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R'etland n;une or number <br />SC 2.0 Natural Hcritagc Ncllands (.scc�z 37) <br />Natural Hcritage ���etlands have been identificd by the \Vashington Na:ural Heritage ❑�-�<<• � <br />Progran�/DNR as either high quality undisnirbcd wetlands or wetlands that support <br />state Threatened, Endangered, or Sensitive plant specics. <br />SC 2.1 Is thc wctland unit bcing rated in a Scetion/To�vnship/Rangc that contains a <br />Natural Hcritagc wcdand? (dtis qi�esrion is used 10 screen out most sites <br />bejore you necd to contact If'NHP/DNR) <br />S(I'!R information from Appcndiz D� or acccsscd f.-om KTJtIPlDNR wcb sitc Q <br />YFS� — contact 1Wi EiF/DNR (scc p. 79) and go to SC 2.2 NO 0 <br />SC 2.2 Has DNR idcntified thc wctland as a high yuality undismrbed wetland or as <br />or as a sitc with state thrcatened or endangered plant species? <br />0 YES = Catcgory I NO Qnot a licritagc \Vetland <br />SC 3.0 F3ags (.��c p. 87) <br />Docs the wedanu unit (or any part of the unit) mcet bath d�c criteria for soils and <br />��egctation in bogs? Us� �he key belo�v to ideruijv ijthe x�e1lm�d is a bog. Ij��ou <br />answcr}�es��ou wi!! sti(I necd m rare tlre x�etland bnsed on its fi�nctrons. <br />L Does the unit have organic soil horizons (i.e. layers of organic soil), either <br />peats or mucks, that compose 16 inches ar morc of the first 32 inches of the <br />soil profile? (See Appendix D for a field key to identify organic soils)? Yes - <br />go to Q. 30 QNo - go to Q. 2 <br />2. Doe; the unit have orgsnic soils, either peats or mucks ihat are Iess than 16 <br />inches deep o��er bedrock, or an impertneable hardpan such as clay or <br />volcanic ash, or that are floating on a lakc or pond? <br />Q Ycs - go to Q. 3 []No - Is not a bog for purpose of rating <br />Does the unit have more than 70",6 cover of mosses at ground level, rWD <br />other plants, if present, consist of thc "bog" species listed in Table 3 as a <br />significant componcnt of thc vcgctation (more than 30% of thc tor.il shnih <br />�nd herbaceous cover consists of species in Table 3)? <br />0 Ycs — Is a bog for purpose of rating Q No - go to Q. d <br />NOTG: Ityou arc unccrtain about thc cxtcnt of mosscs in thc undcrstory <br />you may substitute that criterion by measuring th� pf i of the water that <br />sceps into a holc dug at Icast I(i' dccp. If thc pFl is lcss than SA and thc <br />"bog" plant species in Table 3 are present, the wedand is a bog. <br />Is Ihe unit forested (> 30°/a cover) with sitka spn�ce, subalpine fir, westem <br />rcd ccdar, wcs:crn ttenilock, lodgcpolc pinc, quaking aspcn, Lnglcmann's <br />spn�ce, or ��estem white pine, �V[TFl any of the species (or combination of <br />spccics) on thc bog specics plant list in'Cablc 3 as a significant componcnt <br />of the ground cover (> 30% coverage ojlhe toral slnvh/herbnceou.r cove�)? <br />I2.�YES = Category 1 NoJ� Is not a bog for purposc of rating ��„it. I <br />Nciland Raling Fomi - wcstem \Vashingtun 19 August 2DOa <br />version Z Updated �vrth new \VDFN defimnons Oct. _'003 <br />