Western Kentucky Low Gradient

This Guidebook was developed to assess the functions of frequently flooded, forested wetlands on floodplains of low gradient rivers. These wetlands are known locally, and throughout much of the southeastern United States, as bottomland hardwoods (Wharton et al. 1982). National Wetland Inventory data indicate that approximately 9 percent of Hopkins, Muhlenburg, Ohio, and Butler Counties are classified as palustrine forested wetlands which, for the most part, fall into the low gradient riverine regional wetland subclass.

Guidebook
Ainslie, W.B., Smith, R.D., Pruitt, B.A., Roberts, T.H., Sparks, E.J., West, L., Godshalk, G.L., and Miller, M.V. (1999). "A Regional Guidebook for Assessing the Functions of Low Gradient, Riverine Wetlands in Western Kentucky," Technical Report WRP-DE-17, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. NTIS No. (pending).
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