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"PEM" = palustrine emergent wetland, meaning the wetland is inland(i. e. not a tidal wetland) and not part of a lacustrine(lakeshore) or riverine(river slough or backwater) wetland system(i.e. it is a stand alone swamp), primary vegetation is above water. The "SS" =Shrub-Scrub wetland, meaning the primary vegetation consists of a minimum of 30% or more woody plants, such as willows, etc. The "1" = most of your woody plants are of the broad-leafed deciduous variety. And finally the "C" stands for seasonally flooded. Wow, the things you remember from high school forestry class. I did have to do a little research to find out what the 1 stood for.
Wow. WTG Wiscwhip. I found and read this classification detail last night on a wetlands site. Your explanation is better than that which I found.....and really depicts my situation well. Armed with the info I have.....and after making a phone call or two to a few members here......I'm need to make a drive up to Walker (45 miles) to the SWCD office and have a chat about what I can do here.
The deal with Gov't "outlets" is that its just a legal description for the property. (Kinda like the NW 1/4 of Parcel XYZ) Those Gov "Outlots" may have gotten some extra survey work as they are the "adjustments" for the area due to the earth being round (they are both a bit less than 40 acres).....and also intersect with another county, which is just across my property line. I do not think they have anything to do with water. This swamp has no flowing water to anything.
Sorry there foggy, "outlots" makes sense, it was when I read "outlets" in that other post that made me think of the "flow" of the water in that marsh. We have Government outlots in the area I hunt, in an area with a huge marsh very much like what you have, with no natural outlets. The reason for them in that area is not the curve of the earth adjustment, it is because the Federal Government actually owns the "marsh" area and the adjacent landowners only own up to the edges, thus the "extra surveying" you spoke of. I believe at one time the Government had wanted this marsh as a Waterfowl Production Area, but after they took it over they found out that only minimal nesting occurred there each year due to the water being overly acidic from the breakdown of organic matter throughout the marsh, oak tannins leaching in from the south and east woods and the acids that are leached from the huge pine plantations on the west and north sides of the marsh. Many of the microorganisms that feed the invertebrates that in turn feed the ducks and geese won't live in that water due to the increased acidity of the water, which limits the food supply for waterfowl broods.
