Summit Seep_94646_MY0_2011

Baseline Monitoring Document & As -Built Baseline Report
SUMMIT SEEP NON -RIPARIAN WETLAND MITIGATION SITE
RFP # 16-002835 Contract # 003244
Davidson County, North Carolina
Data Collected March 21St 2011
Prepared for:
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NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Ecosystem Enhancement Program
1652 MailServiceCenter
Raleigh, NC27699-1652
June 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Executive Summary-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
2. Project Goals, Background & Attributes--------------------------------------------------------------------------2
2.1 Location & Setting
2.2 Project Goals & Objectives
3. Project Structure, Restoration Type & Approach..................................................3
3.1 Project Structure
3.2 Restoration Type
3.3 Approach
4. Project History, Contacts & Attribute Data..........................................................3
5. Success Criteria
5.1 Hydrologic
5.2 Vegetation
6. Monitoring Plan........................................................................................4
a. Hydrologic
b. Vegetation
7. Maintenance & Contingency Plan ...................................................................5
8. Reference................................................................................................6
APPENDICES
Appendix A: General Figures and Tables
Fig 1.
Vicinity Map
Fig 2.
Preconstruction Conditions Map
Table 1.
Project Components and Mitigation Credits Table
Table 2.
Project Activity and Reporting History Table
Table 3.
Project Contact Table
Table 4.
Project Baseline Information and Attributes Table
Table 5.
Reference Vegetation Species
Table 6.
Planted Tree Species
Appendix B: Baseline Vegetation Data, CVS Output Tables
Appendix C: As -Built Plan Sheets & Construction Photos
Sheet A.
Title Page
Sheet B.
Construction
Sheet C.
Planting
Sheet D.
Monitoring
Construction
Photos

Executive Summar
This Baseline Monitoring Document & As -Built Baseline Report describes the Summit Seep
Wetland Mitigation Site (Site) and is designed specifically to assist in fulfilling North Carolina
Ecosystem Enhancement Program wetland restoration goals. The Site is located in the Targeted Local
Watershed (TLW) 03040103020010, identified in the 2009 Yadkin Pee -Dee River Basin RBRP (2009
Yadkin Pee -Dee River Basin RBRP, NCEEP 2009). The watershed is characterized by approximately 21
percent agricultural use with approximately 12 percent of the stream length identified as impaired for
aquatic life according to 2006 DWQ 303(d) data. The Site is located upslope from an unnamed tributary to
North Potts Creek, which has been assigned Stream Index Number 12-112, a Best Usage Classification of
C, and is Fully Supporting its intended uses (NCDWQ 2010b).
The 2009 Yadkin Pee -Dee River Basin RBRP identified stormwater runoff and other development impacts
as likely contributors to turbidity and chlorophyll violations within this TLW. The Summit Seep Wetland
Mitigation Project was identified as a non -riparian wetland restoration opportunity to improve water
quality, enhance flood attenuation, and to restore wildlife habitat within the TLW. The project goals aim
to address stressors identified in the TLW and include the following:
• Remove nonpoint sources of pollution associated with vegetation maintenance including:
a. the cessation of broadcasting fertilizer, pesticides, and other agricultural chemicals into and
adjacent to Site drainage ditches; and
b. providing a vegetated wetland to aid in the treatment of runoff.
• Restore wetland hydro periods that satisfy wetland jurisdictional requirements and approximate
the Site's natural range and variation.
• Promote floodwater attenuation by filling ditches and enhancing groundwater storage capacity.
• Restore and reestablish natural community structure, habitat diversity, and functional continuity.
• Enhance and protect the Site's full potential of wetland functions and values in perpetuity.
Located approximately five miles southwest of Lexington, in western Davidson County, the Site is
upslope from the western edge of the North Potts Creek Floodplain. The single, 6.4 acre, parcel had been
cleared of native forest vegetation, ditched and drained to remove groundwater hydrology from a spring
and hillside seep along the western edge of the Site, and was utilized as a livestock pasture. Detailed soil
mapping conducted by licensed soil scientists in February 2010 indicate that 4.1 acres of the Site contain
"Class A" hydric Armenia silt loam soils, characterized by a dark gray matrix. Site soils had been
impacted by land clearing, ditching, and hoof shear from livestock.
