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Durand Ecological Ltd. Dec. 9. 2014 2013‐2014 DIEM SEI Field Validation I Durand Ecological Ltd. Dec. 9. 2014 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................... II LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................................. III LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................................ III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................................... V 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 STUDY AREA .......................................................................................................................................... 2 3.0 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................... 3 3.1 BGC SITE SERIES ............................................................................................................................................... 4 3.2 SEI CLASSES AND SUBCLASSES ........................................................................................................................... 13 4.0 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................... 16 4.1 BGC SITE SERIES ............................................................................................................................................. 17 4.2 SEI CLASSES AND SUBCLASSES ........................................................................................................................... 19 Old Forest (OF) .................................................................................................................................................... 19 Mature Forest (MF) ............................................................................................................................................. 22 Woodland (WD) .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Riparian (RI) ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 Wetland (WN) ..................................................................................................................................................... 32 Herbaceous (HB) ................................................................................................................................................. 40 Sparsely Vegetated (SV) ...................................................................................................................................... 43 Estuarine (ES) ...................................................................................................................................................... 45 Intertidal & Shallow sub‐tidal (IT) ....................................................................................................................... 48 Lakes & Ponds (FW) ............................................................................................................................................ 50 Other Important Ecosystems .............................................................................................................................. 51 Young Forest (YF) ............................................................................................................................................................. 51 5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 53 6.0 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 55 7.0 APPENDICES ......................................................................................................................................... 56 7.1 APPENDIX 1. RAW SAMPLE PLOT DATA ............................................................................................................... 56 2013‐2014 DIEM SEI Field Validation II Durand Ecological Ltd. Dec. 9. 2014 List of Tables TABLE 2.1. BIOGEOCLIMATIC ZONES, SUBZONES AND VARIANTS FOUND IN THE STUDY AREA ........................................................... 3 TABLE 3.1‐1. CWHDM SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................... 6 TABLE 3.1‐2. CWHMM1 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................ 7 TABLE 3.1‐3. CWHVM1 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................. 8 TABLE 3.1‐4. CWHVM2 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................. 9 TABLE 3.1‐5. CWHXM1 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ............................................................................................................... 10 TABLE 3.1‐6. CWHXM2SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................ 11 TABLE 3.1‐7. MHMM1 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................ 12 TABLE 3.2‐1. SEI CLASSES AND SUBCLASSES ......................................................................................................................... 13 TABLE 3.2‐2. OIE CLASSES AND SUBCLASSES ........................................................................................................................ 15 TABLE 3.2‐3. NS CLASSES AND SUBCLASSES ......................................................................................................................... 16 TABLE 4.1‐1. SUMMARY OF NUMBER, TYPE AND BGC SUBZONE OF SAMPLE PLOTS. ................................................................... 17 TABLE 4.1‐2. SUMMARY OF NUMBER, AND LOCATION OF SAMPLE PLOTS. ................................................................................. 17 List of Figures FIGURE 2.1. DIEM SEI STUDY AREA (GOOGLE EARTH 2014) .................................................................................................... 2 FIGURE 4.1‐1. MAP OF SAMPLE PLOT LOCATIONS .................................................................................................................. 18 FIGURE 4.2‐1. OLD YELLOW CEDAR CONIFER FOREST ON SONORA ISLAND. ................................................................................. 20 FIGURE 4.2‐2. OLD FOREST ON READ ISLAND. ....................................................................................................................... 21 FIGURE4.2‐3. OLD VETERAN DOUGLAS‐FIR ON READ ISLAND. .................................................................................................. 22 FIGURE 4.2‐4. MATURE CONIFER FOREST ON SONORA ISLAND. ................................................................................................ 24 FIGURE 4.2‐5. MATURE YELLOW CEDAR CONIFER FOREST ON SONORA ISLAND............................................................................ 25 FIGURE 4.2‐6. COASTAL MIXED WOODLAND ON WEST REDONDA ISLAND. ................................................................................. 26 FIGURE 4.2‐7. INTERIOR CONIFER WOODLAND ON READ ISLAND. ............................................................................................. 27 FIGURE 4.2‐8. LOW BENCH FLOODPLAIN ON READ ISLAND. ..................................................................................................... 29 FIGURE 4.2‐9. MEDIUM BENCH FLOODPLAIN ON READ ISLAND. ................................................................................................ 30 FIGURE 4.2‐10. FLUVIAL FRINGE ON WEST REDONDA ISLAND. ................................................................................................. 31 FIGURE 4.2‐11. CANYON ON WEST REDONDA ISLAND. ........................................................................................................... 32 FIGURE 4.2‐12. BOG WETLAND QUADRA ISLAND. ................................................................................................................. 34 FIGURE 4.2‐13. SWEET GALE FEN WETLAND ON MAURELLE ISLAND. ........................................................................................ 35 FIGURE 4.2‐14. UNCLASSIFIED FEN WETLAND ON QUADRA ISLAND. .......................................................................................... 36 FIGURE 4.2‐15. BULRUSH MARSH WETLAND (RIGHT SIDE OF PHOTO) ON QUADRA ISLAND. .......................................................... 37 FIGURE 4.2‐16. MARSH WETLAND ON QUADRA ISLAND. ........................................................................................................ 38 FIGURE 4.2‐17. SWAMP WETLAND ON QUADRA ISLAND. .......................................................................................................