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H 2.3 Near or adiacenl to other oriorirv habitats Iisted bv WDFW (seeµ 82) <br />Which of the following priority habdats are w�thm 330ft (100m) of the wetland? <br />(.see text jor a more delailsd description of these priority habilals) <br />�Riparian: The area adjacem to aquatic systea� wilh flowing water that contains <br />elements of both aquatic and terresirial ecosysterns which mutually influence each other. <br />_Aspen Stands: Pure or mixed stands of aspen g' aler than 0.8 ha (2 acres). <br />ClifTs: Grealer than 7.6 m(25 ft) high and occurring below 5000 ft. <br />_Old-growth forests: (Old-growth west of Cascade crest) Stands of at least 2 tree <br />species, forming a multi-layera ,i canopy with occasional small openings; wilh at <br />least 20 trees/ha (8 vees/acre) > 81 cm (32 in) dbh or > 200 years of age. <br />!Nature forests: Stands wilh average diameters excceding 53 cm (21 in) dbh; crown <br />�� cover may be �ess that 100%; crown cever may be less that 100%; decay, <br />�ecadence, numbers of snaF;s, :uid quantity of large downed material is generally <br />less than that found in old-growth; 80 - 200 years o�d W'est of the �ascade crest. <br />Pr.dries: Relatively undisturbed areas (as indicaied by dominance of native planu) <br />w}:ere grasses an�/or forbs form the natural climax plant commun�ry• <br />_Talus: Homogeno� areas of rock rubble ranging in average size 0.15 - 2.0 m(0.5 - <br />G.5 ft), composed of basalt, andesite, and/or sedin entary rock, including riprap <br />slides and mine tailings. May be associated wilh cl�fi's <br />Caves: A naturally occurring cavity, recess, void, or system of interconnected <br />�assages <br />_Oregon wh9te Oak: Woodlands Stands of pure oak or oal:/conifer associations <br />where canopy coverage oCihe oak component uf the sland is 25%. <br />�Urban Natural Open Space: A prionty species resides within or is adjacent to the <br />open space and uses it for breeding and/or regulaz feading; and/or the open space <br />functions as a corridor connecting other priority habimts, especially ihose lhat <br />woWd othenvise be isolated; and/or 1he open space is an isolated remnant of natural <br />habitat larger than 4 ha (10 acres) and is surrounded by urban development. <br />Estuary/Estuary-like: Deep«�ater ti�ial habitats and adjacenl tidal wedands, usually <br />semi-enclosed by land but with open, partly obstructed or spor� �:.: access to the <br />open ocean, and in which ocean water is at least occasionally diluted by freshwater <br />runoff from the land. The salinity may be period�cal�Y increased above that of the <br />open ocean by evaporation. Along some low-energy coasAines there is appreaable <br />dilution of sea water. Estuarine habitat extends upstream and landward to where <br />ocean-derived salts measure less than O.Sopt. during the period of average annual <br />low flow. Includes both estuaries and lagoons. <br />Mr�rineJEsluarine Shorelines: Shorelines include lhe interlldal a�d subtidal zones <br />of beaches, and may also include the bacl:shore and adjacent components of the � <br />tenestrial I:,ndscape (e.g., cliffs, snags, malure trees, dunes, meadows) thal are <br />important to shoreline associated fish and wildlife and that conVibule Io sh xeline <br />function (e.g., sandJrocl:/log recruitment, nutrient contribution, erosion convol). <br />If wetland has 3 or more prioriry habitats = 4 poinb <br />� x If �vetland has 2 priority habitats = 3 points <br />If wetland has 1 prioriN habitat =1 oiut No habitals = 0 oints <br />Wetlund Raling Purtn —�scstcm Washington IG A�$uct _'Of}3 <br />:35 <br />