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. CWH DM SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................... 6 TABLE 3.1-2. CWH MM 1 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................ 7 TABLE 3.1-3. CWH VM 1 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................. 8 TABLE 3.1-4. CWH VM 2 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................. 9 TABLE 3.1-5. CWH XM 1 SITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ............................................................................................................... 10 TABLE 3.1-6. CWH XM 2S ITE SERIES (MOF 2011) ................................................................................................................ 11 TABLE 3.1-7. MH MM 1 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 (G OOGLE 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 FIGURE 4.2-3. 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 .........................................................................................................