In a minimally invasive approach, Site restoration included the re -introduction of hydrology and the
establishment of native regional vegetation. With existing Site soil characteristics being nearly level and
slow draining, hydrology was restored by implementing low density earthen ditch plugs placed in critical
areas, followed by the filling of existing ditches. This approach will restore hydrology to characteristic
levels expected with Armenia silt loam, provided by year round hydrology from a groundwater spring on
the uphill portion of the site. Native vegetation was reintroduced based on a reference forest, existing site
vegetation and characteristic Low Elevation Seep vegetation as described in Schafale & Weakley's
Classification of Natural Communities of NC. The distribution of planted species was not done in a
specific manner, and all species occur throughout the 6.4 acre Site. The hydrology will be monitored
using five (5) Infinities Pressure Water Level Data Loggers for a period of (7) seven years. Vegetation
monitoring will follow CVS protocol at six (6) vegetation monitoring plots measuring 10 meters x 10
meters, lasting for five years or until success criteria is met.
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Project Goals, Background & Attributes
Location & Setting:
Located in western Davidson County and within the 14 -Digit Cataloging Unit 03040103020010 the Site
is approximately five miles southwest of Lexington, NC. Within the Southern Outer Piedmont
physiographic province of NC, the regional physiography is characterized by dissected irregular plains,
some low rounded hills and ridges, and low to moderate gradient streams with mostly cobble, gravel, and
sandy substrates (Griffith et al. 2002). The Site is upslope from the western edge of the floodplain of an
unnamed tributary to North Potts Creek draining 35.6 acres. The 6.4 acre Site sits on both sides of the
unnamed tributary. The 4.1 acres of restoration and enhancement is located on the western side of the Site
between the unnamed tributary and a natural spring and hillside seep with hydric "A" soils consisting of
Armenia silt loam. Elevations within the Site range from 690-720 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum
(USGS Lexington West, NC 7.5 -minute topographic quadrangle).
Appendix A: Figure 1 — Vicinity Map
Project Goals & Objectives:
The 2009 Yadkin Pee -Dee River Basin RBRP identified stormwater runoff and other development impacts
as likely contributors to turbidity and chlorophyll violations within this TLW. The Summit Seep Wetland
Mitigation Project was identified as a non -riparian wetland restoration opportunity to improve water
quality, enhance flood attenuation, and to restore wildlife habitat within the TLW.
The project goals address stressors identified in the TLW and include the following:
• Remove nonpoint sources of pollution associated with vegetation maintenance including:
a. the cessation of broadcasting fertilizer, pesticides, and other agricultural chemicals into and
adjacent to Site drainage ditches; and
c. providing a vegetated wetland to aid in the treatment of runoff.
• Restore wetland hydro -periods that satisfy wetland jurisdictional requirements and approximate
the Site's natural range and variation.
• Promote floodwater attenuation by filling ditches and enhancing groundwater storage capacity.
• Restore and reestablish natural community structure, habitat diversity, and functional continuity.
• Enhance and protect the Site's full potential of wetland functions and values in perpetuity.
The project goals will be addressed through the following project objectives:
• Providing 4.0 Non -riparian Wetland Mitigation Units (WMUS), as calculated in accordance with
the requirements stipulated in RFP #16-002835, by restoring 3.91 acres and enhancing 0.18 acres
of non -riparian wetland. This will be accomplished by filling ditches, removing spoil castings,
excluding livestock, redirecting hydrology from a spring across the Site, and planting with native
forest vegetation.
• Protecting the Site in perpetuity with a conservation easement.
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Protect Structure, Restoration Type & Approach
Project Structure:
Straddling an unnamed tributary which lies upslope from the western edge of North Potts Creek
floodplain, the 6.4 acre conservation easement catches drainage of approximately 35.6 acres of agriculture
fields. Within the western portion of the easement lays 4.1 acres of existing "Class A" hydric soils. The
Armenia silt loam soils have been ditched and thus, channeling water from a hillside groundwater spring
located in the southwest corner of the site, as well as hillside seepages from the western slope. After an
on-site visit from the regulatory community and NCEEP, 404 and 401 permits were required by the
USACE Regulatory Division and the NC Department of Water Quality to fill the ditches after they were
delineated as existing wetlands. Then entire 6.4 acre site has been be fenced in and with gated access off
Sam Sharpe Rd. and another gate on the eastern boundary of the project to facilitate the adjoining
landowner should cattle unexpectedly enter the site.
