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Wetlands
&
Organic Soils
Bellevue & Issaquah
Soils and Land Use
ESRM 311- SEFS 507
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Wetlands
• Areas where water covers the soil, or is present
either at or near the surface of the soil all year or
for varying periods of time during the year,
including during the growing season. (US EPA) http://water.epa.gov/type/wetlands/what.cfm
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Wetlands • productive and diverse waters that stand between upland
and open water.
• important to water quality, flood storage, and biodiversity
• economists estimate that one acre of wetlands provides
about $10,000 worth of ecosystem services which
include:
• filtering and recharging drinking water,
• preventing flooding,
• protecting our coasts from hurricanes and storms, and
• providing habitat for diverse wildlife populations.
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How wetlands work!!
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Delineating Wetlands using:
1) Hydrology
2) Hydrophytic vegetation
3) Hydric soils
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marsh
type of wetland ecosystem characterized by poorly drained
mineral soils and by plant life dominated by grasses
swamp
wetland ecosystem characterized by mineral soils with poor
drainage and by plant life dominated by trees
bog
type of wetland ecosystem characterized by wet, spongy,
poorly drained peaty soil with trees, shrubs, mosses
fen
similar to bogs but with less acidic soil, due to more ground
and surface water. Low shrubs prevail, with some orchids and
insect-eating plants.
Definitions of some Wetlands
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Marsh
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Swamps
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Siberian peat bog
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Walnut tip-over in wetlands
• Shallow soils
• High water table = shallow rooting 11
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Organic soils can be fun too!!!
13 Histosols
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A soil association common in the Puget Sound area
showing soil type relative to different glacial deposits
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Histosol
(organic soils)
peat and mucks
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Land Uses for Wetlands?
• Natural, wildlife refuges,
aesthetics, recreation
• Building on wetlands
–Drain – what happens?
• Mineral – oxidizes
• Organic – decomposes
• Agriculuture
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Horizon Name Decomposition
stage
Oi Litter
(fibric) Low
Oe Peat
(hemic) Medium
Oa Muck
(sapric) High
Characterization of Organic Horizons
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Seattle Soil Series
Oap 0 to 11 inches;
Oe 11 to 17 inches;
Oa1 17 to 21 inches;
Oa2 21 to 35 inches;
O'e 35 to 60 inches;
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Agriculture on wetlands
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Surface flow
Subsurface flow
Vertical flow
Constructed Wetlands
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Week 6 Field Trip • Organic Soil Formation and Use
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Stops for Today
• Mercer Slough
– Commercial Development
– Agricultural use
• Larson Lake
– Agricultural use
• Issaquah Constructed Wetland
– Storm water infiltration
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Connecting it Together
• Site Characteristics
– Soil forming factors
– Human alteration of the landscape
– Current day land use
• What do you learn from the example?
• Extend these lessons to other applications
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Further Development
• Proposed light rail route
• Further development in wetlands
• Keep this in mind
– Bellefield office park
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• See you right at:
– 9:30am or 1:30pm in Bloedel 211
• Bring
– Coat
– Rite in the Rain notebook