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k <br /> Conservation Commission <br /> February 21, 1991 <br /> Page 5. <br /> YORK: But can you ,judge whether salamanders are using this as a spawning <br /> habitat in December? <br /> HOWLAN : The soil characteristics have to have e certain type of characteristics <br /> common to amphibians; sand and gravel is not common to amphibians. <br /> YORK: Most salamanders in this area do not spawn in sand and gravel, they spawn <br /> on leafy materials floating in the water. <br /> H WLAN : That is right and this depression only has muck, it does not have <br /> leafy materials floating on the water. <br /> YORK: You're saying here aro no leaves floating in that area? Obviously, <br /> with this thicket here, it has to lose it's leaves. <br /> Ho : The thicket is up on the shores of this depression, it is not in the <br /> water. <br /> YORK: Certa .nly, but in the fall you have to have some debris falling into the <br /> water. <br /> HOTLA : It is not evidenced on the surface. Everything is pretty well de- <br /> composed. It is not a situation where you normally would have a vernal pool <br /> here you would have a layer of leaves either on the surface or right under- <br /> neath the layer of w ater and underneath that decomposed muck, then decomposed <br /> mud. This is a pool depression which has a surface of water free of leaves <br /> that goes directly to muck and underneath that sand and gravel. It is not <br /> common to vernal pool characteristics. I agree it would be a lot easier to <br /> see in the spring, or late fall, when you would be looking for the right signs. <br /> This hearing casae up at thi <br />