Appendix A: Figure 2 - Project Components
Appendix A: Table 1 - Project Components and Mitigation Credits
Appendix A: Table 4 — Project Baseline Information & Attributes Table
Restoration Type
The project consists of 3.91 acres of non -riparian wetland restoration and 0.18 acres of non -riparian
enhancement, for a total for 4.0 non -riparian wetland mitigation units (WMUS). Vegetation restoration
aims to mimic Schafale and Weakley's Classification of the Natural Communities of North Carolina
(1990) of a Low Elevation Seep, supplemented by reference forest and onsite observations (Table 5,
Appendix A).
Approach:
The Site had previously been cleared of native forest vegetation, ditched and drained to remove
groundwater hydrology from a spring and hillside seeps along the western edge of the Site. Historically
the site was predominantly utilized as pasture for livestock and hay production.
The approach taken to restore the project goal of 4.0 WMUS of non -riparian wetland, and re -vegetating
5.5 acres was to reintroduce hydrology back onto the surface from groundwater sources and to replant the
site with bare -root seedlings. To do so three (3) low density earthen ditch plugs were installed at the ends
of the three main drainage ditches and a fourth was installed at the top of the ditch that was the largest
drainage of the three. Next, the ditches were backfilled using existing spoil material adjacent to each
ditch. Then the flow from the groundwater spring was redirected onto the site to facilitate surface re -
hydrology. Finally, regionally specific, woody bare root stems were planted (Table 6, Appendix A).
Protect History, Contact & Attribute Data:
The site is located in the Targeted Local Watershed (TLW) 03040103020010 as identified in the 2009
Yadkin Pee -Dee River Basin RBRP (2009 Yadkin Pee -Dee River Basin RBRP, NCEEP 2009). Situated
on 6.4 acres, the Site is upslope from the western edge of the floodplain of an unnamed tributary to North
Potts Creek draining 35.6 acres. The Site sits on both sides of the unnamed tributary and the 4.1 acres of
restoration and enhancement lie between the unnamed tributary and a natural spring and hillside seeps
with hydric "A" soils consisting of Armenia silt loam. The watershed is characterized by approximately
21 percent agricultural use with approximately 12 percent of the stream length located in this watershed
identified as impaired for aquatic life according to 2006 DWQ 303(d) data. The Site is located upslope
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from an unnamed tributary to North Potts Creek, which has been assigned Stream Index Number 12-112,
a Best Usage Classification of C, and is Fully Supporting its intended uses (NCDWQ 2010b).
Appendix A: Table 2 - Project Activity & Reporting History
Appendix A: Table 3 - Project Contact
Appendix A: Table 4 - Project Baseline Information & Attributes Table
Success Criteria
Hydrology Success Criteria
Target hydrological characteristics include saturation or inundation for 7.5 percent of the growing season
at a minimum of 12 inches below ground level during average climatic conditions for a period of seven
(7) years. During growing seasons with atypical climatic conditions, groundwater gauges in reference
wetlands may dictate threshold hydrology success criteria. These areas are expected to support
hydrophytic vegetation. If wetland parameters are marginal as indicated by vegetation and/or hydrology
monitoring, the site may be modified in accordance with the Hydrologic Contingency Plan detailed in this
document.
Vegetation Success Criteria
Success criteria have been established to verify that the vegetation component supports community
elements necessary for floodplain forest development. Dependent upon density and growth of
"Characteristic Tree Species," criteria will follow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District
2003 Stream Mitigation Guidelines for successful vegetation. In which an average density of 320 stems
per acre of Characteristic Tree Species must be surviving in the first three monitoring years.
Subsequently, 290 Characteristic Tree Species per acre must be surviving in year 4 and 260 Characteristic
Tree Species per acre in year 5. Characteristic Tree Species include planted species and species identified
through inventory of a reference (relatively undisturbed) forest community used to orient the planting
plan. All canopy tree species planted and identified in the reference forest will be utilized to define
"Characteristic Tree Species" as termed in the success criteria.
