Site Inventory - Biological Attributes

Question 1

Ecological Communities

Answer 1

is an aggregation of interacting species living together in the same place.

Question 2

Habitat Fragmentation

Answer 2

Human Activities (agriculture, forestry and urban development) have dramatically impacted altered structure and ecological function.

Question 3

Predation

Answer 3

is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

Question 4

Grazing

Answer 4

is eating small amounts of food throughout the day or when animals eat grass in a pasture.

Question 5

Wetlands classified as:

Answer 5

1. areas with hydrophytes and hydric soils (marshes, swamps, bogs)
2. areas without soils but with hydrophytes (aquatic beds and seaweed covered rocky shores)
3. areas without soil and without hydrophytes (gravel beaches and tidal flats) that are periodically flooded.

Question 6

The Federal Fish and Wildlife Service’s wetland classification scheme has 5 general classes/subclasses:

Answer 6

1. Marine
2. Estuarine
3. Riverine
4. Lacustrine
5. Palustrine

Question 7

Marine

Answer 7

Open ocean and coastline

Question 8

Estuarine

Answer 8

Tidal waters of coastal rivers and embayment’s, salty tidal marshes, mangrove swamps, tidal flats

Question 9

Riverine

Answer 9

Rivers and Streams

Question 10

Lacustrine

Answer 10

Lakes, reservoirs and large ponds

Question 11

Palustrine

Answer 11

Marshes, wet meadows, fens, playas, potholes, pocosins, bogs, swamps, and small shallow ponds

Question 12

A large majority of wetlands in the USA are ________ system, and most of the remaining are ________ system.

Answer 12

Palustrine and Estuarine

Question 13

Ephemeral Wetlands

Answer 13

are those in which soil are saturated for a relatively brief period each year or, in more arid landscapes, even less frequently.

Question 14

Trees classified as:

Answer 14

1. asset’s that can yield multiple ecological, economic and social benefits
2. Provide Shade
3. Reduce heating and cooling costs of buildings
4. Increase the value of real estate as much as 15%

Question 15

4 Factors to consider in evaluating the economic value of trees:

Answer 15

1. Tree Size
2. Tree Species
3. Tree Condition
4. Tree Location

Question 16

Metapopulations

Answer 16

entire population consists of groups of subpopulations

Question 17

What is the intent of the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Answer 17

to prevent local and regional extinctions of species