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\Vetl�nd name or number <br />CATEGORI"LATION RASED ON SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS <br />•"/c�ase deternline ijlhe wellund meels the at[rihrdes described he[ow a�rd circle tlrc <br />aPproprinte ansx�ers and Categor}�. <br />�Vetland Typc � � � Catcgory <br />Check ojjmry criterra diut npply to rhe welland; Circle the Cnregorv wd�en the <br />a� ro rialc crirerra are ntet. <br />SC 1.0 Estuarinc �vetlands (see p. 86J <br />Does die wedand unit meet the following criteria for Esmaruie wedands? <br />� Thc dominan[ watcr regimc is tidal, <br />Q Vegetatcd, and <br />� With a salinity greatcr d�an 0.5 ppt. � <br />O1'ES = Go to SC I.1 NO � <br />SC I.l [s the wedand unit within a National �Vi1JIiCe Refuge, National Park, <br />National Esh�ary 2escrvc, Natural Arca Prescrvc, Statc Park or Educational, CaL I <br />Environmental, or Scientific Itescrve designated under 1VAC 332-30-151? � <br />�YES = Cate �0 1 �NO o to SC 1.2 <br />SC 12 Is thc wcQand unit at Icast I acrc in sizc and mccts at Icast two of die <br />follwving three conditions? DYES = Category I�10 = Category II ❑ Cat. [ <br />QT6e wetiv�d is relativcly undisturbcd (has no diking, ditching, filling, ❑CaL II <br />cultivation, grazing, and has Iess than 10° o cover of non-native plant <br />specics. If the non-native Spurtrr�a spp. are the only species that cover <br />more than 10°% of [he �vetland, then die a•edand should be given a dual ❑ Uual <br />rating (llll). 7 hc area of Spartina would bc rated a Category 11 whiic thc rating <br />rclatively undisturbed upper marsh with native species ���ould be a ���� <br />Category L Do not, however, exclude the are� of Spartina in <br />detennining the size threshold of I acre. <br />QAt Icast'/� of thc land«•ard cdgc of thc wcdand has a 100 ft buffer of <br />shn�b, forest, or im•grazed or un-mowed grassland. <br />QThc wcdand has at Icast ? of thc following fcatures: tidal chaimcls, <br />dcpressions with open watcr, or conti�ious freshwatcr wcdands. <br />N'clland R:uing Ponn - warem Wa;hington I ti August ?OOd <br />ec�cinn 2 l'pJa�cd w��h ncw R'iJFN dtfimtions Oa. :005 <br />