APPENDIX B

Table 1: Estuarine and Marine Classification -Natural Heritage Program

System	Substrate	Wave Energy	Depth	Plants	Fish	Shellfish
Marine Intertidal	rock	exposed partially exposed semi-protected	eulittoral	rockweed, algae, kelps, surfgrass coralline algae,	sea perch, sculpins, rockfish, cod, high cockscomb, sculpins, clingfish, prickleback	mussels, barnacles, crab, limpets, chitons
	cobble	partially exposed		algae	herring spawn, sculpins, clingfish, gunnels	barnacles, clams, crab, shrimp
	mixed-coarse	semi-protected protected		seasonal drift algae		shrimp, clams
	gravel	partially exposed		none	shiner perch, juv. tomcod Eng. sole, starry flounder, gunnels, sculpins, surf smelt spawn, sand lance larvae	amphipods, shrimp
	gravel	semi-protected		algae	shiner perch, juv. Eng. sole, flounder, sculpins	clams, crab
	sand	exposed partially exposed		none	sole, flounder, Pac. sand lance, Pac. tomcod, perch, sculpins, gunnels, surgeon poachers, Pac. herring, surf smelt	clams, shrimp
	sand	semi-protected protected		eelgrass, algae,	sole, juv.salmonids, sculpin, surf smelt, sand lance and candlefish larvae	clams, shrimp
	mixed fines	semi-protected protected		eelgrass, algae, drift algae	juv. Pac. tomcod, lingcod, tube-snout, pipefish, perch, prickleback, gunnels, sculpin, poacher, sanddab, surf smelt, juv. Eng. sole flounder	clams, crabs, shrimp
	mud	protected		eelgrass, algae	flounder, juv. Eng. sole, tube-snout, perch, pipefish, guennl, goby, sculpins, herring spawn
Marine Subtidal	rock & boulders	mod to low energy	shallow	surfgrass, eelgrass, algae	greenlings, rockfish, sculpins, cabezon, gunnels, perch	crabs, scallops, chitons, abalone, snails, urchins
	gravel	high & low energy	shallow	algae	greenlings, rockfish, sculpins, cabezon, gunnels, perch, flatfish	snails
	mixed-fines	moderate to high energy	shallow	algae	juv. Eng. sole, sole, flounder, juv. Pac. tomcod, poachers, sculpins, perch	bivalves, scallops, crabs, snails, geoducks, clams
	mud mixed-fines	low energy	shallow	algae	tube-snout, pipfish, greenling, sulpins, Pac. sand lance, flouder, juv. Eng. sole, sole, perch, gunnel, juv. lingcod, sanddab	crabs, snail, bivalves
Estuarine Intertidal	mixed-coarse	open	euittoral	algae; often eelgrass beds lie just subtidally of these beaches	sculpins, juv. salmon, trout, blennies, gunnels, clingfish, perch, surf smelt, sole, stickleback, herring spawn	bivalves, clams, crabs, oysters, limpets
	gravel	open	eulittoral	ulva, algae	juv. Eng. sole, perch, cabezon, flounder sculpins, greenling, gunnels, poachers
	gravel	partly enclosed	eulittoral marsh	pickleweed, saltwort, rockweed, sedge, martima
	sand	open	open	eelgrass, gracilaria, drift algae	juv. salmon, flounder, goby, sculpin, Eng. sole,	clams, shrimp

Table 1 (Continued)

