STEP 1 LOCATE THE 

 PROJECT AREA 



STEP 2 - DETERMINE WHETHER 

 AN ATYPICAL SITUATION EXISTS 



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PROCEED TO 

 SECTION F 



STEP 4 - IDENTIFY THE 

 PLANT COMMUNITY TYPEISI 



STEP3DETERMINE THE FIELD 

 CHARACTERIZATION APPROACH TO BE USED 



<AREA EQUAL TO OR \ 



LESS THAN FIVE ACRES IN SIZE/ 



STEPS- DETERMINE WHETHER 



NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 



ARE PRESENT 



STEP6 - SELECT REPRESENTATIVE 

 OBSERVATION POINTS 



STEP? -CHARACTERIZE EACH 

 PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE 



STEP 8 - RECORD INDICATOR 

 STATUS OF DOMINANT SPECIES 



STEP 9 - DETERMINE 

 WHETHER HYDROPHYTIC 

 VEGETATION ISPRESENT 



/" N /area NOT a\ 



\^ " ^ wetland/ 



<\REA greater than FIVe\ 

 ACRES IN SIZE y/ 



STEP 18 ESTABLISH A BASELINE 



STEP 19 DETERMINE THE REQUIRED 

 NUMBER AND POSITIONS OF TRANSECTS 



TO STEP 10 



Figure 14. Flowchart of steps involved in making a routine wetlanci 

 determination when an onsite visit is necessary (Continued) 



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