NEW ENGLAND WETLAND PLANTS, INC.

WHOLESALE NATIVE PLANTS, SEED MIXES AND EROSION CONTROL MATERIALS

WETLAND STATUS TERMS

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OBL: Obligate Wetland species

 

Plants that almost always grow in wetlands (estimated probability >99%), under natural conditions. 
FACW: Facultative Wetland species

 

Plants that usually grow in wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but are occasionally found in non-wetlands areas.
FAC: Facultative species

 

Plants equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands (estimated probability 34%-66% in wetlands).
FACU: Facultative Upland species

 

Plants usually found in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1%-33%).
UPL: Obligate Upland species

 

Plants almost always found in non-wetlands or upland sites (estimated probability >99%).

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