ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION CREDIT SUMMARY

COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS

Six "natural" vegetation/plant community types and one man-made community have been mapped on the Gridley Mitigation Bank site. The natural communities include five wetland communities and one upland community. The man-made, Section 404 jurisdictional community on the property is a constructed agricultural ditch. The natural community types are:

Wetlands

• Perennial Marsh-Barker Slough
• Vernal Marsh
• Alkali Mesic Grassland/Seasonal Wetland
• Alkali Playa Pools
• Vernal Pools

Uplands

• Annual Grassland

Man-Made

• Agricultural Drainage Ditch