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Relating Hydrology to Wetland Plant Community Distribution
Peter V. Caldwell1, Michael J. Vepraskas2, James D. Gregory2,
R. Wayne Skaggs2, and Rodney L. Huffman2 1USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC
2North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Rationale Wetland vegetation composition depends upon the
restored hydroperiod (De Steven and Lowrance, 2011)
Matching vegetation to restored hydrology remains a challenge
(Zedler, 2000)
“I have a restoration site with an expected hydroperiod
of X…what should I plant there”? Or
“I want a community of Y at a restoration site…what hydroperiod do I need to design into the restoration?”
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Selected wetland communities Pond Pine
Woodland
Nonriverine
Swamp Forest
High
Pocosin
Bay
Forest
Dominant
Species Pond Pine
Cypress,
Swamp Tupelo
Pond
Pine, Bays Bays
Height
(m) 18 30 7.6 10
Basal Area
(m2 ha-1) 12.6 22.3 1.9 7.9
Available P
(mg dm-3) 11.9 17.8 9.2 12.1
Organic
Layer (cm) <40 20 - 80 >80 >80
Dimick et al., Castanaea, 2010
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Hydrology?
Pond Pine
Woodland
Nonriverine
Swamp Forest
High
Pocosin
Bay
Forest
Temporarily
flooded or
saturated
Seasonally or
frequently
saturated or
shallowly
flooded
Seasonally
flooded or
saturated
Schafale and Weakley, 1990
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Objective Compare and quantify the long-term hydrology associated with four plant communities found in
Carolina Bays.
Can hydrology explain where communities are established within the bays?
Provide quantitative data describing the hydrology of the plant communities
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Site Locations
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Gradient of soil and vegetation Pond Pine Woodland
Nonriverine Swamp Forest
High Pocosin Bay Forest
0
30
60
90
120
150
180
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25
50
75
10
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12
5
15
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17
5
20
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22
5
25
0
27
5
30
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32
5
35
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37
5
40
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42
5
45
0
47
5
50
0
Distance along transect (m)
De
pth
of
org
an
ic (
cm
) Well 1A Well 2 Well 3 Well 4Well 2A Well 5 Well 6
Mineral Soil
Organic Soil
Bay perimeter Bay center
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Plant community plots
Bay Pond Pine
Woodland
Nonriverine
Swamp
Forest
High
Pocosin Bay Forest
Charlie
Long 3 1
Causeway 2 2
Tatum
Millpond 1 3 1 2
Total 6 3 4 2
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Methods
Collect site observations
Develop and calibrate
DRAINMOD models
Input 40 year historical climate
data
Compare hydrology in each plant community
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DRAINMOD
Spacing
Depth
Surface Storage
Ksat Confined Aquifer
Confining Layer
Drainage Ditch
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Model Calibration Pond Pine Woodland (Causeway Bay #1)
Bay Forest (Tatum Millpond Bay #5)
Sites Mean absolute error, daily WTD (cm)
R2 pred vs. obs daily WTD
15 0.2 – 6.1 (median 1.4) -0.02 – 0.86 (median 0.53)
Caldwell et al., Wetlands 2007
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40 year water balances
Caldwell et al., Trans ASABE 2011
-100
-50
0
50
100
150
Rainfall Groundw ater Inflow Evapotranspiration Surface Runoff Groundw ater Outflow
Wa
ter
(cm
)
Pond Pine Woodland
Nonriverine Swamp Forest
High Pocosin
Bay Forest
Inputs
Outputs
Rainfall Groundwater Inflow
Evapo- transpiration
Surface Runoff
Groundwater Outflow
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Groundwater Inflow
Caldwell et al., Trans ASABE 2011
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Daily water table depth distributions
Caldwell et al., Trans ASABE 2011
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Hydroperiods
Community Plots Median water
table depth (cm)
Median hydroperiod
(d yr-1)
Group (a=0.05)
Pond Pine Woodland
6 ‐8.0 91 a
Nonriverine Swamp Forest
3 8.7 317 b
High Pocosin
4 2.2 243 a b
Bay Forest
2 7.5 307 a b
Caldwell et al., Trans ASABE 2011
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Duration of Continuous Saturation
Community Sites Duration Minimum
Duration 50% of years
n days days
Pond Pine Woodland
6 28 – 91 (66) 86 – 242 (162)
Nonriverine Swamp Forest
3 93 – 112 (104) 242 – 242 (242)
High Pocosin
4 54 – 166 (113) 122 – 242 (212)
Bay Forest
2 91-106 (98) 242-242 (242)
Growing Season: 242 days, 5% = 12 days
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Microtopography
+/- 15 cm
Soil Surface
Well
Similar microtopography across all plant communities
Local high elevations occupied by trees wells placed in local low elevations
Ponding does not indicate entire area is flooded
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Other environmental factors
Nonriverine
Swamp Forest
High
Pocosin
Bay
Forest
Available soil
phosphorus high low low
Disturbance (fire,
logging, etc) no yes no
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Design Criteria for Restoration of Selected Plant Communities
Organic layer thickness (cm)
Hydroperiod (d yr-1)
Recommended community
<40 90 Pond Pine Woodland
40 to 80 310 Nonriverine Swamp Forest
>80 310 Bay Forest
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Take away points
Results support the notion that hydrology is a key driver in wetland vegetative community distribution
Hydrologic models cost effectively estimate long term plant-hydrology relationships
Methodology can be further refined and used to quantify the hydrology of other wetland communities.
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Peter Caldwell
919.515.1560
www.forestthreats.org
Thank you!
Funding for this research was provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation