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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20160385 Ver 2_Lake Wendell_97081_MY5_2022_Buffer_20221212ID#* 20160385 Select Reviewer: Katie Merritt Initial Review Completed Date 12/14/2022 Mitigation Project Submittal - 12/12/2022 Version* 2 Is this a Prospectus, Technical Proposal or a New Site?* Type of Mitigation Project:* Stream Wetlands Buffer Nutrient Offset (Select all that apply) Project Contact Information Contact Name:* Lindsay Crocker Project Information ID#:* 20160835 Existing ID# Project Type: • DMS Mitigation Bank Project Name: Lake Wendell Mitigation Site County: Johnston Document Information O Yes O No Email Address:* lindsay.crocker@ncdenr.gov Version:* 2 Existing Version Mitigation Document Type:* Mitigation Monitoring Report File Upload: Lake Wendell _97081_MY5_2022_Buffer.pdf 4.07MB Please upload only one PDF of the complete file that needs to be submitted... Signature Print Name:* Lindsay Crocker Signature: * Monitoring Report – Year 5 FINALVERSION Lake Wendell Mitigation Project(Riparian Buffer Mitigation) Calendar Year of Data Collection: 2022 NCDEQ DMS Project Identification # 97081 NCDEQ DMS Contract # 6826 Neuse River Basin (Cataloging Unit 03020201) USACE Action ID Number: SAW-2016-00876 NCDEQ DWR Project # 2016-0385 Johnston County, NC Contracted Under RFP # 16-006477 Data Collection Period: September 2021 th Submission Date: November 30, 2022 Prepared for: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Mitigation Services 1652 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 Prepared by: TableofContents 1 Project Summary ................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Project Background ............................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 Project Location, Setting, and Existing Conditions ....................................................................... 1 2.2 Mitigation Project Goals and Objectives....................................................................................... 1 2.3 Project History, Contacts, and Timeframe .................................................................................... 2 3 Project Mitigation Components ............................................................................................................ 2 3.1 Riparian Buffer Mitigation Types and Approaches ....................................................................... 2 3.1.1 Tree and Shrub Planting Approaches .................................................................................... 3 3.1.2 Temporary and Permanent Seeding Approaches ................................................................. 3 3.1.3 Invasive Species Vegetation Treatment ................................................................................ 3 4 Performance Standards ........................................................................................................................ 3 4.1 Vegetation ..................................................................................................................................... 3 5 Monitoring Year 5 Assessment and Results .......................................................................................... 4 5.1 Vegetation ..................................................................................................................................... 4 6 References ............................................................................................................................................ 6 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A Background Tables Table 1 Project Attributes Table 2 Project Areas and Asset Summary Table 3 Project Contacts Appendix B Visual Assessment Data Figure 1 Current Condition Plan View (CCPV) Table 4 Vegetation Condition Assessment Photos Vegetation Plot Photographs Photos Vegetation Problem Areas Photographs Appendix CVegetation Plot Data Table 5 Planted and Total Stem Counts Table 5a Vegetation Mitigation Success Table Appendix D NC DWR Correspondence and Approvals Water & Land Solutions 1ProjectSummary Water and Land Solutions, LLC(WLS)completed the constructionand plantingof the Lake Wendell Mitigation Project (Project) full-delivery project for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ), Division of Mitigation Services (DMS)in March 2018. The Project is located in Johnston County, North Carolina,between the Community of Archer Lodge and the Town of Wendell at -78.3538°. The Project site is located in the NCDEQ Sub-basin 03-04-06, in theUpper Buffalo Creek Sub- watershed 030202011502. The Project involved the restoration, enhancement, preservation,and permanent protection of five stream reaches (R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5) and their riparian buffers, totaling 4,269linear feet ofstreams and490,477square feet of riparian buffers. Monitoring Year 5(MY5)monitoring activities occurred in September 2022(Table 2).This reportpresentsthedata for the fifthyear of monitoring (MY5). The Project meets the MY5success criteria for vegetation. Based on these results, WLS requests the riparian buffer mitigation project be closed out. 2ProjectBackground 2.1ProjectLocation,Setting,andExistingConditions The Projectsite is locatedinthe Upper Buffalo Creek Sub-watershed 030202011502 study area ofthe Neuse 01 Regional Watershed Plan, in the Wake-Johnston Collaborative Local Watershed Plan, and in Targeted Local Watershed 03020201180050. The catchment areais 102 acres and has an impervious cover less than one percent. The dominant surrounding land uses are agriculture and mixed forest. Prior to construction, livestock had access to all Project streams,except R4,and the riparian bufferswereless than 50feet wide. 2.2MitigationProjectGoalsandObjectives The following riparian buffer mitigation site-specificgoals were developed: Restore and protect riparian buffer functions and habitat connectivity in perpetuity by recording a permanent conservation easement, Implement agricultural BMPs to reduce nonpoint source inputs to receiving waters. To accomplish these site-specific goals, the following objectives will be measured and included with the performance standards to document overall project success: Increase native species riparian buffer vegetation density/composition along streambank and floodplain areas that meet requirements of a minimum 50-foot-wide and 260stems/acre after monitoring year 5. Prevent cattle from accessing the conservation easement boundary by installing permanent fencing and reducing fecal coliform bacteria from the pre-restoration levels. Lake Wendell Mitigation Project(Riparian Buffer Mitigation) FINAL Monitoring ReportYear 5 Page1 Water & Land Solutions 2.3ProjectHistory,Contacts,andTimeframe The Project will provide riparian buffer mitigation credits in accordance with North Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC), “Consolidated Buffer Mitigation Rule”, Rule 15A NCAC 02B .0295, effective November 1, 2015. Riparian buffer mitigation site viability was confirmed by DWRs April 28, 2016 letter entitled “Site Viability for Buffer Mitigation & Nutrient Offset –Lake Wendell Located Near 2869 Wendell Road, Wendell, NC, Johnston County”. The referenced site viability letter included a determination by DWR that Project Reaches R1, R2, R3 and R4 were either intermittent or perennial. A separate request for Stream Origin/Buffer Applicability Determination for Potential Mitigation for Project Reach R5 was submitted to DWR on May 18, 2017, as required under the referenced site viability letter. On June 1, 2017 DWR performed the requested determination and Reach R5 was determined to be intermittent, as communicated in the DWR June 8, 2017 letter entitled “On-Site Stream Determination for Applicability to the Neuse Riparian Buffer Rules and Water Quality Standards (15A NCAC 02B.0233)”, therefore confirming Reach R5’s eligibility for riparian buffer mitigation.See Appendix D for DWR correspondence and approval letters. The final mitigation plan and PCN were submitted to DMS August 25, 2017,for submission to DWR and the NCIRT. The Section 404 General (Regional and Nationwide) Permit Verification was issued October 5, 2017. Project construction started on November 13, 2017,and mitigation site earthwork was completed on March 13, 2018, by RiverWorks Construction.Mitigation site planting was completed on March 30, 2018, byRiverWorks Construction. Trueline Surveying, PC completed the as-built survey in June 2018. WLS completed the installation of baseline monitoring devices on April 19, 2018,and the installation of survey monumentation and conservation easement boundary marking on June 7, 2018. MY1 was thth completedon November 24, 2019andsubmitted December 4, 2019.Monitoring Year 2 data collection th was completed from June untilOctober 29, 2019.Monitoring Year 3 data collection was completed from th September –October15, 2020.Monitoring Year 4 data collection was completed in September 2021. Monitoring Year 5 data collection was completed in September 2022. The project background and attribute summaryarepresented in Table 1.Refer to Figure 1 and Table 2 for the project areas and buffer asset information.Relevant project contact information is presented in Table 3. 