Or. Admin. Code § 141-086-0330

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 10, October 1, 2024

Section 141-086-0330 - Definitions

(1) "Director" means the Director of the Division of State Lands or the Director's designee.

(2) "Division" means the Division of State Lands.

(3) "Indigenous Anadromous Salmonids" are chum, sockeye, Chinook and Coho salmon, and steelhead and cutthroat trout, that are members of the family Salmonidae and are listed as sensitive, threatened or endangered by a state or federal authority.

(4) "Inhabited by" means that a plant or animal species uses the site for rearing, feeding, or breeding or as a migration or dispersal corridor. This does not include incidental use of the site by an animal species.

(5) "Locally Significant Wetlands" or "LSW" are those wetland sites that provide functions or exhibit characteristics that are pertinent to community planning decisions made at a local scale, for example within a UGB. These wetland sites shall be identified by local governments according to the criteria and procedures in sections 141-086-0340 and 141-086-0350.

(6) "Native Plant Community" is used here to indicate a recognized assemblage of plant species indigenous to Oregon. All such wetland plant communities are listed in the most recent version of Classification and Catalog of Native Wetland Plant Communities in Oregon (Oregon Natural Heritage Program).

(7) "Rare Plant Community" is defined as relictual, uncommon or unique in Oregon, determined by number of occurrences and threats following national heritage program criteria (i.e., rarity ranking of G1-G3 or S1-S3). The most concise listing of wetland plant communities in Oregon that meet this standard for rarity is found in Appendix G of the Oregon Freshwater Wetland Assessment Methodology (Oregon Division of State Lands, 1996). The rarity rank of all wetland plant communities is also listed in the most recent version of Classification and Catalog of Native Wetland Plant Communities in Oregon (Oregon Natural Heritage Program).

(8) "Wetlands" means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.

Or. Admin. Code § 141-086-0330

LB 7-1996, f. 12-13-96, cert. ef. 1-1-97

Stat. Auth.: ORS 273 .360

Stats. Implemented: ORS 197.299