Pine Hollow

Habitat Assessment

Description	Very densly vegetated; wooded upstream and downstream; channel altered by iron tube.
Width	1.0 meters
Water Appearance	Clear
Odor	None
Attachment Sites	13/20	Riffle is as wide as stream but length is less than two times the width; cobble less abundant; boulders and gravel common.
Embeddedness	5/20	Fine sediment surrounds and fills more than 75% of the living spaces around and in between the gravel, cobble, and boulders.
Shelter For Fish	10/20	Snags, submerged logs, undercut banks, cobble and large rocks, or other stable habitat are found in over 10-30% of the site.
Channel Alteration	8/20	Artificial embankments present to some extent on both banks; and 40 to 80% of stream site straightened, dredged, or otherwise altered.
Sediment Deposition	5/20	Heavy deposits of fine material, increased bar development; more than 50% of the bottom affected; pools almost absent due to substantial sediment deposition.
Channel Flow Status	10/20	Water fills 25-75% of the available stream channel and/or riffle substrates are mostly exposed.
Bank Vegetative Protection	LEFT:9/10; RIGHT:9/10	More than 90% of the streambank surfaces covered by natural vegetation, including trees, shrubs, or other plants; vegetative disruption, through grazing or mowing, minimal or not evident; almost all plants allowed to grow naturally.
Condition of Banks	LEFT:6/10; RIGHT:6/10	Moderately stable; infrequent, small areas of erosion mostly healed over.
Riparian Vegetative Zone Width	LEFT:4/10; RIGHT:5/10	Width of Riparian Zone 20-35 feet.

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