Monitoring Plan
The Summit Seep Non -riparian Wetland Mitigation Site monitoring plan consists of a comparison
between reference and restoration areas along with evaluation of jurisdictional wetland criteria
(Environmental Laboratory 1987). Monitoring will entail analysis of two primary parameters: hydrology
and vegetation. Monitoring of restoration efforts will be performed for a minimum of 5 years or until
success criteria are fulfilled. The detailed monitoring plan is depicted in As -Built Sheet D, Appendix C.
Hydrology
Measurement of wetland hydrology will be performed in accordance with traditional methods as per the
April 2003 USACE Wilmington District Stream Mitigation Guidelines. Six (6) continuously recording,
surficial monitoring gauges were installed in accordance with specifications in Installing Monitoring
Wells/Piezometers in Wetlands (NCWRP 1993); five (5) site gages and one (1) reference gauge (Sheet D,
Appendix Q. The fifth monitoring gauge was installed on June, Stn 2011 per EEP recommendations
received on May 31St 2011. Monitoring gauges were set to a depth of approximately 24 inches below the
soil surface. Screened portions of each gauge were surrounded by filter fabric, buried in screened well
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sand, and sealed with a bentonite cap to prevent siltation and surface flow infiltration during floods. Data
will be downloaded at least every 30 days during the growing season. Additionally, an electronic rain
water recording gauge was installed at the site.
Hydrological sampling will be performed in restoration and reference areas during the growing season.
The growing season will be based on the USACE Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers
Wetland Delineation Manual: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts Plain Region 2010. Which states:
The growing season has begun on a site in a given year when two or more
different non -evergreen vascular plant species growing in the wetland or
surrounding areas exhibit one or more of the following indicators of biological
activity:
a. Emergence of herbaceous plants from the ground
b. Appearance of new growth from vegetative crowns (e.g., in graminoids,
bulbs, and corms)
c. Coleoptile%otyledon emergence from seed
d. Bud burst on woody plants (i.e., some green foliage is visible between
spreading bud scales)
1. Emergence or elongation of leaves of woody plants
f. Emergence or opening of flowers
The end of the growing season is indicated when woody deciduous species lose
their leaves and/or the last herbaceous plants cease flowering and their leaves
become dry or brown, generally in the fall due to cold temperatures or reduced
moisture availability. Early plant senescence due to the initiation of the summer
dry season in some areas does not necessarily indicate the end of the growing
season and alternative procedures (e.g., soil temperature) should be used.
Vegetation
The monitoring of planted vegetation will follow the Carolina Vegetation Survey (CVS) EEP Protocol for
Recording Vegetation (Lee et al. 2006) between June 1 and September 30 until the vegetation success
criteria are achieved. Six, 10 by 10 -meter vegetation plots have been placed within the 4.1 acres of
restored and enhanced wetlands (Sheet D, Appendix C). Vegetation will receive a visual evaluation on a
periodic basis to ascertain the degree of overtopping of planted elements by nuisance species.
Maintenance and Contingency Plans
Hydrologic Contingency
Hydrologic contingency may include soil surface modifications such as re -directing surface water from
the groundwater springs or the installation of additional ditch plugs. Recommendations for contingency
to establish wetland hydrology may be implemented and monitored until Hydrology Success Criteria is
achieved.
Vegetation Contingency
If vegetation success criteria are not achieved based on average density calculations from combined plots
over the entire restoration area, supplemental planting may be performed with tree species approved by
regulatory agencies. Supplemental planting may be performed as needed until achievement of vegetation
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success criteria.
References
Environmental Laboratory. 1987. Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual. Technical Report
Y-87-1.United States Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Griffith, G.E., J.M. Omernik, J.A. Comstock, M.P. Schafale, W.H. McNab, D.R. Lenat, T.F. MacPherson,
J.B. Glover, and V.B. Shelbourne. 2002. Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina.
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Lee, M.T., R.K. Peet, S.D. Roberts, and T.R. Wentworth. 2006. CVS-EEP Protocol for Recording
Vegetation. Version 4.0.North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
Ecosystem Enhancement Program. Raleigh, North Carolina.
