Hydric soils often have or consist of: predominantly decomposed plant material thick layer of decomposing plant matter on the soil surface soil a bluish-gray or gray in colour below the surface soil has odor of rotten eggs soil is sandy with a layer of decomposing plant material at soil surface or as streaks/stains in the upper layers Hydrology best indicators are from gauging stations or wells but others may be used: standing or flowing water during the growing season soil water logged during the growing season water marks on tress drift lines of debris thin layers of sediment on vegetation Examples of definitions of wetland functions Wetland functions include the natural processes and derivation of benefits and values associated with wetland ecosystems, including economic production (e.g. peat, agricultural crops, wild rice, peatland forest products), fish and wildlife habitat, organic carbon storage, water supply and purification (groundwater recharge, flood control, maintenance of flow regimes, shoreline erosion buffering), and soil and water conservation, as well as tourism, heritage, recreational, educational, scientific and aesthetic opportunities (Government of Canada 1991).
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from gauging stations or wells
T:during the growing season water marks on tress drift lines of debris thin layers of sediment on vegetation Examples of definitions of wetland functions
of: predominantly decomposed plant material thick layer of decomposing plant matter on the soil surface soil a bluish-gray or gray in colour below the surface soil has odor of rotten eggs soil T:often
with wetland ecosystems, including economic production (e.g. peat, agricultural crops, wild rice, peatland forest products), fish and wildlife habitat, organic carbon storage, water supply and purification (groundwater recharge, flood control, maintenance of flow regimes, shoreline erosion buffering), and soil and water conservation, as well as tourism, heritage, recreational, educational, scientific and aesthetic opportunities
the natural processes and derivation of benefits and values