3ProjectMitigationComponents 3.1RiparianBufferMitigationTypesandApproaches Riparian buffer mitigation included restoring, enhancing,and preserving the riparian buffer functions and corridor habitat. The project included planting to re-establish a native species vegetation riparian buffer corridor, which extendeda minimum of 50 feet from the top of the streambanks along each of the project reaches, as well as permanently protecting those buffers with a conservation easement. Many areas of the conservation easement had riparian buffer widths greater than 50 feet established along one or both streambanks to provide additional functional uplift. The only exception is at the upstream end of Reach R1, where the width of the proposed left riparian buffer varies between 20 feet and 29 feet from the left top of bank. This narrow area of proposed riparian buffer is due to the site constraint caused by an existing residential structure. For project reaches proposed for restoration and enhancement, the riparian buffers were restored through reforestation of the entire conservation easement with native species riparian Lake Wendell Mitigation Project(Riparian Buffer Mitigation) FINAL Monitoring ReportYear 5 Page2 Water & Land Solutions buffer vegetation (Table 5). For projectreach sections proposed for preservation, the existing riparian buffers arepermanently protected via the recorded conservation easement. Additionally, permanent fencing was installed along with alternative watering systems to exclude livestock from the restored riparian buffer and conservation easement areas. The permanent fencing system consisting of woven wire fencing was installed to NRCS technical standards in the pasture areas along and outside of the northern conservation easement boundaries of Reaches R1, R2, and R3. Table1 (Appendix A) providesa summary of the project components. 3.1.1Tree and Shrub Planting Approaches The riparian buffer planting zonesfor the project included the streambanks, floodplain, riparian wetland, and upland transitional areas. Plantings were conducted using native species bare-root trees and shrubs, live stakes, and seedlings that were generally planted at a total target density of 680 stems per acre. WLS implemented a riparian buffer planting strategy that includes a combination of overstory, or canopy, and understory species. The site planting strategy also included early successional, as well as climax species. The vegetation selections were mixed throughout the project planting areas so that the early successional species will give way to climax species as they mature over time. 3.1.2Temporary and Permanent Seeding Approaches Permanent seed mixtures of native species herbaceous vegetation and temporary herbaceous vegetation seed mixtures were applied to all disturbed areas of the project site. Temporary and permanent seeding were conducted simultaneously at all disturbed areas of the site during construction utilizing mechanical broadcast spreaders. The as-built re-vegetation plan lists the utilized species, mixtures, and application rates for permanent seeding. 3.1.3Invasive Species Vegetation Treatment During the project construction, invasivespecies exotic vegetation was either mechanically removed or chemically treated both to control its presence and reduce its spread within the conservation easement areas. 4PerformanceStandards The applied success criteria for the Project will follow necessary performance standards and monitoring protocols presented in final approved mitigation plan. Annual monitoring and semi-annual site visits will be conducted to assess the condition of the project throughout the monitoring period. Monitoring activities will be conducted for a period of five years. Specific success criteria components and evaluation methods are described below. 4.1Vegetation Measurements of the final vegetative restoration success for the project will be achieving a density of no less than 260, five-year-old planted stems per acre in Year 5 of monitoring. This final performance criteria shall include a minimum of four native hardwood tree species or four native hardwood tree and native shrub species, where no one species is greater than 50 percent of the stems. Native hardwood tree and native shrub volunteer species willbe included to meet the final performance criteria of 260 stems per acre.Volunteer species will only be counted toward success if they were included in the approved planting Lake Wendell Mitigation Project(Riparian Buffer Mitigation) FINAL Monitoring ReportYear 5 Page3 Water & Land Solutions plan and if they are surviving for at least two years. In addition, diffuse flow of runoff shall be maintained in the riparian buffer areas. 