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- ...... , ...... U1 - - - No. of Wetlands NA 4,159 4,232 3,065 1,885 - Percentage of Total NA . 31 32 23 14 - - - - - - - - Table 1-1 Sandhills Wetlands Classification Wetland Designation Type I - SeasonallY Flooded Basins or Flats: 5011 Is covered with water or is waterlogged during variable seasonal periods but is usually well drained during much of the growing season. Heavy rains or melting snow may fill the basin with water. llpe II - Inland Fresh Meadows: The soil Is usually without standing water during nnst of the growing season, but is waterlogged within a few inches of its surface. . They may occur in shallow, flat basins or border shallow marshes. llpe III - Inland Shallow Fresh Marshes: Soil Is usually water- --rogged during the growing season; often it is covered with as much as six inches or more of water~ Vegetation commonly in- cludes grasses, bulrushes, spike rushes, smartweeds, cattails, etc. They are conmonly-without surface water by mid-summer. Type IV - Inland Deep Fresh Marshes: The soil Is covered with six inches to 3 feet or more of water during the growing season. Vegetation includes bulrushes. cattails, smartweeds naiads, coontail, "~onrlweeds, water lilies, etc. . Type V - Inland Ooen Fresh Water: Shallow ponds and reservoirs are included 1n this type. Water is usually less than 10 feet deep and fringed with a border of emergent vegetation in the shallow water.. Source: McMurtrey, 1972 NA . not applicable, Type I wetlands not Inventoried. - - /kreage of Wetland NA 28,l09 28,498 38,786 59,988 - Percentage of Total NA 18 18 25 39 - - - I::;:) C")l. t-- -, c.;) '4 -~