Results and Discussion Tables



Table 1. Sub-watersheds of the St. Lawrence II Watershed Project Area. "Class" describes the sub-watershed's outflow. I= Internally draining; P= Pond; R=Riverine.

  Class # of Sub-watersheds Minimum Area (ac) Maximum Area (ac) Minimum Area (ha) Maximum Area (ha)
Raquette/Grasse Watershed I 15 4.0 217.3 1.6 87.9
  P 575 6.1 593,359.0 2.5 240124.2
  R 28 1.9 507,158.0 0.8 205239.9
Salmon/Trout Watershed I 2 10.8 78.3 4.4 31.7
  P 78 5.8 65,511.3 2.3 26511.5
  R 10 101.6 77,021.7 41.1 31169.6
Entire Project Area   708 4.0 593,359.0 1.6 240124.2



Table 2. Major wetland cover types of the St. Lawrence II project area.

Wetland Classification NWI Cover Type Label Representative Plant Species
Open Water OW Pondweed, milfoil, eelgrass, or none
Persistent leaved emergent EM1 Cattail, grasses, sedges
Broad-leaved deciduous scrub shrub SS1 Speckled alder, willow
Needle-leaved deciduous scrub shrub SS2 Eastern larch
Broad-leaved evergreen scrub shrub 3 Leatherleaf
Needle-leaved evergreen scrub shrub SS4 Stunted or young black spruce or balsam fir
Dead scrub shrub SS5 Dead shrubs
Broad-leaved deciduous forested FO1 Red maple, silver maple, black/green ash
Needle-leaved deciduous forested FO2 Eastern larch
Needle-leaved evergreen forested FO4 Balsam fir, red and black spruce, hemlock, white cedar
Dead forested FO5 Standing dead trees
Rooted vascular aquatic bed AB3 Submerged aquatic vegetation
Unconsolidated shore - cobble/gravel US1 unvegetated
Unconsolidated shore - sand US2 unvegetated



Table 3. Wetland cover type distribution based on Class1 and Class2 labels (cover type appears anywhere in label).

Label Acres Ha %
FO4 51247.8 20739.3 29.1
SS4 46241.5 18713.3 26.3
SS1 39093.1 15820.5 22.2
SS3 12784.1 5173.6 7.3
Palustr. OW 9408.8 3807.6 5.3
EM1 7535.3 3049.5 4.3
FO1 4749.9 1922.2 2.7
FO5 3108.4 1257.9 1.8
SS2 777.6 314.7 0.4
FO2 710.9 287.7 0.4
SS5 305.0 123.4 0.2
US1 103.9 42.0 0.1
US2 7.4 3.0 0.004
AB3 2.5 1.0 0.001



Table 4. Relationship, by area, of Class1 and Class2 wetland labels in the St. Lawrence II project area.

Area in acres

  Class2                            
Class1 /EM1 /FO1 /FO2 /FO4 /FO5 /OW /SS1 /SS2 /SS3 /SS4 /SS5 /US1 /US2 None Total
AB3           2.5                 2.5
EM1           1590.7             0.8 5943.9 7535.3
FO1 106.2     559.8 3.0 42.7 1716.5     84.6       738.0 3250.8
FO2 12.6     86.8     39.3 10.9 46.1 104.1       55.9 355.6
FO4 1513.6 1496.5 355.3   102.6 112.4 2945.0   487.2 30032.4       13467.5 50512.6
FO5 92.3 2.6   88.6   2582.6 99.3   14.7 33.4 23.3     66.0 3002.9
OW                           4422.1 4422.1
SS1 25004.8         365.0 4.5   804.0 1907.4 13.1 26.3 4.3 2756.9 30886.3
SS2 9.0           2.5   9.5 110.2       0.7 132.0
SS3 5601.8         133.5 812.0 296.1   1413.4       1499.7 9756.4
SS4 5011.5         26.2 2590.0 338.6 1660.9 5.0 28.0   0.6 2873.4 12535.1
SS5 82.6         129.0 1.2   5.2 20.8       1.8 240.5
US1           2.2               75.3 77.6
US2                           1.6 1.6
TOTAL 37434.3 1499.1 355.3 735.2 105.6 4986.7 8211.2 645.6 3027.7 33711.3 64.5 26.3 5.8 31902.8 122711.3

