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CODDLE CREEK RESERVOIR EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF MITIOATION pLANTINO SCHEME: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOCRAP~ As indicated in the Environmental Assessment and EA Appendix G, 186 acres of shoreline around the new reservoir will be planted with five species of bottomland hardwoods, includin§: red maple (Acer rubrum), boxelder nefundo), sweetgum (Liquidambar scyraciflua), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanlca) and American sycamore (Plaranus occidentalis). Following the distribution of 2-6 inches of litter/mulch from existing lowland areas, hare root stock seedlings will be installed in parallel rows perpendicular to the shoreline (up the hill away from the water) on 10-foot centers. The normal (average) pool of the reservoir is proposed to be 646' MSL, with maximum flood pool reaching 650' MSL periodically during the first half of each year. Trees will be installed in the surcharge zone (1-15 fee[ above normal pool, periodically inundated) between 648' and 650' MSL. It is anticipated that green ash, and to some extent box elder, will tolerate the deeper flooding expected between 648' and 649' MSL by the inundation of the maximum pool of the reservoir, while red maple, sweetgum and American sycamore will thrive on the saturated soils and minimal flooding affecting the higher elevations (649' to 650' MSL). If species survivorship is poor at certain elevations, individuals of that species will be replaced by individuals of species which show good survivorship at those elevations. In all cases, species diversity will be maximized wherever possible. The following evidence has been collected to support these contentions. 1 Baker, J.B. ].977. Tolerance of planted hardwoods to sprin$ flooding. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 1(3):23-25. Inundation of cuttings and seedlings (1-0 stock) of sweet&um, American sycamore, and green ash were studied and detailed in this article. Cuttings and seedlings were planted on a'Sharkey clay site near Stonevllle, MS, in two consecutive years in 25-tree plots. After the Trees had leafed out in May, 3 ft of water was pumped on to the plots, all trees were completely inundated for ~ weeks, and then the water was removed. Green ash and sycamore were consi~tent].y most.tolerant of spring flooding; survival was about 90%. These species main[slued surviving'seedlings one season after flooding'and growth was highest for green ash (2.8 ft) followed by sycamore (2.4 ft) and sweetgum (1.2 2 Christensen, N. L. 1988. ,'Vegetation of the Southeastern Coastal Plain." Chapter 11 (pages 317-364). I__N M. G. Barbour and W. D. Billings (ads.) North-American Terrestrial Vegetation. Cambridge ~niversity Press, New York, 1988. 434 pp, All five species proposed for planting ara natural components of the Southeastern U. S. coastal plain. Green ash is a subdominant species which occurs in Zone IV - forests of backwaters and flats, These areas