Wetland Indicators: A Guide to Wetland Identification, Delineation, Classification, and Mapping

Understand the current concept of wetland and methods for identifying, describing, classifying, and delineating wetlands in the United States with Wetland Indicators - capturing the current state of science's role in wetland recognition and mapping.
Environmental scientists and others involved with wetland regulations can strengthen their knowledge about wetlands, and the use of various indicators, to support their decisions on difficult wetland determinations. Professor Tiner primarily focuses on plants, soils, and other signs of wetland hydrology in the soil, or on the surface of wetlands in his discussion of Wetland Indicators.
Practicing - and aspiring - wetland delineators alike will appreciate Wetland Indicators' critical insight into the development and significance of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and other factors.

Features

Shows 55 color plates, documenting wetland indicators throughout the nation - with more than 34 soil plates and aerial photos

Illustrates other wetland properties with more than 50 figures

Provides over 60 tables, including extensive tables of U.S. wetland plant communities and examples for determining hydrophytic vegetation


Contents
Wetland Definitions
Wetland Concepts for Identification and Delineation
Plant Indicators of Wetlands and Their Characteristics
Vegetation Sampling and Analysis for Wetlands
Soil Indicators of Wetlands
Wetland Identification and Boundary Delineation Methods
Problem Wetlands and Field Situations for Delineation
Wetland Classification
Wetlands of the United States: An Introduction, With Emphasis on Their
Plant Communities
Wetland Mapping and Photointerpretation

"It should be in all libraries." -W.A. Niering in Choice, November 1999