5MonitoringYear5AssessmentandResults Annual monitoring was conducted during MY5in accordance with the monitoring plan as described in the approved mitigation plan and was intended to document the site improvements based on restoration potential, catchment health, ecological stressors,and overall constraints. Allthe monitoring device locations are depicted ontheCCPV (Figure 1) and MY5monitoring data results are listed in the appendices. The Project meets the MY5success criteria for vegetationfor all veg plots. 5.1 Vegetation Vegetation monitoring for MY5was conducted utilizing the seven vegetation monitoring plots, with monitoring conducted in accordance with the CVS-EEP Level I & II Monitoring Protocol (CVS, 2008) and DMS Stream and Wetland Monitoring Guidelines (DMS, 2017). See Figure 1 in Appendix B for the vegetation monitoring plot locations. All vegetation plots met MY5success criteria.The surviving planted stems include a minimum of four native hardwood tree species or four native hardwood tree and native shrub species, where no one species is greater than 50 percent of the stems.Plots ranged from 405 to 607 stems per acre (including appropriate volunteers). The number of hardwood tree and shrub species per plot ranged from 6 to 8 species. The greatest percentage of a single species in a plot was 33 percent. Summary data and photographs of each plot can be found in Appendix B and C. The MY5vegetation monitoring was alsoconducted utilizing visual assessment along the Project stream reaches. The overall results of the visual assessment did not indicate any negative changes to the existing vegetation community.An area of encroachment approximately 0.009acres was found along R5in MY5, see Figure 1. This area wasmowed by the farmerand wasvegetated with dog fennel and pasture weeds. Management of this area began in June 2022and includedadditional t-postsand a physical barrier (horse tape)to delineate the easement boundary and discourage further mowing.The landowner was contacted via mail by our attorney.As of September 2022,the farmer has ceased encroachment in this area. During MY1 an area of concern was observed along R1 buffer as shown on the Figure 1. This area was utilized as a temporary staging area during construction and contains invasive species vegetation (kudzu) along the right buffer. This area was managed once during MY5using foliar spray of the limited remaining stems in Septemberusing a 3 percent solution of Garlon 3A (see table below for treatments). Following these treatments, the percent cover of kudzu was reduced to approximately one percent.This area was planted with species from the approved list in the mitigation plan on February 1st, 2021. A random th vegetation plot was surveyed on March 30, 2022(see table below for results).Additionally, the visual monitoring confirmed that diffuse flow of runoff is being maintained in the riparian buffer areas. Lake Wendell Mitigation Project(Riparian Buffer Mitigation) FINAL Monitoring ReportYear 5 Page4 Water & Land Solutions Kudzu Treatment Table Monitoring YearInvasive TreatmentDate Treatment Conducted Kudzu foliar spray and cutAugust 15, 2019 2 Kudzu foliar spraySeptember 24, 2019 Kudzu crown removal(hand-digging)March 18, 2020 3 Kudzu foliar sprayOctober 7, 2020 4 Kudzu foliar sprayJuly 1, 2021 5 Kudzu spray and cutSeptember 8, 2022 Random Veg Plot Results SpeciesNumber of StemsHeight(ft) Tulip Poplar62.3, 5.2, 3, 2.4, 2, 4.4 Red Maple38.5, 4.5, 1.5 Lake Wendell Mitigation Project(Riparian Buffer Mitigation) FINAL Monitoring ReportYear 5 Page 5 Water & Land Solutions 6References Lee, M., Peet R., Roberts, S., Wentworth, T. CVS-NCEEP Protocol for Recording Vegetation, Version 4.1, 2007. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Mitigation Services, Wildlands Engineering, Inc. 2015. Neuse 01 Regional Watershed Plan Phase II. Raleigh, NC. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Mitigation Services, 2017. Annual Report Format, Data Requirements, and Content Guidance. Raleigh, NC. Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, third approximation. North Carolina Natural Heritage Program. NCDENR Division of Parks and Recreation. Raleigh, NC. United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1987. Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual. Technical Report Y-87-1. Environmental Laboratory. US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Vicksburg, MS. ___. 1997. Corps of Engineers Wetlands Research Program. Technical Note VN-RS-4.1. Environmental Laboratory. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Vicksburg, MS. ___. 2003. Stream Mitigation Guidelines, April 2003, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Wilmington District. Water and Land Solutions, LLC (2017). Lake Wendell Stream and Riparian Buffer Mitigation Plan. NCDMS, Raleigh, NC. Lake Wendell Mitigation Project(Riparian Buffer Mitigation) FINAL Monitoring ReportYear 5 Page6 Appendix A: Background Tables Table1.BufferProjectAttributes ProjectNameLakeWendellMitigationProject HydrologicUnitCode03020201 RiverBasinNeuse GeographicLocation(Lat,Long)35.7373910N,78.3538050W SiteProtectionInstrument(DB,PG)85,148 TotalCredits(BMU)354,404.00 TypesofCreditsRiparianBuffer MitigationPlanDateAug18 InitialPlantingDateMar18 BaselineReportDateNov18 MY1ReportDateDec18 MY2ReportDateNov19 MY3ReportDateDec20 MY4ReportDateOct21 MY5ReportDateNov22 N/A (lbs) P Nutrient Offset Offset: N Nutrient to (lbs) 17,873.412 17,873.412 Nutrient Offset: ) Converted (Yes If No Nutrient or Offset to Convertible YesNo BufferBuffer (BMU)(BMU) 22,426.00010,410.300 10,410.300 342,525.000 364,951.000375,361.300 CreditsCredits RiparianRiparian 0 RatioRatio (x:1)(x:1) CreditCredit FinalFinal 33%6.0606133%30.30303 75%1.3333333%3.0303075%2.6666775%13.3333375%6.6666733%15.1515275%4.0000033%9.09091 100%1.00000100%2.00000100%10.0000100%5.00000100%3.00000 CreditCredit FullFull %% ) x:1 (x:1)( 1253 10 InitialInitial CreditCredit RatioRatio 60 (sf)*(sf)* 44,852 387,377129,12104,103491,48 342,525104,103 CreditableAreaCreditableArea Area 44,852 (sf) 342,525104,103 Total 2929292929 A 200200200200200 100100100100100 2002000 20200200 WidthWidth ARE TOTALS 101101 101101101 (ft)(ft) SUBTOTALSSUBTOTALS BufferBuffer ID/ID/ PRESERVATION Cattle & Enh ReachReach Component Component RestorationEnhEx.Preservation ELIGIBLE Wendell TypeType Lake Assets: RestorationEnhancementPreservation and t 02B.0295) Areas StreamsRestorationStreamsRestoration NCAC NonsubjecNonsubject or (15A oror Project ect j BUFFER Sub SubjectNonsubject SubjectSubject Buffer 2. or LocationJurisdictionalLocationJurisdictional Table RIPARIAN RuralUrbanRuralUrban Table 3. Project Contacts Lake Wendell Mitigation Project (NCDEQ DMS Project ID# 97081) Water & Land Solutions, LLC Mitigation Provider 7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 130 Raleigh, NC 27615 Primary Project POCCatherine Manner Phone: 571-643-3165 RiverWorks Construction Construction Contractor 114 W. Main Street, Suite 106, Clayton, NC 27520 Primary Project POCBill Wright Phone: 919-590-5193 WithersRavenel Survey Contractor (Existing Condition Surveys) 115 MacKenan Drive, Cary, NC 27511 Primary Project POCMarshall Wight, PLS Phone: 919-469-3340 True Line Surveying, PC Survey Contractor (Conservation Easement, Construction and As- Builts Surveys) 205 West Main Street, Clayton, NC 27520 Primary Project POCCurk T. Lane, PLS 919-359-0427 RiverWorks Construction Planting Contractor 114 W. Main Street, Suite 106, Clayton, NC 27520 Primary Project POCBill Wright Phone: 919-590-5193 RiverWorks Construction Seeding Contractor 114 W. Main Street, Suite 106, Clayton, NC 27520 Primary Project POCBill Wright Phone: 919-590-5193 Green Resource Seed Mix Sources 5204 Highgreen Ct., Colfax, NC 27235 Rodney Montgomery Phone: 336-215-3458 Foggy Mountain Nursery (Live Stakes) Nursery Stock Suppliers 797 Helton Creek Rd, Lansing, NC 28643 Glenn Sullivan Phone: 336-977-2958 Dykes & Son Nursery (Bare Root Stock) 825 Maude Etter Rd, Mcminnville, Tn 37110 Jeff Dykes Phone: 931-668-8833 Water & Land Solutions, LLC Monitoring Performers 7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 130 Raleigh, NC 27615 Stream Monitoring POCEmily Dunnigan Phone: 269-908-6306 Vegetation Monitoring POCEmily Dunnigan Phone: 269-908-6306 Appendix B: Visual Assessment Data 10+00 11+00 12+00 13+00 14+00 10+00 15+00 11+00 16+00 12+00 17+00 13+00 18+00 13+58 19+00 20+00 21+00 22+00 23+00 24+00 25+00 26+00 27+00 28+00 29+00 30+00 31+00 32+00 33+00 34+00 35+00 36+00 37+00 38+00 39+00 40+00 41+00 42+00 43+00 44+00 45+00 46+00 47+00 48+00 49+00 49+15 AcreageAcreage % of Planted % of Easement AcreageAcreage Combined Combined 00.000.0%00.000.0%00.000.0%00.000.0% PolygonsPolygons Number of Number of Total ColorColor CCPV CCPV DepictionDepiction Pattern and Pattern and Cumulative Total Mapping Mapping ThresholdThreshold 8.9 Very limited cover of both woody and herbaceous material. 