Area in hectares

  Class2                            
Class1 /EM1 /FO1 /FO2 /FO4 /FO5 /OW /SS1 /SS2 /SS3 /SS4 /SS5 /US1 /US2 None Total
AB3           1.0                 1.0
EM1           643.7             0.3 2405.4 3049.5
FO1 43.0     226.5 1.2 17.3 694.7     34.2       298.7 1315.6
FO2 5.1     35.1     15.9 4.4 18.7 42.1       22.6 143.9
FO4 612.5 605.6 143.8   41.5 45.5 1191.8   197.2 12153.7       5450.1 20441.8
FO5 37.3 1.0   35.9   1045.1 40.2   6.0 13.5 9.4     26.7 1215.2
OW                           1789.6 1789.6
SS1 10119.1         147.7 1.8   325.4 771.9 5.3 10.7 1.8 1115.7 12499.3
SS2 3.7           1.0   3.8 44.6       0.3 53.4
SS3 2267.0         54.0 328.6 119.8   572.0       606.9 3948.3
SS4 2028.1         10.6 1048.5 137.0 672.1 2.0 11.3   0.3 1162.8 5072.8
SS5 33.4         52.2 0.5   2.1 8.4       0.7 97.3
US1           0.9               30.5 31.4
US2                           0.6 0.6
TOTAL 15149.2 606.7 143.8 297.5 42.7 2018.1 3323.0 261.3 1225.3 13642.5 26.1 10.7 2.3 12910.7 49659.7



Table 5. Relationship, by number of polygons, of Class1 and Class2 wetland labels in the St. Lawrence II project area.

  Class2                            
Class1 /EM1 /FO1 /FO2 /FO4 /FO5 /OW /SS1 /SS2 /SS3 /SS4 /SS5 /US1 /US2 None Total
AB3           1                 1
EM1           437             1 2065 2503
FO1 38     213 2 15 297     52       725 1342
FO2 5     14     11 4 7 11       17 1342
FO4 434 584 34   18 58 675   53 3370       4794 10020
FO5 19 1   20   976 29   3 6 4     28 1086
OW                           3006 3006
SS1 3695         146 2   119 536 2 1 2 1093 5596
SS2 2           2   1 12       1 18
SS3 601         32 131 11   195       320 1290
SS4 1196         15 616 30 206 1 4   1 878 2947
SS5 10         47 1   1 5       1 65
US1           1               12 13
US2                           3 3
TOTAL 6000 585 34 247 20 1728 1764 45 390 4188 10 1 4 12943 27959



Table 6. Area and number of palustrine open water and wetland polygons with the Beaver special modifier ("b"), organized by Class1 label.

  AREA         NUMBER    
Class1 "b" (ac) "b" (Ha) Total class area (ac) Total class area (Ha) % total area "b" Total polygon # in class & total #
AB3     2.5 1.0 0.0   1 0.0
EM1 4232.1 1712.7 7535.3 3049.5 56.2 1210 2503 48.3
FO1 230.8 93.4 3250.8 1315.6 7.1 68 1342 5.1
FO2     355.6 143.9 0.0   69 0.0
FO4 1330.4 538.4 50512.6 20441.8 2.6 324 10020 3.2
FO5 2869.6 1161.3 3002.9 1215.2 95.6 1036 1086 95.4
POW 3112.8 1263.7 4422.1 1789.6 70.6 2226 3006 74.1
SS1 9723.5 3935.0 30886.3 12499.3 31.5 1569 5596 28.0
SS2 9.0 3.7 132.0 53.4 6.8 2 18 11.1
SS3 736.6 298.1 9756.4 3948.3 7.6 122 1290 9.5
SS4 778.9 315.2 12535.1 5072.8 6.2 231 2947 7.8
SS5 234.4 94.9 240.5 97.3 97.5 61 65 93.8
US1     77.6 31.4 0.0   13 0.0
US2     1.6 0.6 0.0   3 0.0
TOTAL 23268.1 9416.3 122711.3 49659.7 19.0 6849 27959 24.5



Table 7. Area of wetland water regime modifiers by wetland Class1. Codes for water regime modifiers are: B=saturated, D=seasonally flooded-well drained, E=seasonally flooded-saturated, F=semi-permanently flooded, H=permanently flooded.

