU Forested Communities: Kettle
        Lowlands Landscape DISTURB  Balsam poplar / Thinleaf alder Tidal
        Wetlands Depressions:  Black Spruce / Crowberry - Lingonberry Headwater Fen
        Jurisdictional Wetlands  Component D1  Black spruce / Field horsetail – Dwarf birch Drainageway
Ecosystems  Units: D12, D21  Black spruce / Labrador tea Depression
        Key  Units: D1-3, D13  Black spruce / Woodland horsetail - Labrador tea Discharge Slope
        Peatlands  Units: D1-4, D14  Lutz spruce / Barclay's willow / Bluejoint Map Units
        Glacial History  Component: D2  Lutz spruce / Barclay's willow / Ericaceous shrub

Depression

Ecosystem Descriptions:  Units: D23, D32  Lutz spruce / Barclay's willow / Field Horsetail

D1

  Depression Ecosystem  Units: D2-4, D24, D42  Lutz spruce / Barclay's willow / Field horsetail / Crowberry

D12, D21

  Discharge Slope Ecosystem  Component: D3  Lutz spruce / Dwarf birch – Field horsetail

D1-3, D31

  Floating Island Ecosystem  Units: D34, D43, D34d  Lutz spruce / Field horsetail – Bluejoint

D2

  Headwater Fen Ecosystem  Component: D4  Lutz spruce / Field horsetail – Oakfern

D23, D32

  Kettle Ecosystem Discharge Slopes:  Lutz spruce / Oakfern - Bluejoint

D3

  Late Snowmelt Plateau Ecosystem   Alder component  Lutz spruce / Rusty menziesia / Field horsetail

D34, D43

  Relict Glacial Drainageway Ecosystem   Alder / Lutz Spruce units  Lutz spruce / Sitka alder / Field horsetail

D4

  Relict Glacial Lakebed Ecosystem   Other Alder units Shrubby Communities:

Relict Glacial Drainageway

  Riparian Ecosystem   Black Spruce component  Bog blueberry – Dwarf birch – Tufted hairgrass

DW3

  Tidal Ecosystem   Black Spruce units  Bog blueberry – Manyflower sedge – Dwarf birch

DW5A

Map Unit Summary   Bluejoint grass component  Barclay's Willow / Bluejoint

Headwater Fen

Glossary   Bluejoint /Alder units  Barclay's willow / Bluejoint - Field horsetail

H1

Habitat Analyses   Bluejoint / Lutz Spruce units  Barclay's willow / Bluejoint / Marsh fivefinger

H1-3, H31

    White Spruce component  Barclay's willow / Rich

H2

    White Spruce units  Crowberry – Bog blueberry

H23, H32

Technical Resources

  Lutz Spurce component  Crowberry – Labrador tea

H3

Soils:   Lutz Spruce / Willow units  Feltleaf willow / Bluejoint

H4

  Hydric Field Indicators (3.8 Mb .pdf)   Willow Component  Sitka alder / Field horsetail

H43, H34

  Alaska Hydric Indicators (4 Mb .pdf)   Willow / Bluejoint units  Sitka alder / Marsh horsetail

Kettle

  Kenai Hydric Soils List Floating Island  Sitka alder / Shieldfern

K1, K1c

Plants: Headwater Fens:  Sweetgale – Bluejoint

K12, K21

  Plant Name Synonomy   Component: H1  Sweetgale – Dwarf  birch / Water horsetail

K13, K31, K1-3

  Plant Names and Authors   Units: H1-3, H21, H13  Sweetgale – Livid sedge   K1-4, K2-4
  Wetland Indicator Status   Component: H2  Sweetgale – Shrubby cinquefoil

K2, K2c

Wetlands:   Units: H23, H32  Tealeaf willow / Crowberry

K23, K23c, K32

  1987 Delineation Manual (1.5Mb .pdf)   Unit: H2-4  Thinleaf alder / Bluejoint

K3

  Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (1972)   Component: H3 Graminoid Communities:

K34, K43

  Press Release of SWANCC decision   Component: H4  Alkaligrass

K4

  Alaska Regional Draft Delineation Supplement (Feb. 2006, 7.5 Mb .pdf)   Units: H34, H43  Beachrye

Riparian

Project Documentation: Kettles:  Beaked sedge – Water horsetail

RB

  Shapefile Metadata   Component: K1  Bluejoint / Dwarf birch

RC

  Methods   Units: K1-3, K13, K31  Bluejoint - Field horsetail

RD3C

  Homer Metadata   Units: K1-4, K14  Bluejoint floating island

RD4C

  Homer Methods   Component: K2  Bluejoint streamside

RD4F1(c)

  Seward Methods   Units: K21, K12  Circumpolar reedgrass – Pacific silverweed

RD4F12, F21

  Seward Metadata   Units: K23, K32  Fewflower sedge – Crowberry

RD4F1-3, F1-4, F2-4

  Habitat Function   Units: K2-4, K24, K42  Fewflower sedge - Dwarf birch

RD4F2

Downloads:   Component: K3  Fewflower sedge – Tall cottongrass

RD4F23, F32

  QuickGuide to Mapping classification   Units: K34, K43, K34d  Fewflower sedge – Tufted hairgrass

RD4F3

  Shape and Layer files for ArcGIS (14.6 Mb, zipped)   Component: K4  Lyngbye’s Sedge

RD4F34, F43

  Homer Wetland shapefile (790k, zipped) Late Snowmelt Plateau: LSP  Lyngbye’s sedge – Water horsetail

RD4F4

  Seward Wetland shapefile (400k, zipped) Relict Glacial Drainageways:  Mud sedge – Buckbean

RD4SC

  Coho Analysis shapefiles (2.5 Mb, zipped)   Component: DW1  Ramensk’s sedge

RD4T1

  NRCSSoils shapefiles for Western Kenai Peninsula (20 Mb, zipped)   Units: DW12, DW21  Tall cottongrass – Livid sedge

RD4T2

  Wetland Poster (65 Mb 36"x44" .pdf) (smaller .jpg version)   Units: DW1-3, DW31  Tufted bulrush – Alpine bulrush

Discharge Slope

  Coho Wetland Analysis Poster (17 Mb 24"x44" .pdf)   Units: DW1-4, DW1-5, DW1-5A  Tufted bulrush – Dwarf birch

SA

Miscellaneous:   Component: DW2  Tufted bulrush – Fewflower sedge

SPS

  Glossary   Units: DW32, DW23  Tufted bulrush – Sweetgale

Tidal

  Literature Cited   Units: DW2-4, DW24, DW42  Tufted bulrush – Tall cottongrass

T07

Kenai Borough Interactive Map   Units: DW2-5A complexes  Tufted bulrush – Tufted hairgrass

T5

(Choose wetlands from the View drop-down menu, use links tool to obtain descriptions and site photos where available)   Component: DW3  Water sedge / Marsh fivefinger

T6

Local Wetland Map Index: shows extent of maps available for purchase (5 Mb .pdf)   Units: DW34, DW43 Sphagnum Moss Communities:

T65

    Units: DW35, DW53, DW3-5  Sphagnum moss - Creeping sedge

T7

    Units: DW35A, DW5A3, DW3-5A  Sphagnum moss - Ericaceous shrub

T67, T76

    Component: DW4  Sphagnum moss - Leatherleaf

T78, T87

Soil Series Descriptions:     DW45A complexes  Sphagnum moss – Manyflower sedge

WU

Beluga     Component: DW5  Sphagnum moss - Red cottongrass

Chugach National Forest Plant Communities

Benka     Component: DW5A  Sphagnum moss - Round sedge

Forested:

Bernice     Units: DW5A5, DW55A  Sphagnum moss - Tall cottongrass

Lutz spruce / Sitka alder - rusty menziesia

Caswell     DWR Complex  Sphagnum moss - Water sedge

Sitka spruce / Sitka alder

Chena Tidal Ecosystem: Relict Glacial Lakebed: Herbaceous Communities:

Sitka spruce / common horsetail

Chilligan   Component: T0   Component: LB1  Buckbean

Sitka spruce - black cottonwood / Sitka alder

Chulitna   Units: T04, T40, T0-4   Units: LB1-3; LB31  Goosetongue

Sitka spruce - black cottonwood / common horsetail

Chunilna   Unit: T05   Units: LB1-4; LB41; LB1-5  Marsh arrowgrass – Seaside arrowgrass

Sitka spruce / Barclay willow

Clam Gulch   Component: T1   Component: LB2  Slender glasswort

Sitka spruce / early blueberry

Clunie   Units: T41; T1-4; T14   Units: LB21; LB12  Wild calla – Water horsetail

Western hemlock - Sitka spruce / early blueberry

Coal Creek   Unit: T17   Units: LB23, LB32  

Mountain hemlock / Sitka alder

Cohoe   Component: T2   Units: LB24; LB42; LB2-4  

Mountain hemlock / rusty menziesii

Delyndia   Units: T2-4; T42; T32; T23   Units: LB62; LB26; LB2-6  

Mountain hemlock - Sitka spruce / devil's club

Doroshin   Unit T29   Component: LB3  

Mountain hemlock - Sitka spruce / early blueberry

Estelle   Component: T3   Units: LB34; LB43  

Mountain hemlock / early blueberry

Foreland   Units: T35; T53; T3-5   Units: LB36; LB63; LB3-6  

Mountain hemlock / early blueberry - rusty menziesia

Island   Unit: T36   Component: LB4   Shrubs:
Jacobsen   Units: T73; T37   Units: LB45; LB54  

Sitka alder - devil's club

Kachemak   Component: T4   Units: LB46; LB64; LB4-6  

Sitka alder - Barclay willow

Kalifonsky   Units: T43; T34   Component: LB5  

Barclay willow / Sitka sedge

Kashwitna   Units: T45; T54   Units: LB25; LB2-5  

Sitka willow

Kenai   Units: T46; T64; T4-6   Unit: LB56   Graminoid:
Killey   Component: T5   Component: LB6  

Bluejoint reedgrass

Kliskon   Unit: T51   Complex: LBSF  

Fewflower sedge

Kliston   Unit: T5-7 Riparian Ecosystem:  

Sitka sedge

Knik   Unit: T58   Unit: AMT     Beachrye - yarrow
Kroto   Component: T6   Unit: RA   Herbaceous:
Longmare   Units: T65; T56   Unit: RAA  

Water horsetail

Moose River   Complexes: DW3T6; T6DW3   Unit: RB   SOILS:
Mutnala   Component: T7   Unit: RC     Cryofluvents
Naptowne   Units: T74; T74d   Unit: RDA  

Dystrocryepts

Nikishka   Units: T76; T67   Unit: REa     Fluvaqentic Cryofibrists
Niklason   Component: T8   Unit: REb  

Histic Cryaquepts

Nikolai   Units: T86; T6-8   Unit: REl  

Typic Humicryods

Puntilla   Units: T78; T87; T78d   Unit: REs  

Typic Cryaquents

Qutal   Component: T9   Unit: Rib  

Typic Cryosaprists

Salamatof   Units: T69; T96   Unit: RT    
Slikok   Unit: T98    

 

Snowdance   T9x Complexes: T9LB3; T9K3; T9SA; T9SC      
Soldatna   Unit: Tcs      
Spenard   Unit: TL      
Starichkof   Unit: TR      
Susitna        
Talkeetna        
Tokositna        
Torpedo Lake        
Tyonek        
Whitsol        
Nikolaevsk        
Redoubt        
Smokey Bay        
Tlkakila        
Truuli        
Tuxedni        
         
         
         
         

 


Contact: Mike Gracz
Kenai Watershed Forum 
PO Box 15301
Fritz Creek, AK  99603
907-235-2218

05 May 2007 08:30