North Carolina Wetlands Restoration Program (NCWRP). 1993. Installing Monitoring
Wells/Piezometers in Wetlands (WRP Technical Note HY-IA-3.1). North Carolina Department
of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Raleigh, North Carolina
North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP). 2009. Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin
Restoration Priorities (online). Available:
http://www.nceep.net/services/restplans/Yadkin_Pee_ Dee_R 3RP_2009_Final.pdf [February 19,
2010].North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
Schafale, M.P. and A.S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the Natural Communities of North Carolina:
Third Approximation. North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, Division of Parks and
Recreation, N.C. Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources. Raleigh, North
Carolina.
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 2010. Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland
Delineation Manual: Atlantis and Golf Coasts Plain Regional 2010 (online). Available:
hqp://www.usace.army.mil/CECW/Documents/cecwo/reg/AGCP reg_supV2.pdf [April, 2011]
USACE, Wetlands Regulatory Assistance Program.
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Appendix A: General Figures and Tables
Fig 1. Vicinity Map
Fig 2. Preconstruction Conditions Map
Table 1. Project Components and Mitigation Credits Table
Table 2. Project Activity and Reporting History Table
Table 3. Project Contact Table
Table 4. Project Baseline Information and Attributes Table
Table 5. Reference Vegetation Species
Table 6. Planted Tree Species

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- Take the first right on Clyde Fitzgerald Road
- Travel — 1.5 miles and turn left, East, onto Sam Sharp Rd.
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encompassed by a recorded conservation easement, but is bordered by land under private ownership. Accessing the site may
require traversing areas near or along the easement boundary and therefore access by the general public is not permitted. Access by
° authorized personnel of state and federal agencies or their designees/contractors involved in the development, oversight and
�. stewardship of the restoration site is permitted within the terms and timeframes of their defined roles. Any intended site visitation or
activity by any person outside of these previously sanctioned roles and activities requires prior coordination with EEP.
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Table 1. Project Components and Mitigation Credits
Summit Seep Non -Riparian Wetland Mitigation Site Contract # 003244
Table 2: Project Activity and Reporting History
Summit Seep Non -Riparian Wetland Mitigation Site Contract # 003244
Activity or Report
Data Collection Complete
Mitigation Credits
CE Document
NA
Oct -10
Conservation Easement
Apr -11
Riparian
Non -riparian
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Construction
NA
Stream
Wetland
Wetland Buffer
Nutrient Offset
Nutrient Offset
Type
June -11
RI
RE
R
RE
R
RE
Totals
3.91
0.18
Project Components
Existing
Restoration —
Restoration
Project Component
Stationing /
Footage/Acre
Approach
or- Restoration
Footage or
Mitigation Ratio
-or- Reach ID
Location
age
(PI,PII etc.)
Equivalent
Acreage
Non -riparian
NA
3.91
NA
Restoration
3.91
1.0
restoration
Non -riparian
NA
0.18
NA
Enhancement
0.18
0.5
enhancement
Component Summation
Non -
Restoration
Stream
Riparian Wetland riparian
Buffer (square
Upland (acres)
Level
(linear feet)
(acres) Wetland
feet)
(acres)
Riverine Non-Riverine
Restoration
0
0 0 3.91
0
0
Enhancement
0 0 0.18
0
0
1
EEnhancement
0
Enhancement 1I
0
Creation
0 0 0
Preservation
0
0 0 0
0
High Quality
0
0 0 0
0
Preservation
Table 2: Project Activity and Reporting History
Summit Seep Non -Riparian Wetland Mitigation Site Contract # 003244
Activity or Report
Data Collection Complete
Completion or Delivery
CE Document
NA
Oct -10
Conservation Easement
Apr -11
Apr -11
Mitigation Plan
NA
Nov -10
Construction
NA
Apr -11
Bare Root Planting
NA
Apr -11
Baseline Monitoring Document
Apr -I1
June -11

Table 3: Project Contact Table
Summit Seep Non -Riparian Wetland Mitigation Site Contract # 003244
Firm
POC & Address
Designer:
Axiom Environmental,
Grant Lewis; 919.215.1693
Inc.
218 Snow Ave. Raleigh, NC 27603
Lloyd Glover; 919.422.3392
Construction Contractor:
Land Mechanics, Inc.