WATER REGIME acres (ha)
Class1 B D E F H TOTAL
AB3         2.5
(1.0)		 2.5
(1.0)
EM1 800.4
(323.9)		 1.6
(0.7)		 4938.3
(1998.4)		 154.0
(62.3)		 1590.7
(643.7)		 7485.0
(3029.1)
FO1 1513.8
(612.6)		 3.5
(1.4)		 1674.5
(677.6)		 14.6
(5.9)		 42.7
17.3()		 3249.0
(1314.1)
FO2 339.1
(137.2)		   16.5
(6.7)		 16.5
(6.7)		   372.1
(150.6)
FO4 45105.6
(18253.7)		 6.3
(2.5)		 5072.0
(2052.6)		 41.7
(16.9)		 162.8
(65.9)		 50388.4
(20391.5)
FO5 113.3
(45.8)		   143.3
(58.0)		 88.0
(35.6)		 2658.4
(1075.8)		 3002.9
(1215.2)
OW 3.0
(1.2)		       4397.1
(1779.4)		 4400.0
(1780.6)
SS1 6328.3
(2561.0)		 15.6
(6.3)		 21722.2
(8790.7)		 2285.5
(924.9)		 504.2
(204.0)		 30855.7
(12486.9)
SS2 123.0
(49.8)		   9.0
(3.7)		     132.0
(53.4)
SS3 8551.8
(3460.8)		   699.0
(282.9)		 338.4
(137.0)		 163.4
(66.1)		 9752.6
(3946.8)
SS4 9777.3
(3956.7)		 5.8
(2.3)		 2570.4
(1040.2)		 122.8
(49.7)		 33.3
(13.5)		 12509.5
(5062.4)
SS5 3.0
(1.2)		   25.9
(10.5)		 66.5
(26.9)		 145.2
(58.8)		 240.5
(97.3)
US1 13.3
(5.4)		   62.0
(25.1)		   2.2
(0.9)		 77.6
(31.4)
US2 1.0
(0.4)		   0.6
(0.2)		     1.6
(0.6)
TOTAL 72672.7
(29409.7)		 32.8
(13.3)		 36933.6
(14946.6)		 3127.9
(1265.8)		 9702.3
(3926.4)		 122469.4
(49561.8)
% TOT 59.3 0.03 30.2 2.6 7.9 100.0



Table 8. Wetlands data table provided to DEC for the Bog River Flow Management Complex Unit Management Plan.

Cover Type Common Species Number of Wetlands Acres Hectares
AB3-rooted vascular aquatic bed submerged aquatic vegetation 1 2.5 1.0
EM1-persistent leaved emergent cattails, grasses, sedges 113 346.2 140.1
FO1-forested broad-leaved deciduous Red maple, silver maple, black/green ash 21 20.5 8.3
FO4-forested needle-leaved evergreen balsam fir, red and black spruce 386 1477.8 598.0
FO5-forested dead standing dead trees 34 80.9 32.7
OW-open water pondweed, milfoil, eelgrass, or no vegetation 242 1427.9 577.9
SS1-scrub shrub broad-leaved deciduous speckled alder, willow 216 1058.3 428.3
SS3-scrub shrub broad-leaved evergreen leatherleaf 52 595.3 240.9
SS4-scrub shrub needle-leaved evergreen stunted or young black spruce or balsam fir 120 332.1 134.4



Table 9. Large wetland complexes of the St. Lawrence Watershed. Estimated sizes of wetlands were measured in a GIS by identifying the set of polygons that comprise each large wetland complex. The estimated sizes of the wetlands marked with asterisks, however, are from the files of D. Spada, Adirondack Park Agency. Most of these estimations are the result of calculations from paper maps and remain as generalized estimations, rather than more exact calculations, because either the wetland mapping is incomplete in GIS form (because the wetland straddles a watershed boundary), or, the results of the GIS procedure disagree with the previous paper results and QA/QC is incomplete at this time.

Wetland River Basin Estimated Size* Description
Madawaska Wetland St. Regis 3000ac*
(1214 ha)		 Series of open bogs with Sphagnum-sedge-leatherleaf mats surrounded by mature stands of black spruce and tamarack with scattered balsam fir and white pine.
Waverly Bog St. Regis 2190 ac
(886 ha) 		Flat, continuous, peat mat with abundant sedges.
Osgood River Muskeg St. Regis 1753 ac
(709 ha) 		Black spruce tamarack swamp.
Spring Pond Bog St. Regis/ Raquette 828 ac
(335 ha)		 Nutrient-poor, sedge-Sphagnum patterned fen and low-shrub raised bog with ponds.
Bay Pond Bog St. Regis 300 ac*
(121 ha)		 Nutrient-poor, sedge-Sphagnum patterned fen and low-shrub raised bog.
Wheeler Marsh St. Regis 879 ac
(356 ha)		 Poor fen.
Jones Pond Outlet St. Regis 135 ac
(55 ha)		 Floating mat with ericaceous component and cattail component.
Roiley Bog St. Regis 212 ac
(86 ha)		 Poor fen with areas of Sphagnum bog.
Deer Pond Marsh St. Regis/ Saranac +1000 ac*
(+405 ha)		 Complex wetland system with deep organic deposits.
Massawepie Mire Grasse 5000 ac*
(2023 ha)		 Largest open heath-Sphagnum mats in the Northeast, Estimated peatland acreage: 900 ac (364 ha) (Worley 1982).
Grasse River Bog Grasse 1005 ac
(407 ha)		 Poor fen on north shore of Grasse River Flow.
Sevey Bog Raquette/ Grasse 546 ac
(221 ha)		 Poor fen, hemlock hardwood swamp, spruce flats.
Tupper Lake Marsh Raquette 1100 ac*
(445 ha)		 Deep emergent marsh.
Hitchins Bog Raquette 1098 ac
(444 ha)		 Poor fen with patterning evident.