Wetland Classification and Mapping of the Kenai Lowland, Alaska
Map Unit Descriptions
Ecosystem: Tidal
Map Component: T0
Extent: 13 wetland polygon; 60.6 ha; 0.04% of wetland area; 0.08% of wetland polygons.
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A T0 unit at the mouth of the Kenai River (polygon 8453). |
Wetland Indicators Type: Mineral Average depth to water table: n/a Organic layer thickness: n/a Average depth to redoximorphic features: n/a Common Soils: Common Plant communities: barren
NWI: E2US3N HGM: See Tidal Ecosystem Description |
T0 map components are bare mud surfaces of estuaries and lagoons. Creeping alkaligrass (Puccinellia phyganodes), which dominates map component T2, is frequently the first plant to dominate gently sloping mudflats. The first plants to occur where gradients are steeper, are seaside arrowgrass and goosetongue (T3).
Tidally exposed bare mud is found at the mouths of rivers and larger streams, in a lagoon north of Nikiski, and along the Homer Spit.