780 Landmark Road
Willow Spring, NC 27592-7756
Worth Creech; 919.334.9114
Planting Contractor:
Restoration Systems, LLC
1101 Haynes St. Suite 211
Raleigh, NC 2604
Lloyd Glover; 919.422.3392
Seeding Contractor:
Land Mechanics, Inc.
780 Landmark Road
Willow Spring, NC 27592-7756
Nursery Stock Suppliers:
ArborGen
1.888.888.7158
Baseline Data Collection
Axiom Environmental,
Grant Lewis; 919.215.1693
Inc.
218 Snow Ave. Raleigh, NC 27603
Vegetation Monitoring:
Restoration Systems, LLC
Ray Holz; 919.604.9314
Wetland Monitoring:
Restoration Systems, LLC
Ray Holz; 919.604.9314

Table 4: Project Baseline Information & Attributes Table
Summit Seep Non -Riparian Wetland Mitigation Site Contract # 003244
Project Information
Project Name
Summit Seep
County
Davidson
Project Area (acres)
6.4
Project Coordinates (latitude and
longitude)
35.76130, 80.33430
Project Watershed Summary Information
Physiographic Province
Southern Outer Piedmont
River Basin
Yadkin
USGS Hydrologic Unit
8 -digit
3040103
USGS Hydrologic Unit 14 -digit
3040103020010
DWQ Sub -basin
3/7/2004
Project Drainage Area, Total Outfall (acres)
51.5
Groundwater Treated by Site (acres)
35.6
Project Drainage Area Percentage of
Impervious Area
<3%
CGIA Land Use Classification
Cropland and Pasture
Wetland Summary Information
Parameters
Wetland 1
Size of Wetland (acres)
4.1
Wetland Type (non -riparian, riparian riverine or
riparian non riverine)
Non -riparian
Mapped Soil Series
Armenia silt loam
Drainage class
Class A
Soil Hydric Status
Hydric
Source of Hydrology
Natural Seep
Hydrologic Impairment
Ditches
Native vegetation community
Low Elevation Seep
Percent composition of exotic invasive
vegetation
0%
Regulatory Considerations
Regulation Applicable? Resolved? Supporting Documentation
Waters of the United States — Section 404 Yes
Yes Yes, Appendix A
Waters of the United States — Section 401 Yes
Yes Yes, Appendix A
Endangered Species Act No
Historic Preservation Act No
Coastal Zone Management Act [CZMA/Coastal No
Area Management Act CAMA
FEMA Floodplain Compliance No
Essential Fisheries Habitat No

Table 5: Reference Vegetation Species
Summit Seep Non -Riparian Wetland Mitigation Site Contract # 003244
Schafale and Weakley's
Character Vegetation
Species
Reference Forest Ecosystem & Onsite observations
Armenia silt loam (ArA) & Davidson Loam 8-25% slope (DdD, DdE)
Soils
Canopy Species
Understory Species
Betula nigra
Acer negundo
Asimina triloba
Carpinus caroliniana
Acer rubrum
Ce halanthus occidentalis
Celtis laevi ata
Celtis occidentalis
Cornus amomum
Platanus occidentalis
Diospyros vir iniana
Cratae us monogyna
Quercus michauxii
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Juni erus vir iniana
Quercus pagoda
Juglans nigra
Sambucus canadensis
uercus hellos
Li uidambar styraciflua
S m horicar os orbiculatus
Ulmus americana
N ssa s lvatica
500
9.80%
Pinus taeda
500
9.80%
uercus alba
500
9.80%
Quercus phellos
600
11.76%
Salix nigra
5100
100.00%
Ulmus americana
Table 6: Planted Tree Species
Summit Seep Non -Riparian Wetland Mitigation Site Contract # 003244
Vegetation Association: Low Elevation
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Area: 5.5 acres
SPECIES
Total Number
Planted
Percentage of Total
American Elm (Ulmus Americana)
500
9.80%
Cherry Bark Oak (Quercus pagoda)
700
13.73%
Commonm Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
700
13.73%
American persimmon (Dyospyros virginiana)
400
7.84%
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
600
11.76%
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana)
500
9.80%
River Birch (Betula nigra)
500
9.80%
Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii)
500
9.80%
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
500
9.80%
Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)
600
11.76%
Totals:
5100
100.00%

Appendix B: Baseline Vegetation Data, Plot Photos
Table 7. Baseline Vegetation
Vegetation Plot Photos 1-6

Table 7: Baseline Vegetation
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Asimina triloba
pawpaw
Betula nigra
river birch
Carpinus caroliniana
American hornbeam
Celtis occidentalis
common hackberry
Diospyros virginiana
common persimmon
Platanus occidentalis
American sycamore
Quercus michauxii
swamp chestnut oak
Quercus pagoda
cherrybark oak
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Appendix C: As -Built Plan Sheets
Sheet A.
