Plate 57.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Typha
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1 102 Plate 57.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Typha WATER REGIME Permanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SPECIAL MODIFIER Impounded. Persistent emergents such as these cattails remain standing at least until the beginning of the next growing season. Note that the adjacent lake is ice-covered at the time of photography. (Knox County, Maine; April 1978; Photo by P. B. Reed)
2 Plate 58.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE ScG-,tn~ robustus- Scirpl~s acute, WATER REGIME Semipermanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Mixosaline, SOIL Mineral. (Stutsman County, North Dakota; August 1962; Photo by R. E. Stewart) 103
3 104 Plate 59.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Cladiumjamaicense, WATER REGIME Semipermanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh-Circumneutral, SOIL Organic. This photo was taken in the Florida Everglades. (Dade County, Florida; December 19 75; Photo by V. Carter)
4 Plate 60.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Carez lasiocarpa, WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh-Circumneutral, SOIL Organic. Subordinate plants include sedges (Carez lacustris, C. rostrata), water smartweed (Polygonurn amphibium), bladderwort (Utriculuria mucrorhixu), bluejoint (Culamugrostis cunudensis), and pondweed (Potumogeton grumineus). (Chippewa National Forest, Beltrami County, Minnesota; June 1972; Photo by J. H. Richmann) 105
5 106 Plate 61.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Ekocharis pakstris, WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Polysaline, SOIL Mineral. Subordinate plants include water smartweed (Polygonurn nmphibium), slough sedge (Carrz ntherodes), and foxtail lalopecurus aequnlis). (Stutsman County, North Dakota; August 1962; Photo by R. E. Stewart)
6 Plate 62.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Mixosaline, SOIL Mineral. The principal plants are sedges (Curer spp.), bulrushes (Sciqn~s spp.), rushes (Jun. cus spp.), and foxtail (Alopecums aequdis). This wetland is typical of irrigated hay in the West. Water may be diverted from rivers or may come from artesian wells as in this photo. (Saguache County, Colorado; Photo by R. M. Hopper) 107
7 108 Plate 63.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Carez rariflora- Eriophorum russrolum, WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. Subordinate plants include marsh cinquefoil (Potentilla palusttis), bluejoint (Calccmagrostis cann&x~zs), Alaska bog willow (Saliz~uscescens). crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), dwarf birch (B&/a nn-na), and peat moss (Sphagnum sp.). This type of patterned wetland is commonly referred to as string bog or strangmoor. Seasonally flooded troughs alternate with elongated bog-like ridges or strings. Strings here rise only X-45 cm (12-18 in) above the troughs. (Manokinak River area, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
8 Plate 64.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE CO~KX.I.S~~ escuknta, WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SOIL Mineral, SPECIAL MODIFIER Farmed. This photograph illustrates a Hawaiian taro field. (Kauai County, Hawaii; September 1972; Photo by E. Krider) 109
9 110 Plate 65.-Classification (foreground): SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Aristida stricta, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh-Acid, SOIL Mineral. Subordinate plants include beak rushes (Rhynchospora spp.), longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), orchids (Habenaria spp.), yellow-eyed grasses (Xyris spp.), grass pinks (Calopogon spp.), and foxtail clubmoss (Lycopodium alopecuroides). (Brunswick County, North Carolina; December 19 75; Photo by V. Carter)
10 111 Plate 66.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. The dominant plants in this montane meadow are sedges (Curer spp.). (Lassen County, California; August 1975; Photo by V. Carter)
11 112 Plate U.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Eriopkorum vaginaturn, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SOIL Mineral. Subordinate plants include: netleaf willow (Salix reticulata), diamondleaf willow (S. planifoha), dryas (Dryas integrifolia), bistort ( Polygonum bistorta), lousewort (Pedicularis sp.), chickweed (Stellaria sp.), and lapland cassiope (Cussiope tetrugona). This type of wetland, referred to by Walker (1983) as moist tussock sedge dwarf shrub tundra, covers much of the North Slope of Alaska. At this site, permafrost lies within 15 cm (6 in) of the surface. All of the land in this photo is wetland. (Franklin Bluffs, North Slope Borough, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
12 Plate 68.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Carez aquatilis, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. Subordinate plants include: narrowleaf Labrador tea (Ledum decumbens), dwarf birch (B&la nana), small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), crowberry (EmpetmLm nigrum), peat moss (Sphagnum spp.), and foliose lichens. (Narokachik River area, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 113
