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VEGETATION — Use scientific names of plants. <br />Sampling Point: W02-1u <br />Absolute <br />Dominant <br />Indicator <br />Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30 ft) <br />% Cover <br />Species <br />Status <br />Dominance Test worksheet: <br />1. Salix nigra <br />30 <br />Yes <br />OBL <br />Number of Dominant Species <br />2. Acernegundo <br />10 <br />Yes <br />FAC <br />That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 3 (A) <br />3. <br />Total Number of Dominant <br />4. <br />Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) <br />5. <br />6 <br />Percent of Dominant Species <br />That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 75 (A/B) <br />7. <br />Prevalence Index worksheet: <br />40 <br />= Total Cover <br />Total % Cover of: Multiply by: <br />Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 15 ft ) <br />OBL species 30 x 1 = 30 <br />1. Rhamnus cathartica <br />10 <br />Yes <br />FAC <br />FACW species 0 x 2 = 0 <br />2. <br />FAC species 30 x 3 = 90 <br />3. <br />FACU species 40 x 4 = 160 <br />4. <br />UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 <br />5. <br />Column Totals: 100 (A) 280 (B) <br />6 <br />7. <br />Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.8 <br />Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: <br />10 <br />= Total Cover <br />1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation <br />Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5 ft) <br />X 2 - Dominance Test is >50% <br />1. Alliaria petiolata <br />25 <br />Yes <br />FACU <br />X 3 Prevalence Index is <<-3.0' <br />2, Rhamnus cathartica <br />10 <br />No <br />FAC <br />Taraxacuofficinale <br />3' m <br />10 <br />No <br />FACU <br />_ 4 - Morphological Adaptations' <br />(Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) <br />4. Poa pratensis <br />5 <br />No <br />FACU <br />5 <br />Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) <br />6• <br />Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless <br />disturbed or problematic. <br />7. <br />Definitions of Vegetation Strata: <br />8. <br />9. <br />Tree — Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in <br />10. <br />diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. <br />11. <br />12 <br />Sapling/shrub — Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH <br />and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. <br />50 <br />= Total Cover <br />Herb —All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless <br />Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30 ft ) <br />of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. <br />1. <br />Woody vines — All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in <br />2• <br />height. <br />3. <br />4. <br />Hydrophytic <br />Vegetation <br />0 <br />= Total Cover <br />Present? Yes X No <br />Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) <br />US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region — Version 2.0 <br />