BASELINE 

 SEGMENT 



TRANSECT I 



STARTING POINT OF 

 BASELINE 



EAM 



Figure 15, General orientation of baseline and transects (dotted lines) 

 in a hypothetical project area. Alpha characters represent different 

 plant communities. All transects start at the midpoint of a baseline 

 segment except the first, which was repositioned to include community 



type A 



midpoint of each baseline increment as a transect starting point. For 

 example, if the baseline is 1,200 ft in length, three transects would 

 be established — one at 200 ft, one at 600 ft, and one at 1,000 ft from 

 the baseline starting point. CAUTION: All plant oommunity types must 

 be included. This may necessitate relocation of one or move transect 

 lines. PROCEED TO STEP 20. 



• STEP 20 - Sample Observation Points Along the First Transect. Begin- 

 ning at the starting point of the first transect, extend the transect 

 at a 90-deg angle to the baseline. Use the following procedure as 

 appropriate to simultaneously characterize the parameters at each 

 observation point. Combine field-collected data with information 

 already available and make a wetland determination at each observation 

 point. A DATA FORM 1 must be completed for each observation point. 



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