Examples of HGM in a sentence
Your wetland unit seems to be difficult to classify and probably contains several different HGM classes.
Use the following table to identify the appropriate class to use for the rating system if you have several HGM classes present within the wetland unit being scored.
If the area of the HGM class listed in column 2 is less than 10% of the unit; classify the wetland using the class that represents more than 90% of the total area.
If you are still unable to determine which of the above criteria apply to your wetland, or if you have more than 2 HGM classes within a wetland boundary, classify the wetland as Depressional for the rating.
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A VIBI score specific to the wetland type (HGM class, plant community), location (ecoregion), and quality is required.
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Classification of Wetland Units in Western Washington If the hydrologic criteria listed in each question do not apply to the entire unit being rated, you probably have a unit with multiple HGM classes.
The HGM wetland classification system, developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (Brinson 1993), characterizes wetlands according to hydrologic and geologic features of the landscape within which the wetland has formed rather than vegetation or habitat types.
Information provided for each of the 15 wetlands includes a general description of wetland hydrology, soils, vegetation, ecology and wildlife habitat, and recommendations for protection (WCPD 1992a).In 2000, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) identified potential wetlands in the Nooksack basin of Whatcom County using the hydrogeomorphic (HGM) wetland classification system (Gersib 2000) (Figure 2, to be provided at the Committee Meeting).