Vernal pool definition

Vernal pool means, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(17), a depressional wetland basin that typically goes dry in most years and may contain inlets or outlets, typically of intermittent flow. Vernal pools range in both size and depth depending upon landscape position and parent materials. Vernal pools usually support one or more of the following obligate indicator species: wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus), spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum), and fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus spp.) and typically precludes sustainable populations of predatory fish.

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Vernal pool means a type of seasonal wetland habitat that is characterized by a specific set of physical parameters and a unique assemblage of highly specialized endemic plants and animals; a seasonal body of standing water that typically forms in the spring from direct precipitation, with occasional contributions from other sources, dries out completely in the hotter months of summer, and refills in the autumn; pools free of fish that provide important breeding habitat for many terrestrial or semi-aquatic species such as Branchiopods, frogs, and salamanders.

Vernal pool means a watercourse consisting of a confined basin depression which contains a small body of standing water, usually drying out for part of the year during warm weather. It can be natural or man-made, and lacks a permanent outlet or any fish population. Further, the occurrence of one or more of the obligatory species which include fairy shrimp, spotted salamander, Jefferson salamander, marbled salamander, wood frog, and eastern spade foot toad are necessary to conclusively define the vernal pool.

Examples of Vernal pool in a sentence

• Vernal pool complex functionality will be assessed through modified CRAM consistent with the methodology described in Section 4.3.3.

• Vernal pool complex acres enrolled in the Program are privately owned acres that will require agreements with landowners concerning property conservation and grazing management.

• Longhorn fairy shrimp Brachinecta longiantenna Vernal pool fairy shrimp Brachinecta lynchi Midvalley fairy shrimp Brachinecta mesovallensis Vernal pool tadpole shrimp Lepidurus packardi Mount Diablo manzanita Arctostaphylos auriculata 1 A fully protected species under Section 3511 of the California Fish and Game Code, for which take authorization may not be granted, but which can be included to address its conservation needs in the Planning Area.

• Vernal pool complex functionality will be measured and analyzed to evaluate program performance, responses to Adaptive Management Actions, and benefit maintenance over time.

• Vernal pool complex functionality will be measured and analyzed to evaluate program performance, responses to adaptive management actions, and benefit maintenance over time.

More Definitions of Vernal pool

Vernal pool means, in addition to scientific definitions found in the Regulations, any confined basin or depression not occurring in existing lawns, gardens, landscaped areas or driveways which:

Vernal pool means a seasonal or permanent watercourse in a defined depression or basin that lacks a fish population and supports or is capable of supporting breeding and development of amphibian or invertebrate species recognized as obligate to such watercourses.

Vernal pool means a small, shallow depression in the landscape that tends to fill with water during spring and late fall and become drier during the summer months. It shall be natural and lack a permanent outlet or any fish population. Further, the occurrence of one or more of the obligatory species which include the fairy shrimp, spotted salamander, Jefferson salamander, marbled salamander, wood frog, and eastern spade foot toad is necessary to conclusively define the vernal pool.

Vernal pool means a watercourse consisting of a confined basin depression which contains a small body of standing water, usually drying out for part of the year during

Vernal pool means a seasonal, generally shallow body of water in a defined depression or basin that lacks a fish population (a self-sustaining number of native fish) and supports or is capable of supporting breeding and development of amphibian or invertebrate species recognized as obligate to vernal pools.

Vernal pool means a vernal watercourse characterized by a seasonally flooded depression which does not support a permanent fish population. A vernal pool may provide breeding habitat for one or more of the obligate vernal pool species, which are: Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamander), Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson salamander), Ambystoma opacum (marbled salamander), Ambystoma laterelle (blue-spotted salamander), Rana sylvatica (wood frog), Scaphiopus holbrookii holbrookii (eastern spade- foot toad) and Eubranchipus vernalis (fairy shrimp).

Vernal pool means a seasonal or permanent watercourse in a defined depression or basin, that lacks a fish population and, in most years, supports breeding and development of amphibian or invertebrate species recognized as obligate to such watercourses.