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Wetland name or number D <br />These questions apply to wctlands of all HGA4 classes. Points <br />tools I -- <br />HABITAT FUNCTIONS - Indicators that unit functions to provide important habitat vrrw,<) <br />H 1. Does the wetland unit have the potential to provide habitat for many species? <br />H 1.1 Vegetation structure (seep, 72) <br />Figure Bht <br />Check the types of vegetation classes present (as deftned by Cowardin)- Size threshold for each <br />class is r/, acre or more than 10% of the area tf unit is smaller than 2.5 acres. <br />[],Aquatic bed <br />Emergent plants <br />Scrub/shrub (areas where shrubs have >30% cover) <br />✓=Forested (areas where trees have >30% cover) <br />If the unit has a forested class check it <br />D <br />The retested class has 3 out of 5 strata (canopy, sub -canopy, shrubs, herbacedu%, <br />ntoss/ground-cover) that each cover 20% within the forested polygon <br />ddd the number ojvegetation structures that quo! fv. ou have: <br />4 structures or more points = 4 <br />A <br />Map of Cowardin vegetation classes 3 structures points = 2 <br />=2 structures points = I <br />✓ 1 structure points = 0 <br />H 12. Hvdropenods (seep. 73) <br />Figure <br />Check the types of rs•ater• regimes (hydroperiods) present within the wetland. The water• <br />regime has to cover more than 10% of the wetland or Y, acre to count. (see text for <br />descriptions ofhydroperiods) <br />=Permanently flooded or inundated =4 or more types present points = 3 <br />✓=Seasonally flooded or inundated 3 types present points = 2 <br />=Occasionally flooded or inundated ✓ 2 types present point = I <br />1 <br />✓=Saturated only I type present points = 0 <br />Q Permanently flowing stream or river in, or adjacent to, the wetland <br />= Seasonally flowing stream in, or adjacent to, the wetland <br />=Lakef•ingewelland=2points <br />=Freshwater tidal wedund = 2 points Map of hydroperiods <br />H 1.3. Richness of Plant of Plant Species (seep, 7S) <br />Count the number of plant species in the wetland that cover at least 10 fl . (different patches <br />ofthe same species can be combined to meet the size threshold) <br />You do not have to name thespecies. <br />Do not include Eurasian Milfotl, reed canarygrass, mple loosestrife, Canadian Thistle <br />If you counted: LJ > 19 species points = 2 <br />List species below ifyou want to: Q 5 - 19 species points = I <br />< 5 species points .= 0 <br />Wetland name or number D <br />1.4. Interspersion of habitats (seep, 76) <br />Decide from the diagrams below whether interspersion between Cowardin vegetation <br />classes (described in H 1. 1), or due classes and unvegetated areas (can include open water or <br />mudflats) is high, medium, low, or none. <br />O O <br />(:*) (* <br />=None = 0 point.% []Low = 1 point ]Moderate = 2 points <br />[riparian braided channels] <br />Iligh = 3 points <br />NOTE: If you have four or more classes or three vegetation classes and open water <br />the rating is always " the rating is always high". Use map of Cowardin vegetation classes". Use map of Cowardin vegetation classes <br />1.5. Special Habitat Features Habitat Features: (seep. 77) <br />Check the habital features that are present in the wetland. The number of checks is the <br />number ofpoints you put into the nest column. <br />]Large, downed, woody debris within the wetland (>4in. diameter and 6 R long). <br />]Standing snags (diameter at the bottom > 4 inches) in the wetland <br />]Undercut banks are present for at least 6.6 R (2m) and/or overhanging vegetation extends at <br />least 3.3 ft (I in) over a stream (or ditch) in, or contibrrous with the unit, for at least 33 fl <br />(l0m) <br />]Stable steep banks of fine material that might be used by beaver or muskrat for donning <br />(>30degree slope) OR signs of recent beaver activity are present (curt shrubs or trees that <br />have not yet tm•ned grey /brown) <br />]At least ''A acre of thin -stemmed persistent vegetation or woody branches are present in areas <br />that are permanently or seasonally inundated.(structuresfor egg -laying by amphibians) <br />] Invasive plants cover less than 25% of the wetland area in each stratum of plants <br />NOTE: The 20%.slated in early printings of the manual on page 78 is an error. <br />Comments <br />H 1. TOTAL Score - potential for providing habitat i <br />Add the scores from H1.1, H1.2, H1.3, H1.4. 111.5 a <br />Total for page 2 <br />Wetland Rating Form —western Washington 13 August 2004 Wetland Rating Form —western Washington 14 August 2004 <br />version 2 version 2 <br />