Forested wetland definition

Forested wetland means a class of wetlands characterized by woody vegetation that is six meters (20 feet) tall or taller. These areas normally possess an overstory of trees, an understory of trees or shrubs, and an herbaceous layer.

Forested wetland means a wetland with at least 30 percent of the surface area covered by woody vegetation greater than 20 feet in height that is at least partially rooted within the wetland.

Forested wetland means a wetland with at least 30 percent of the surface area covered by a canopy of woody obligate, facultative wet, or facultative plants greater than 20 feet in height.

Examples of Forested wetland in a sentence

• Forested wetland - a freshwater wetland dominated by woody vegetation that is six (6) meters tall (approximately twenty (20) feet) or taller.

• Forested wetland soils enable sedimentation, denitrification, and other biogeochemical processing as surface waters pass through.

• Forested wetland is dominant in Kuala Terengganu and most of the mangrove trees observed were Avicennia, Sonneratia, Rhizophora and Melaleuca genera.Wetland areas have their own international importance, as they provide the natural protection to the coastal areas from the strong storms, as well as the sand erosion.

• Forested wetland soils have soil characteristics that are problematic for forest harvest activities, such as the construction and operation of spur and haul roads, log landings, and log transfer sites.

• Forested wetland mineral soils occur in a wide variety of landscape positions and geomorphic settings: alluvial floodplains, mountainside and hillside seepages, slight depressions on broad glacial till plains, within former lake plains and basins, and within coastal plains and terraces.

More Definitions of Forested wetland

Forested wetland means a freshwater wetland dominated by woody plants (trees) greater than twenty feet (20') tall.

Forested wetland means any wetland or portion thereof that has, or if the trees were mature would have, a crown closure of 30 percent or more.

Forested wetland means a regulated wetland with at least twenty percent of the surface area covered by woody vegetation greater than twenty feet in height.

Forested wetland means a regulated wetland with at least 20 percent of the surface area covered by woody vegetation greater than 20 feet in height.

Forested wetland means a freshwater wetland dominated by woody vegetation that is at least 20 feet tall.

Forested wetland means a wetland class characterized by woody vegetation that is twenty feet tall or taller.

Forested wetland means a class of wetlands characterized by woody vegetation that is