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<br />TASK NO: 12 <br /> <br />Botanical Resource Studies <br /> <br />SUBTASK NO: lZa <br /> <br />Botanical Characterization <br /> <br />PURPOSE: <br /> <br />The purpose of the botanical characterization subtask is to <br />identify and describe the plant communities in the project area, <br />for use in both terrestrial habitat and botanical effects <br />assessments. Identification and mapping of plant communities has <br />been studied during previous studies conducted for the NCWCD. <br /> <br />APPROACH: <br /> <br />A two-step approach will be used to identify and describe project <br />area plant community types. <br /> <br />1) Identification. -- Plant community types will be identified on <br />aerial photographs of the project area and mapped on a <br />Geographic Information System (GIS). This step will be done <br />in conjunction with the Habitat Inventory Subtask (15b) of the <br />Terrestrial Resources Studies (Task No. 15). Each patch or <br />polygon of a given plant community will be given a unique <br />number and its respective acreage calculated. The final map <br />will show the distribution of plant community types in the <br />project area. <br /> <br />2) Description. -- Description of each project area plant <br />community will require information on species composition, <br />cover and dominance; associated physiographic features, <br />relative importance; and potential response to disturbance. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />6168a <br /> <br />12-2 <br />