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Wetland Classification and Mapping of the Kenai Lowland, Alaska
Map Unit Descriptions Ecosystem: Relict Glacial Lakebed Map Component: LB1
Extent: 33 wetland polygons; 509.9 ha; 0.36% of wetland area; 0.20% of wetland polygons. |
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 Bill Besser Lake, an LB1 unit near Moose Point, along the Point Possession strip (polygon 6321). |
Wetland Indicators Type: Peat Average depth to water table: n/a Organic layer thickness: n/a Average depth to redoximorphic features: n/a Common Soils: Pond Common Plant communities: NWI: L2UB4, or PEM2H if small and shallow HGM: Terrene Flat groundwater-dominated Throughflow |
| Accuracy assessment: 7 polygons interpreted as LB1 on aerial photographs were field checked. 6 remained LB1; 1 was revised to LB12. | |
LB1 is the Relict Glacial Lakebed Ecosystem component with permanently ponded water, often with emergent vegetation. These are the pools in a pool-flark-strang complex. Some pools may dry up for a few weeks during droughty periods. LB1 is uncommon as a separate wetland at a map-able scale but it does exist as a few large separate wetlands. The largest LB1 wetland is Caribou Lake, which occupies the small relict glacial lakebed behind a moraine at the headwaters of Deep Creek, at the base of the Boxcar Hills.
