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��,'apand nazne or numb:r_ <br /> H 23 Near or adiacent to other oriorirv habitats listed bv WDFW(see p. 82) <br /> Which of the following priority habitau are w�thin 330ft(100m)of the wetland unit?NOTE:the <br /> connertions do not hwe ro be relatively undrstweed. <br /> These are DFW definitions. Check wirh your loca!DFR'biologist if there are any questions. <br /> giparian: The area a.djacent to aquatic systems with ilowing watcr that contains elemenu of <br /> both aquatic and tertestrial ecosystems which mutually influence each other. <br /> _pspen Stands:Pure or mixed stands of aspen geater than 0.8 ha(2 acres). <br /> ClifTs:Greater than 7.6 m(25 ft)high and occu:ring below 5000 ft. <br /> Old-growth forests:(Old-growth west of Cascade crest)Stands of at leazt 2 tree species, <br /> formir.g a multi-layered canopy with occasional small openings;with at teast 20 vees/ha(8 <br /> trees/acre)>81 cm(32 in)dbh or>200 years of age. <br /> Mature forests: Stands with avemge diametecs exceeding 53 cm(21 in)dbh;crown cover <br /> may be less that 100%;crown cover may be less that 100%;decay,dec2dence,numbers of <br /> snags,and quantity of lazge downed material is generally less than that found in old- <br /> gowth; 80-200 years old west of the Ca:cade crest. <br /> Prairies: Relatively undisturbed areaz(as indicated by dominance of native planu)where <br /> grazses and/or forbs fortn the natural climax plant community. <br /> Talus:Homogenous areas of rock rubble ranging in average size 0.15-2.0 m(0.5-6.5 ft), <br /> composed of basalt,andesite,and/or sedimentary rock,including riprap slides and mine <br /> tailings.May be associated with cliffs. <br /> Caves:A naturally occurring caviry,recess,void,ar system of interconnected passages <br /> Oregon white Oak: Woodlands Stands of pure oai:or oaklconifer associations where <br /> canopy coverage of the oak component of the stand is 25%. <br /> Urban Natural Open Spacc:A priority species resides within or is adjacent to the open <br /> space and uses it for breeding and�or regular feeding;and�or the open space functions as a <br /> corridor connecting other priority habirats,especially those that would otherwise be <br /> isolated;and/or the open space is an isolated remnant af natural habitat larger than 4 ha(10 <br /> acres)and is surrowded by urban development. <br /> Estuary/Estuary-like:Deepwater tidal habitats end adjacent tidal wetlands,usually semi- <br /> enclosed by land but with open,partly obshvcted or sporadic access to the open ocean,and <br /> in which ocean warer is at leazt occazionally diluted by heshwater runoff from the land. <br /> The salinity may be periodically increased above that of the open ocean by evaporation. <br /> Along some low-energy coastlines there is appreciable dilution of sea water.Estuazine <br /> habitat extends upsuea-n and landward to where ocean-derived salu measure less than <br /> O.Spp!.d.uing>he period of average annual low flow.Includes both estuaries and lagoons. <br /> Marine/Estuarine Shoretines:Shorelines include the intertidal and subtidal zones af <br /> beaches,and may also include the backshore and adjacent components of the tertestrial <br /> landscape(e.g.,clifts,snags,marurc trees,dunes,meadows)that are important to shoreline <br /> associated fish and wildlife and that cunvibute to shoreline func[ion(e.g.,sand/rock/log <br /> recruitment,nuvient contribu[ion,erosion control). <br /> If wetland hu 3 or more priority habitau=4 paints <br /> If wetland has 2 prioriq�habitats=3 poiuts <br /> lf wedand has 1 prioriry habitat=1 point No habitaa=0 points - <br /> Nate:All vegelaled wedands are 6y definition a prioriry ha5ital bu1 are not included in this (_� <br /> lis1. Nearbv wedands are addressed in uestien N2.4) <br /> •�4'etland Rating Form-��es;:m Washingto� <br /> 16 August 2004 <br /> vcrsion 2 <br /> ,.._ .. _._. _ _._— _ _: . _ ,. <br /> � 1�:j' � y������ �. <br /> i.,:. ... -:1t1t��` ..��ihl�N._ '��caY�.Wi�._.�3am. .u.a.�.i".�'.. ....�� ::�°.r�.?�ST,�b � . <br />