0.01 acresSolid light blue00.000.0%Woody stem densities clearly below target levels based on MY3, 4, or 5 stem count criteria.0.1 acresAreas with woody stems of a size class that are obviously small given the monitoring year.0.25 acres 12 Areas or points (if too small to render as polygons at map scale).1000 SForange hatched10.131.1%Areas or points (if too small to render as polygons at map scale).noneyellow hatched10.0090.1% 3 4 1 2 Table 4.Vegetation Condition AssessmentProjectLake Wendell Mitigation Project (NCDEQ DMS Project ID# 97081) Planted Acreage Vegetation CategoryDefinitions1. Bare Areas2. Low Stem Density Areas3. Areas of Poor Growth Rates or VigorEasement AcreageVegetation CategoryDefinitions 4. Invasive Areas of Concern5. Easement Encroachment Areas 05)05) (MY(MY 20222022 13,13, SeptemberSeptember 1,2, PlotPlot VegVeg 01) 00) (MY (MY 2018 2018 5, 27, April November 2, 1, Plot Plot Veg Veg 05)05) (MY(MY 20222022 13,13, SeptemberSeptember 3,4, PlotPlot VegVeg 01) 00) (MY (MY 2018 2018 5, 13, April November 4, 3, Plot Plot Veg Veg 05)05) (MY(MY 20222022 13,13, SeptemberSeptember 5,6, PlotPlot VegVeg 00)00) (MY(MY 20182018 13,13, AprilApril 5,6, PlotPlot VegVeg 05) (MY 2022 13, September 7, Plot Veg 00) (MY 2018 13, April 7, Plot Veg 05)05) (MY(MY 20222022 13,13, SeptemberSeptember (VPA1),(VPA1), AreaArea ProblemProblem KudzuKudzu 03)03) (MY(MY 20202020 22,22, OctoberOctober (VPA1),(VPA1), AreaArea ProblemProblem KudzuKudzu 05) (MY 2022 13, September (VPA3), Area Encroachment 05) 05) (MY (MY 2022 2022 30, 14, June March (VPA3), VPA1, in Area Plot Veg Encroachment Random Appendix C: Vegetation Monitoring Plot Data 7 (2018) allT 0.17 111888 911 (2018)MY0 allTPnoLSP 0.17 MY1 18 77 (2019) allTPnoLSP 0.17 Means 1612 Annual (2020)MY2 allTPnoLSP 0.17 MY3 92 21 (2021) allTPnoLSP 0.17 81112111 20 (2022)MY4 allTPnoLSP 0.17 888888888111111999121212222333333333444555444222222222222333222222222222222222444444444444444444999888888777777777 0007MY5 1777 allTPnoLSP 01 0.02 43 0006001 allTPnoLSP 01 0.02 111111333333333333222333222 001 22222225512664166686625666277722 0005 allTPnoLSP 01 0.02 111111111111222778777778888131313272727444111333111111111111111111111111121212181818333333111111111111111111111999101010111111 2022) (MY5 0004001 allTPnoLSP 01 Data 0.02 223222555111111111111222333444444999 Plot 41 Current 0003001 allTPnoLSP 01 0.02 111444 212223 0002001 allTPnoLSP 01 0.02 333111222111111111999666777777888888 211 10 0001001 111111 allTPnoLSP 01 0.02 1111112222221113331111111111111111111112228822991512121714141512121812121910101076761157373142757516777771078383150125125125771155877966677108810666131318131318131316131316131316151515 001 324324890364364607486486688567567607486486728486486769405405405439439665422422821434434965445445619480480867723723723 PnoLSP ACRE countcount Type(ares) (ACRES) TreeTree111TreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeVine per size Stem size Species TreeTreeShrubShrubTreeShrubTreeShrubTreeShrubTreeShrub e k Stems ChTree Oa Ald Field treeTree GumTree BirchTree AshTree Old% NameSpecies 10% Red Swamp 10% RedPaddle Red 10 y Plane Smooth Persimmon, SpicebushShrub Pine,ElmTree than RoseShrub OakTree Oak, than Oak, Ash,Gum, than WillowTree Birch, DogwoodShrub Counts Alder, less more less TagRiverWinterberrNorthernLoblollyWaterSwampBlackWinged by by by Stem 10% but by Total and NameCommon tulipiferarequirements,requirements styracifluaSweet virginianaAmerican virginiana Density caroliniana occidentalisSycamore, pennsylvanicaGreenmichauxiiBasketnigraphellosWillow Planted requirementsrequirements, benzoin amomumSilkymeetmeet serotina nigraalata 5: serrulata taeda for Scientific copallinum palustris Wendellnegundorubrumnigra toto verticillata Table LakeAcerAcerAlnusBetulaCarpinusCornusDiospyrosFraxinusIlexLinderaLiquidambarLiriodendronMagnoliaPinusPlatanusPrunusQuercusQuercusQuercusRhusRosaSalixUlmus Color ExceedsExceedsFailsFails Table5a:VegetationPlotMitigationSuccessSummaryTable Greatest NumberofNumberof Percentage Stems/Acre HardwoodSpecies PlantedVolunteers/Total Plot#SuccessofaSingle Stems/AcreAcreStems/AcreShrub/TreeSuccess CriteriaMetSpeciesby SpeciesCriteriaMet Plot 132481405Yes8Yes20% 2364121485Yes6Yes25% 34860486Yes7Yes33% 456740607Yes6Yes33% 548681567Yes8Yes21% 64860486Yes8Yes25% 74050405Yes6Yes30% Project 44546492Yes7Yes27% Average Appendix D: NC DWR Correspondence and Approvals