System

Substrate

Wave Energy

Depth

Plants

Fish

Shellfish

Estuarine Intertidal	sand mixed-fine mud	partly enclosed lagoon	eulittoral (marsh)	vascular plants, bulrush,sedge, pickleweed (depending on salinity)	perch, juv. salmon, cutthroat, stickleback	clams, crabs
	mud	partly enclosed enclosed		eelgrass
	organic sand mixed-fine mud	partly enclosed	lagoon, marsh, backwaters	sedge, grasses, vascular plant (depending on salinity) marsh plants,ulva, eelgrass	Pac. herring, Pac. sand lance, tube-snout, juv. Eng. sole, flounder, sculpins, stickleback, pipefish, prickleback, gunnels, surf smelt, perch, juv. salmon	shrimps, crabs, moon snails, oyster,
	mixed-fines mud	channel/slough		eelgrass, lined with marsh plants	juv. salmon, stickleback, flounder, sculpin	clams, crabs
EstuarineSubtidal	rock	open	shallow	algae		chitons, limpet, crabs, snails
	cobble	open	shallow	eelgrass		crab, clams
	sand mixed fines	open	shallow	eelgrass, algae, kelp		bivalves, crabs
	mud	open	shallow	eelgrass, algae, ulva, kelp	sculpins, sole	bivalaves
	mud	partly enclosed	shallow		Pac. tomcod, flounder, sole, sculpin, smelts	bivalves, geoducks
	sand mud	channels	shallow/deep		Eng. sole, sanddab, sculpns, prickleback, Pac. tomcod, perch, peamouth, juv. salmon, flounder	crab, shrimp

Source: Estuarine and Marine Classification System - Natural Heritage Program (Dethier 1990)

Table 2: Nearshore Habitat Classificaiton for Specific Jefferson County Locations

System	Subsystem	Substrate	Wave Energy	Depth	Jefferson County Locations
Marine	Intertidal Areas: Pt. Wilson to Cape George, Discovery Bay, and Protection Island	Consolidated: bedrock, boulder, hardpan Unconsolidated: cobble, mixed coarse, gravel, sand, mixed fine, mud, organic Reef Artificial	Exposed Partially Exposed Semi-Protected Protected	Eulittoral: Areas between MHWS and ELWS Backshore: Areas above MHWS but receiving marine influence through spray or irregular flooding	North Beach - cobble partially exposed and sand: exposed and partially exposed Beckett Pt. gravel-semi-protected
Marine	Subtidal Areas: Pt Wilson to Cape George, Discovery Bay, and Protection Island	Consolidated: bedrock, boulder, hardpan Unconsolidated: cobble, mixed coarse, gravel, sand, mixed fine, mud, organic Reef Artificial	High: exposed to oceanic swell or very strong currents Moderate: exposed to wind waves and moderate tidal currents Low: exposed to only very weak or no currents with little wave action	Shallow: 15 m or less below MLLW Deep: over 15m below MLLW	Beckett Pt mixed-fines: moderate to high energy, shallow
System	Subsystem	Substrate	Wave Energy	Depth	Jefferson County Locations
Estuarine	Intertidal Areas: Port Townsend Bay, Marrow- stone (west), Indian Island (east), Kilisut Hrbr, Oak Bay	Consolidated: bedrock, boulder, hardpan Unconsolidated: cobble, mixed coarse, gravel, sand, mixed fine, mud, organic Reef Artificial	Open: exposed to moderate to long fetch, windwaves and/or current Partly Enclosed: partially enclosed with minimal wave action Lagoon: Protected, largely enclosed embayment Channel/Slough:inlets submerged w/tidal backup at high tide	Eulittoral: Areas between MHWS and ELWS Backshore: Areas above MHWS but receiving marine influence through spray or irregular flooding	Scow Bay-sand:partly enclosed eulittoral, marsh Chimacum Creek marsh-channel intertidal
Estuarine	Subtidal Areas: Port Townsend Bay, Protection Island, Marrow- stone (west), Indian Island (east), Kilisut Hrbr, Oak Bay	Consolidated: bedrock, boulder, hardpan Unconsolidated: cobble, mixed coarse, gravel, sand, mixed fine, mud, organic Reef Artificial	Open: exposed to moderate to long fetch, windwaves and/or current Partly Enclosed: partially enclosed with minimal wave action Lagoon: Protected, largely enclosed embayment Channel/Slough: inlets submerged with tidal backup water at high tide	Shallow: 15 m or less below MLLW Deep: over 15m below MLLW	Admiralty-cobble: open deep Chimacum Creek marsh-channel

Source: Estuarine and Marine Classification System - Natural Heritage Program (Dethier 1990)