Table 5.
Wetland Covertype Distribution Based on Both Wetland Labels
for Oswegatchie and Black River Basins
  Wetland Classification NWI Label Coverage (ha)
Anywhere in Label
(first or second)
Coverage
Relative to All
Labels
1 spruce-fir forest land FO4 30,708 30.0%
2 alder-willow scrub-shrub SS1 22,126 21.6%
5 cattails-grasses EM1 19,638 19.2%
4 black spruce-stunted scrub-shrub SS4 16,926 16.5%
3 red maple forest FO1 9,877 9.7%
6 leatherleaf scrub-shrub SS3 2,176 2.1%
7 dead trees FO5 807 0.8%
8 dead shrubs SS5 41 0.0%
9 rooted vascular aquatic bed AB3 19 0.0%
10 tamarac forest FO2 13 0.0%
  100.0%

K.M.Roy, R.P.Curran, J.W.Barge, D.M.Spada, D.J.Bogucki, E.B.Allen, W.A.Kretser. 1996. Watershed Protection for Adirondack Wetlands: A Demonstration-Level GIS Characterization of Subcatchments of the Oswegatchie/Black River Watershed. State Wetlands Protection Program U.S.Environmental Protection Agency Contract No. X-002777-01-0