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: A wetland, including wooded seeps, shrub swamps, and floodplain forests, dominated by shrubs or trees growing on soils that are inundated or saturated much of the year, but that do dry out at the surface.

• Forested wetland – a class of wetland dominated by woody vegetation that is twenty (20) feet tall or taller and three (3) inches or larger in diameter at breast height.

• 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.

More Definitions of Forested wetland

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

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