13 114 Plate 69.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, WATER REGIME Temporarily Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Oligosaline, SOIL Mineral, SPECIAL MODIFIER Farmed. All natural vegetation in this wetland has been removed, North Dakota; March 1967; Photo by H. A. and water stands in stubble from the previous year s wheat crop. (Stutsman County. Kantrud)
14 Plate 70.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, WATER REGIME Temporarily Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SOIL Mineral, SPECIAL MODIFIER Farmed. Principal plants include nut sedge (Cyperus sp.), arrow arum (Peltandra tirginica), and barnyard grass (Echinochloa cmlsgaui). (Dade County, Florida; January 1978; Photo by P. B. Reed) 115
15 116 Plate 71.-Two habitats are shown here. Classification of darker zone (edge of water body): SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Nonpersistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Arctophila julca, WATER REGIME Permanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. Classification of lighter zone (foreground): SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SIJBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Carer aquatilis. WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. Marsh marigold (C&ha palustris) is also present in the seasonally flooded zone. This wetland lies on coastal tundra within 2 km (1.2 mi) of the Arctic Ocean. (Between Canning and Kavik Rivers, Earth Slope Borough, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
16 - 117 Plate 72.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Nonpersistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Hippuris tetraphylla, WATER REGIME Permanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. A semipermanently flooded persistent-emergent wetland dominated by sedge (Curez Zyngbyei) surrounds the Hippuris marsh. Burreed (Sparganium hyperboreunz) grows in shallow water between the Hippuris and the sedges. (Narokachik River area, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
17 118 Plate 73.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Nonpersistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Nuphar luteurn, WATER REGIME Semipermanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. The principal subordinate plant is common duckweed (Lemna minor). (Cass County, Michigan; May 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
18 Plate 74.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Broad-leaved Deciduous, WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh-Acid, SOIL Organic. The dominant plants are willows (Saliz spp.). Subordinate species include Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta). (Coos County, Oregon; May 1977; Photo by D. D. Peters) 119
19 120 t i t i Plate 75.-Classificaton: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Broad-leaved Deciduous, DOMINANCE TYPE Bet&a nana, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SOIL Mineral. Subordinate plants include cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginaturn), peat moss (Sphagnum spp.), cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitisidaea), and narrowleaf Labrador tea (Ledurn dew&ens). Shrubs here are less than 20 cm (8 in) tall. This area of moist tundra is underlain by permafrost at a depth of 45 cm (18 in). (Vicinity of Toolik Lake, North Slope Borough, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
20 Plate 76.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Broad-leaved Deciduous, DOMINANCE TYPE Alms tmuifil olin, WATER REGIME Temporarily Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SOIL Mineral. Subordinate plants include feltleaf willow (Saliz alazensis) and balsam poplar (Populus balsamifex). Shrubs are nearly 6 m (20 ft) tall, the height that separates Scrub-Shrub from Forested Wetland. This site is flooded only for brief periods after snowmelt and during times of most rapid melting of nearby glaciers. (Tanana River, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 121
21 122 Plate ii -Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Needle-leaved Deciduous, DOMINANCE TYPE Larix hricinn. WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. The tamarack saplings are 2-3 m ( ft) tall and cover 40.45Y~ of the site. Subordinate plants include: dwarf birch (Betula nana), bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis), black spruce (Picen m~~rianu). leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), diamondleaf willow (Saliz plani@fb(ia), narrowleaf Labrador tea (L&urn decumbms), cotton grass (Eriophorum sp.), bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), marsh cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris), and shrubby cinquefoil (P. _/?lctico.sa). (Vicinity of Big Delta, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
