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REPORT DOCUMENTATION 

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1. REPORT NO. 



Biological Report 88(26.12) 



*. Title and Subtitle 



National List of Plant Species That Occur In Wetlands: 

 Caribbean (Region C) 



3. Recipient's Acctttlon No. 



S. Report Date 



May 1988_ 



7. Authord) 



Porter B, 



Reed, Jr. 



8. Performing Organization Rapt. No. 



9. Performing Organization Nam* and Address 



National Ecology Research Center 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Creekside One Bldg., 2627 Redwing Rd. 

 Fort Collins, CO 80526-2899 



10. Project/Taak/Work Unit No. 



11. Contract(C) or Grant(G) No. 



(O 



(G) 



12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address 



Department of the Interior 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Research and Development 

 Washington, D.C. 20240 



13. Type of Report & Period Covered 



14. 



15. Supplementary Notes 



16. Abstract (Limit: 200 words) 



The National List of Plant 

 efforts of many biologists 

 United States. The U.S. Fi 

 in order to provide an appe 

 Habitats of the United Stat 



of wetlands. Plant species 

 are defined as species that 

 reproduce in an environment 

 become, periodically or con 

 season. The list will faci 

 regulatory programs of the 



Species That Occur in Wetlands represen 

 over the last decade to define the wetl 

 sh and Wildlife Service initially devel 

 ndix to the Classification of Wetlands 

 es (FWS/OBS 79/31) to assist in the fie 

 that occur in wetlands, as used in the 



have demonstrated an ability to achiev 



where all or portions of the soil with 



tinuously, saturated or inundated durin 



litate the implementation and managemen 



Federal Government and most State gover 



ts the combined 

 and flora of the 

 oped the list 

 and Deepwater 

 Id identification 



National List , 

 e maturity and 

 in the root zone 

 g the growing 

 t of the wetland 

 nments . 



This list for the Caribbean Region (Region C) is a subset of the National List 



17. Document Analysis a. Descriptors 



Plants 



Plant ecology 



b. Identifiers/Open-Ended Terms 



Wetland plant species 

 Caribbean (Region C) 



c COSATI Field/Group 



IS. Availability Statement 



Release unlimited 



(See ANSI-Z39.1S) 



19. Security Class (This Report) 



Unclassified 



20. Security Class CThls Page) 



Unclassi ned 



21. No. of Pages 



82 



22. Price 



See fnatructiona on Reverse 



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 (Formerly NTIS-35) 

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