Title Page
Sheet B.
Construction
Sheet C.
Planting
Sheet D.
Monitoring
Construction
Photos

SUMMIT SEEP
NONRIPARIAN WETLAND RESTORATION
PROJECT PLAN SHEETS
DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Vicinity Map
PROJECT DISCRIPTION:
THE SUMMIT SEEP NONRIPARIAN WETLAND RESTORATION SITE
ENCOMPASSES 6.4 ACRES INCLUDING 3.914 ACRES OF WETLAND
RESTORATION AND 0.186 ACRES OF WETLAND ENHANCEMENT WITHIN
FORMER FARM PASTURE LAND. THE SITE HAS BEEN CLEARED OF NATIVE
FOREST VEGETATION, DITCHED, AND DRAINED TO REMOVE GROUNDWATER
HYDROLOGY FROM AN EXISTING SPRING AND HILLSIDE SEEPS. THE SITE IS
LOCATED UPSLOPE FROM AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO NORTH POTTS
CREEK, WHICH HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A BEST USAGE CLASSIFICATION OF C
AND IS FULLY SUPPORTING ITS INTENDED USES. THE SITE IS LOCATED
WITHIN TARGETED LOCAL WATERSHED 03040103020010.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE WILL RE -ELEVATE THE
GROUNDWATER TABLE TO HISTORIC CONDITION THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO
DITCHING OF THE SITE. CONSTRUCTION METHODS WERE BASED PRIMARILY
UPON CARBON COPY METHOD FOR WETLAND RESTORATION, MIMICKING
REFERENCE (RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED) WETLANDS IN THE REGION. THE
PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND
WATER QUALITY BENEFITS IN THE YADKIN RIVER BASIN.
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PROJECT LOCATION:
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITH 14 -DIGIT CATALOGING UNIT LATITUDE: 35.761264
03040103020010 APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONGITUDE: -80.334264
LEXINGTON, IN WESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY. (NAD 83/WGS 84)
TYPE OF WORK: WETLAND RESTORATION & ENHANCEMENT
- DITCH CLEARING
- DITCH FILLING
- SITE GRADING
- SITE PLANTING
INDEX OF SHEETS
FIRM NAME & POC
A: TITLE PAGE
WORTH CREECH - 919.334.9101
B: CONSTRUCTION
RESTORATION SYSTEMS, LCC
C: PLANTING
1101 HAYNES STREET, SUITE 211
D: MONITORING
RALEIGH, NC 27604
Restoration Systems, LLC
1101 Haynes Street, Suite 211
Raleigh, NC 27604
Prepared For :
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Notes & Revisons
Project:
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Restoration Site
Davidson County
North Carolina
Sheet Title:
TITLE
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A
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Date: 04.25.2011
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Sheet Title:
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Date: 06.0 8.2011
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Sheet Title:
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Date: 06.08.2011
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Summit Seep Non -Riparian Wetland Mitigation Site
Contract # 003244
Vegetation Association: Low Elevation Seep
Area: 5.5 acres
SPECIES
Total Number Planted
Percentage of Total
American Ehn(Uhnus Americana)
500
9.80%
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Cherry Bark Oak (Quercus pagoda)
700
13.73%
CommonmPawpaw (Asimina triloba)
700
13.73%
American persimmon (Dyospyros virginiana)
400
7.84%
Hackberry (Celtic occidentalis)
600
11.76%
Ironwood (Carpinus carohniana)
500
9.80%
River Birch (Betula nigra)
500
9.80%
Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii)
500
9.80%
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
500
9.80%
Willow Oak (Quercus phello s)
600
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Date: 06.08.2011
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