22 Plate U-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, clnss Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Broad-leaved Evergreen, DOMINANCE TYPE Ledum groenlandicum-kalmia angustifolia-chamaedaphne calyculata, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh- Acid, SOIL Organic. Subordinate plants include peat moss (Sphagnum spp.), crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), cloudberry (Rubus chamaemoms), and black spruce (Picea mariana). (Washington County, Maine; June 1976; Photo by V. Carter) 123
23 124 Plate 79.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Broad-leaved Evergreen, DOMINANCE TYPE Ledum decumbens, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SOIL Mineral. Subordinate species include: cloudberry (Rubus chamurmorus), mountain cranberry (Vwcinium wtis-idapa), crowberry (E~~petrum nigr~m), dwarf birch (Bet& nana), reindeer moss (Clndina spp.), sedge (Carez aquatilis), bluejoint (Calnmcrgrostis ctrntrdensis), and Alaska spiraea (Spiraea beauvw diana). Shrubs are less than 20 cm (8 in) tall. Although this site looks like a dry heath, permafrost at a depth of only cm (6-8 in) keeps the soil saturated near the surface throughout the growing season. (Talik River area, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
24 Plate &JO.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Broad-leaved Evergreen, DOMINANCE TYPE Cyrilla racemi$.ora, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh-Acid, SOIL Organic. Subordinate plants include: honeycup (Zerwbia pulveruknta), leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), peat moss (Sphagnum spp.), highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), loblolly bay (Gordonia lasianthus), pond pine (Pinus serotina), and highbush blueberry (Veccinium corymbosum). Locally, these wetlands are referred to as evergreen shrub bogs or pocosins. (Brunswick County, North Carolina; December 1975; Photo by V. Carter) 125
25 126 Plate dl.-classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Needle-leaved Evergreen, DOMINANCE TYPE Picea mariana, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. Subordinate plants include: dwarf birch (Bet& nana), cotton grass (Eriopho~m caginatum), bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum), and peat moss (Sphagnum spp.). This wetland type, commonly known as muskeg, is abundant in the forested regions of Alaska; it also occurs in northern Kew England and in the Great Lakes States. (Vicinity of Coldfoot, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
26 Plate 82.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Forested Wetland, SUBCLASS Broad-leaved Deciduous, DOMINANCE TYPE Acer rubrum, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh-Acid, SOIL Organic. Subordinate plants in this red maple swamp include black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), great laurel (Rhododendron maximum), and wintkrberry (Ilex verticillata). (Washington County, Rhode Island; June 1977; Photo by F. C. Golet) 127
27 128 Plate 83.-Two habitats are shown here. Classification of the forested area: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Forested Wetland, SUBCLASS Needle-leaved Deciduous, DOMINANCE TYPE Taxodium distichum, WATER REGIME Permanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. Classification of the open area: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Aquatic Bed, SUBCLASS Floating Vascular, DOMINANCE TYPE Pistia stratiotes, WATER REGIME Permanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh. Emergent plants growing in the bed of water lettuce are arrowheads (Sagittaria spp.). (Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Collier County, Florida; January 1978; Photo by E. T. LaRoe)
28 Plate 84.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Forested Wetland, SUBCLASS Needle-leaved Evergreen, DOMINANCE TYPE Chamaecyparis thyoides, WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh-Acid, SOIL Organic. Subordinate plants in this Atlantic white cedar swamp include: highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), winterberry (Ikz verticillata), red maple (Acer mbmm), and peat moss (Sphagnum spp.). Low vegetation in the foreground includes leatherleaf (Chamueda~hne calyc~lata) and Virginia chain-fern (Woodwardia virginica). (Washington County, Rhode Island; July 1977; Photo by F. C. Golet) 129
29 130 Plate 85.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Forested Wetland, SUBCLASS Needle-leaved Evergreen, DOMINANCE TYPE Picea mariana, WATER REGIME Saturated, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SOIL Mineral. Subordinate plants in this black spruce forest include Labrador tea (Ledurn gro&andicum), mountain cranberry (Vuccinium vitis-dam), crowberry (Empet~~m nigrum), and peat moss (Sphngnum sp.). Permafrost is present within 45 cm (18 in) of the surface. (Vicinity of Glennallen, Alaska; July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet)
30 131 Plate 86.-Classification: SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Forested Wetland, SUBCLASS Dead, WATER REGIME Permanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh~Circumneutral, SOIL Mineral, SPECIAL MODIFIER Impounded. (Humphreys County, Tennessee; September 19 75; Photo by V. Carter) * C S GOVtRNMENTPRlNIlNCiO~tlCF lyy?-31x-224
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